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Need to plumb a wire in my car

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January 12, 2018, 12:09 PM
PASig
Need to plumb a wire in my car



January 12, 2018, 01:01 PM
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January 17, 2018, 02:35 PM
muddle_mann
Well that was easier than I thought. My 12v is in the center console under the storage bin/arm rest there. I ended up running the wire under the passenger seat. I found it easy to run the wire under the door jam plastic.

The only bump in the road is the A pillar. There is a curtain airbag in there and the plastic is so close to the windshield that there is no room for the wire and I don't want to pry at it for fear of damaging or firing off the air bag.

I'm considering running a thick bead of clear silicone caulking along the meeting point of the windshield and the A pillar plastic and bury the wire in the caulk. Thoughts? Having the caulk there should not interfere with the airbag deployment. Could use tape on the windshield. If it left any adhesive behind it'd be easy to scrap it off with a razor blade.



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January 17, 2018, 03:20 PM
KMitch200
No need to run a thick bead when a couple of dots of silicone will do. You're going to have to redo it when you get a new windshield anyway.

And no to the duct tape. Sure the glue will stay, the tape won't.


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January 17, 2018, 04:22 PM
vthoky
quote:
Originally posted by KMitch200:
No need to run a thick bead when a couple of dots of silicone will do.


A few dots with a hot glue gun?




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January 17, 2018, 04:50 PM
95flhr
quote:
Originally posted by ffips:
Push the wire between headliner and glass. Push it behind A pillar. Slip it into trim down to fuse panel.

I have done this without anything securing the wire in olace. Going over a year in this truck. Went 5+ in prior truck.


This is how I have done it in my truck and my wife's car.




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January 18, 2018, 03:01 PM
muddle_mann
quote:
Originally posted by KMitch200:
No need to run a thick bead when a couple of dots of silicone will do.


Excellent point. I am guessing that any glue or silicone would stick better to the glass than the plastic...??



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