95 Grand Marquis Install Questions

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

ok, so i'm going to do an install on my brothers car while he is on Spring Break in Alaska. I went out there yesterday, got the radio and dash kit in. I went to look for the best way to run the wires (4ga) from the battery to the trunk. I see no hole in the firewall (no big deal) and i have NO idea how to get the trim up at the bottoms of the doors. Or the kick panels, or the plate in front of the A/C controls (he wants the HU to go there).

anyone installed anything in this car before? tricks/tips?

thanks

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[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

should be pice of cake like any other ford....

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

yeah but i tried very hard to get those pieces out, but they didnt move. i dont want to break anything.

i thought the same, as my car was cake

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

yeah but i tried very hard to get those pieces out, but they didnt move. i dont want to break anything.
i thought the same, as my car was cake

if there are no screws holding it down the the pices should more then likely be held in with clips...

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

O'RLY?

couldn't get them up //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

maybe theres a trick to it. mine has clips and you pull up they come out. i pull up on these, i come down... lol.

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

then take it to best buy //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

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[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

i'll get right on that!! ****, if i cant **** it up, surely they can.

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

being an installer for that last 5 year's. i know for a fact i have done plenty of them... and allso being that i do so many car's i can never remember exactly how to take them apart untill i get back into one and look at how it would come apart... there not hard at all.. seriously just give it a good yank.. and dont fall over..

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

haha, i will give it another go for sure. but goddamm why are these so fuxing strong?

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

haha, i will give it another go for sure. but goddamm why are these so fuxing strong?

most of it is that they have been in place since 95.. so there not gunna go without a fight..

 

[tez4life Premium Member]

most of it is that they have been in place since 95.. so there not gunna go without a fight..

Very true, nothing in my car was easy to run, and I got a 04 Crown Vic. It just takes some prying at the edges to gently work various panels loose.

As far as the firewall, if there is not a spot right by the steering wheel yolk, check on the passenger side just above the kick panel to the left, I found another spot there, but it may or may not be the same in that Grand Marquis.

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

Very true, nothing in my car was easy to run, and I got a 04 Crown Vic. It just takes some prying at the edges to gently work various panels loose.
As far as the firewall, if there is not a spot right by the steering wheel yolk, check on the passenger side just above the kick panel to the left, I found another spot there, but it may or may not be the same in that Grand Marquis.

yea there will be a diffrence in that gromet firewall placement between those car's....

there should be a grommet on the drivers side firewall.. infact im sure there is just look harder..

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

i think i can squeeze it in thru the boot for the door wires, behind the kick. those door trim pieces are a biznich

 

[audioarsonal 10+ year member]

Run it down the middle of the car.

 

[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

Run it down the middle of the car.

then i have to get under the carpet. thats intimidating to me. i cant even get the trim panels loose... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

edit: i'm just gonna run it over the top of the car, and hide it with duct tape. should be pretty simple