help with running extra wires to car doors

Rick-sta · 24th March 2017, 10:45

Has anyone every run any extra wires from the car to the doors? I need to run 1 wire to each door for a little mod I'm doing but only managed the drivers one yesterday and it was a serious struggle. and even then I wasn't able to past the wire through the rubber grommet/tubing which has the rest of the wires in it.

Is there any how to or anything to show the best way to do this without removing the doors?

Cheers,

Jakg · 24th March 2017, 11:09

Yes, it was a massive pain.

The proper way is to drill out some of the unused pins in the connector and push the wire through.

I find that WD40 down the conduit helps a lot, as does some tape and a metal coathanger to use as a pull.

Rick-sta · 24th March 2017, 11:20

how does that plug unplug? and does it plug back in again easily? As on my ZT the plug barely moves out and it's really difficult to get to.

Jakg · 24th March 2017, 11:45

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Originally Posted by Rick-sta

how does that plug unplug? and does it plug back in again easily? As on my ZT the plug barely moves out and it's really difficult to get to.

Don't know - I didn't do it and just pushed the plug back into the body slightly so I could run the cable around it.

zedhed · 24th March 2017, 11:47

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Originally Posted by Rick-sta

Has anyone every run any extra wires from the car to the doors? I need to run 1 wire to each door for a little mod I'm doing but only managed the drivers one yesterday and it was a serious struggle. and even then I wasn't able to past the wire through the rubber grommet/tubing which has the rest of the wires in it.

Is there any how to or anything to show the best way to do this without removing the doors?

Cheers,

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T-Cut · 24th March 2017, 14:39

I traced a 1mm supply wire for puddle lights to all four doors. It was reasonably straight forward I reckon. The method I used is in this HowTo (which never made it into the HowTo forum).

Click: http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...d.php?t=142755

TC

macafee2 · 24th March 2017, 17:50

I unhinged the front doors, stood them on some wood with harness stlil connected and had help.

macafee2

Rick-sta · 24th March 2017, 19:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by T-Cut

I traced a 1mm supply wire for puddle lights to all four doors. It was reasonably straight forward I reckon. The method I used is in this HowTo (which never made it into the HowTo forum).

Click: http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...d.php?t=142755

TC

great how to there T-cut thanks

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I unhinged the front doors, stood them on some wood with harness stlil connected and had help.

macafee2

I think this is definitely the only way I'd be able to do it for the front doors on mine.

Well I've wired it all up today, rear doors were nice and easy to do so ran my wires through the conduit on each door, but on the front doors I've had to run my wires outside of the conduits.

Only problem I'm having now is I can't seem to get any of the grommets to go back in place.

24th March 2017, 10:45	#1
Rick-sta This is my second home MG ZT 2.0 CDTI+ in Typhoon, MG TF 135 in Typhoon & Rover 75 Connoisseur CDTI SE in Pearl Black Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Norfolk Posts: 7,534 Thanks: 2,718 Thanked 2,827 Times in 1,462 Posts	help with running extra wires to car doors Has anyone every run any extra wires from the car to the doors? I need to run 1 wire to each door for a little mod I'm doing but only managed the drivers one yesterday and it was a serious struggle. and even then I wasn't able to past the wire through the rubber grommet/tubing which has the rest of the wires in it. Is there any how to or anything to show the best way to do this without removing the doors? Cheers, __________________ How to retrofit Cruise Control on a diesel with no OEM wiring in place: Link How to retrofit heated electric memory seats with no OEM wiring in place: Link How to operate FBH and ATC via text Link How to restore cloudy projector headlights Link

24th March 2017, 11:20	#3
Rick-sta This is my second home MG ZT 2.0 CDTI+ in Typhoon, MG TF 135 in Typhoon & Rover 75 Connoisseur CDTI SE in Pearl Black Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Norfolk Posts: 7,534 Thanks: 2,718 Thanked 2,827 Times in 1,462 Posts	how does that plug unplug? and does it plug back in again easily? As on my ZT the plug barely moves out and it's really difficult to get to. __________________ How to retrofit Cruise Control on a diesel with no OEM wiring in place: Link How to retrofit heated electric memory seats with no OEM wiring in place: Link How to operate FBH and ATC via text Link How to restore cloudy projector headlights Link

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Jakg This is my second home N/A Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Suffolk Posts: 6,867 Thanks: 0 Thanked 397 Times in 302 Posts	Yes, it was a massive pain. The proper way is to drill out some of the unused pins in the connector and push the wire through. I find that WD40 down the conduit helps a lot, as does some tape and a metal coathanger to use as a pull.

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T-Cut This is my second home Rover75 and Mreg Corsa. Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sumweer onat mote o'dust (Sagin) Posts: 21,752 Thanks: 341 Thanked 3,660 Times in 2,924 Posts	I traced a 1mm supply wire for puddle lights to all four doors. It was reasonably straight forward I reckon. The method I used is in this HowTo (which never made it into the HowTo forum). Click: http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...d.php?t=142755 TC

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macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 14,925 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	I unhinged the front doors, stood them on some wood with harness stlil connected and had help. macafee2