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    Where can i run some wires from under the bonnet to inside the car?

    Ive seen the hole behind the battery-but where do the wires come through inside the car? and how dya pull them through



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    Where do you want the wires to end up ultimately? Asking as there is a hole with a grommet (under the scuttle panel) on the drivers side. That's where I fed my boost gauge pipe tubing through and it came in right into the area under the dash behind the steering wheel.

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    2 wires r going from the battery to a switch on the centre console

    Rocker switch for the fogs

    cheers!

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    Right. I think a favoured method for that one is a wire coat hanger. You can bend the tip of one end into a small loop, loop a length of the cable through and push the loop end of the hanger through.

    As for where it comes through, it should be in the area behind the glove box - which you'll need to remove.

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    oh yeah,thanks thats a good idea i will try that tommorow

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    When I put the wiring in for my sub, if you remove the glovebox, up in the top corner near passenger wing is a grommet.
    If you look under the bonnet, lift cover where pollen filter is. Grommet is on right in corner of bulkhead.
    I've just taken this photo from engine side, you'll see the sub power lead going through, hope it helps.

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    thanx a lot,i'll have a look and see which is easiest 2 get 2

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    Remove the glovebox as said then look in the engine bay on the passenger side and remove the grommet, very easy access from both ends as I had to do this to give my head unit a power source.

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    LS now has foglights!!

    thanx i pushed wires through the hole like in the picture

    Fogs all connected up now with my switch in the dash as well

    Pictures to follow

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    FOG LIGHTS ALL DONE PICTURES

    http://forum.vectra-c.com/showthread...095#post365095

    Many thanx!!

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