[police siren] firewall cable passage? (yaris 2013)

[shaunalvarez]

Last month I mounted the police siren speaker behind the fron bumper grill and I cant for the love of me figure out how to pass the speaker cable to the inside, would like ideas on where I could mount the unit inside.
I had this siren installed in a ford explorer when I blew that up I installed it in a Honda accord that I sold off in a year and now my new yaris 2013

[shaunalvarez]

not very active forums? i normally get a response within 24 hours of posting on other forums of cars i had. or did I post this in the wrong place?

[_S7V7N_]

Look at the "Stickies" same question you're asking has been answered 100 times. We also have a Search button as well. Gets to be a bit repetitive answering the same questions.

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22241

[CTScott]

The OP is talking about a third gen, which does have some wiring differences, but the large firewall grommet that is up under the dash to the left of the steering column (and comes out behind the battery) is the same.

[_S7V7N_]

So the huge hole on the pass side is gone? I'm sure if I took the time to "search" I could pull up a pic.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by _S7V7N_

So the huge hole on the pass side is gone? I'm sure if I took the time to "search" I could pull up a pic.

The large one on the lower portion of the passenger side is actually the condensate drain for the A/C. On the second gen there was a small grommet above the ECM on the passenger side, but I haven't had a chance to poke around on a third gen to see if that is still present.

[_S7V7N_]

I may swing by Toyota this week and have a look. Unless somebody wants to post high res pics of the firewall. "Hint hint "

[shaunalvarez]

ill see if I can take some firewall pics don't really have a decent camera but ill see what I can do, I normally don't post since most information can be found via other posts or google but I cant find much information on what I need related to 3rd gen yaris

[shaunalvarez]

This is the best I can get from a htc one cellphone camera

[_S7V7N_]

4 th pic down them 2 vacuum hoses have a lot of room around that rubber. Speaker wire can fit on the side of it just use a sleeve around it.

[_S7V7N_]

K

[Altitude]

First pic is the grommet I think everyone is talking about. Used that on my 2008.

[_S7V7N_]

Used same one. Need to take a pic of mine. There's a few ways he can run it that I can see. They have all been mentioned at one time or another.

[shaunalvarez]

the grommet in the first pic is the first thing I noticed I figured I could poke a hole in it w a screwdriver and run the wires there but im guessing it comes out somewhere behind the glovebox and I tried the normal way of pushing the sides in on the glovebox to drop it down and the plastic is too stiff or too new to push in

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by shaunalvarez

the grommet in the first pic is the first thing I noticed I figured I could poke a hole in it w a screwdriver and run the wires there but im guessing it comes out somewhere behind the glovebox and I tried the normal way of pushing the sides in on the glovebox to drop it down and the plastic is too stiff or too new to push in

The first one is the ideal one to use (and is in the same location as on the 2nd gen Yaris). Look at the Cruise control DIY in my signature below to see exactly where that one comes out under the dash.

[WeeYari]

Originally Posted by shaunalvarez

and I tried the normal way of pushing the sides in on the glovebox to drop it down and the plastic is too stiff or too new to push in

It is stiff. I discovered with mine (2nd gen) that I had to push in the sides to the point where I thought for sure something was going to snap. It didn't though, and popped free.

[shaunalvarez]

Originally Posted by WeeYari

It is stiff. I discovered with mine (2nd gen) that I had to push in the sides to the point where I thought for sure something was going to snap. It didn't though, and popped free.

I got it off took me like 10 attempts I was already storming up a plan to get it fixed under guarantee if it broke apart found it easy by doing the left side first and I wedged a screwdriver to pop each side out.

anyway most of it is done I passed the speaker wires and positive and negative cables and taped up most the cables to make it look neat.

whats left is to connect is the cables to the battery and figure out where im going to bolt the unit to inside, can I jump the negative wire to the negative terminal of the battery so I don't have to look for a grounding srew or bolt?