how to remove door molex *PICS*

[jason1987]

i want to run new speaker cable into the doors from the amp in boot for some components, i cant see how the door plug that goes from the car to the door comes off, anyone know? i mean the actual round plastic bit with the wires going through it.

[steve_earwig]

What plug? There ain't no plug there.

[jason1987]

the thing with all the wires in goin from the car into the door, i need to get it out to drill a hole for speaker wire to go into door

[FarmerPug]

its really just nothing more than an elaborate clip twist it a bit and pry at it with a screwdriver and it should split open.

[jason1987]

oh so it doesnt unscrew? its just a semi circle clip?

[FarmerPug]

Im not too sure i just remember that by prying, twisting and pulling and a bit of bad talk got it off a d8 406

[jason1987]

il have to have a fiddle with it, is hard to get to tho with hands

[jason1987]

i dont mean the rubber boots, i mean the bit behind the boots in the car:



the bit after this



i need to get that round plastic thing with the wires in it out so i can drill a hole through it to feed speaker wire through from the amp in boot

[teamster1975]

I drillied it in situ to be honest when I did the rear window/leccy mirror conversion on my old LX.

[jason1987]

ive noticed theres another grommet just above this molex which looks like a straight hole with just a rubber grommet on each side, think this is easiest place, suprised noone else has used it?

[teamster1975]

ive noticed theres another grommet just above this molex which looks like a straight hole with just a rubber grommet on each side, think this is easiest place, suprised noone else has used it?

That's all well and good, but if you're feeding additional wires into the door you'd want them within the existing loom to keep it tidy & protect them. In my opinion anyhow!

[jason1987]

yh but that looks dodgy, id prob drill through wires by mistake

[Gary406]

why go through all that trouble of running speaker cable into the doors then to the amp when you can run speaker cable from the amp to the cars plug behind the radio that powers the speakers,
all you need to do is buy a new iso plug ( all you need off the new plug is the speaker side) throw the power side away because you use the power one thats connected to the radio

what you do is run 4 sets or 5 meter lenths of speaker cable into a new iso plug (you only need the speaker side of the new iso) obviously marking which is right left front rear + & - all iso plugs are standard so usually its the white and grey ones that run the front door speakers, simply solder your 5 meter lenths of speaker cable to the wires that come off your new iso and plug it into the cars speaker plug were the radio usually plugs into to power the speakers,

so when you plug the new iso plug into the cars speaker plug behind the radio you have 4 lenths of wire that you then run to the amp, when connected to the amp it powers all the speakers as this is the original place were your head unit feeds power to the speakers all the wiring is all ready run through the doors to the back of the radio

its 1 million times less hassle . all you need to do then is run the wire from the back of the radio down the sides to the amp, no messing about feeding wires into the doors,

[Gary406]

heres a diagram i drawn, you should get it from this

[maxxymilian]

Clever, didn't think of that. An idea i'll be using soon