Aerial Cable Path
Discussion
I was going to start work on re-wiring the aerial feed yesterday as the new powered aerial needs a different type of connector for the aerial feed to the head unit, but decided to leave it for now, as I figure I can pull the cable through along with any supplementary cables I need fed through to the boot.
From what I can feel the aerial leads to behind the fuel filler and from there I presume down the flanks and through the sills to get to the other side of the car. Does this sound right and if so is it accesible from underneath the car?
My plans involve pulling through 2 x Signal Feeds (Front and Back), 1 x Aerial Remote and 1 x Amplifier (Power On) Signal so quite a lot needs to go through, hence I'm worried they're more than likely to snag on something.
Actual power and earth I intended to provide from the battery and to the chassis respectively.
From what I can feel the aerial leads to behind the fuel filler and from there I presume down the flanks and through the sills to get to the other side of the car. Does this sound right and if so is it accesible from underneath the car?
My plans involve pulling through 2 x Signal Feeds (Front and Back), 1 x Aerial Remote and 1 x Amplifier (Power On) Signal so quite a lot needs to go through, hence I'm worried they're more than likely to snag on something.
Actual power and earth I intended to provide from the battery and to the chassis respectively.
[quote=Tripps]From what I can feel the aerial leads to behind the fuel filler and from there I presume down the flanks and through the sills to get to the other side of the car. Does this sound right and if so is it accesible from underneath the car?
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That's how my aerial is wired, and no it's not accessible from underneath (not as far as I can see). IIRC there is a hole in the side of the inner bulkhead just behind the passenger seat backrest that you can just get your hand in.
You might be better pulling the new aerial lead through the sill, but fixing the other leads under the carpet (there's also more chance of magnetic interference if the leads all go along a length of the same section together).
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That's how my aerial is wired, and no it's not accessible from underneath (not as far as I can see). IIRC there is a hole in the side of the inner bulkhead just behind the passenger seat backrest that you can just get your hand in.
You might be better pulling the new aerial lead through the sill, but fixing the other leads under the carpet (there's also more chance of magnetic interference if the leads all go along a length of the same section together).
tvrgit said:
That's how my aerial is wired, and no it's not accessible from underneath (not as far as I can see). IIRC there is a hole in the side of the inner bulkhead just behind the passenger seat backrest that you can just get your hand in.
You might be better pulling the new aerial lead through the sill, but fixing the other leads under the carpet (there's also more chance of magnetic interference if the leads all go along a length of the same section together).
Thanks for that, might have a go pulling the aerial through tomorrow then. You might be better pulling the new aerial lead through the sill, but fixing the other leads under the carpet (there's also more chance of magnetic interference if the leads all go along a length of the same section together).
Wasn't hugely worried about the leads coming through the same route as power was coming seperately, but thinking it through the remote an amplifer signal will both be carrying power, so keeping them seperate will be wise. I might therefore pull the signals (bigger cables) through the sill and route the power cables underneath the carpet as they are smaller anyway - does that make sense?
I used the cill route, used the existing signal cable to pull a draw wire from the boot, over the filler pipe down the back of the passenger door through the cill an up the inside of the wing, the tricky bits were my existing aerial cable was jointed (the joint being in the cill) which made it snag lots. glad i did it this way as the joint was rubbish and it gave me the opportuinty to renew with single piece of cable. Used the draw wire to pull the new aerial and power cables through together, figured that the signal cables are screened and the grp cill wall wouldn't prove much of a sheild to induced current, and as they will have the same route after the door ie from the cabin in to the boot it wouldnt matter. Not had any problems to date. i did need extra pairs of hands ie to pull on the draw wire while i fed from glove box end.
Did initailly try just fishing/pushing the cable through the cill without the draw wire, which was just a frustrating and dishearting waste of time.
Did initailly try just fishing/pushing the cable through the cill without the draw wire, which was just a frustrating and dishearting waste of time.
I used a steel tape measure and pushed through the sill from the boot end, and then drew the cable through; there is a hole in the side panel just above the footwell (take out the infamous fuse box panel) it snagged the first two times, but got through on third attempt. The advantage with using a tape measure is that if it snags you can take the tape out and work out roughly how far through you got before it stopped. I thien put a length of string through which is now in place permanently in case I ever want to draw anything else through
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