Your Worst Install Fiasco

[mapolley07 10+ year member]

I know there was a thread on this a while back, but its long-dead. I just had a fiasco last night, so i thought i'd bring in a thread revival.

Well last night My buddy and i decided to start working on installing his sub in his Audi A4 and we couldn't find a good place to run the power wire through the firewall. I looked online and everybody said to find a plugged hole in the firewall and drill through any plastic behind it and run the wire through there. Well, we found a nice big spot behind the battery and we looked at it and couldn't foresee any problem drilling thru the plastic in that hole.

As soon as I got the drill going, i started to see what looked like steam or smoke coming out around the drill bit. I just figured that the plastic was burning a little bit from the drill, so i stopped and pulled the drill back out, and then A/C coolant started blowing up through the hole i drilled and down through the bottom of the dashboard and began to fog up the whole garage. It was not good

cliffs: drilled through and air conditioner line when trying to run power wire

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[Racerx250 10+ year member]

ouch. Audi's are not cheap to repair. Was it a rubber line or metal?

 

[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

that was retarded to do.

 

[HungNeckTight 10+ year member]

unless the power wire was as big a fist the there are a few places to run it. well at least when i did my moms s4 (same car different motor). should have gone on a audi fourm and looked it up.

but my worst. installing a amp late at night on my friends mustang. getting 2 12s to fit in the trunk was a huge *****. well i toutched the power to ground. scared the **** out of me and make me jump back.... cutting the back of my head on this metal lip inside the trunk..... hurt and made a little mess. also a little trip to the hospital.

 

[groundpound4200 5,000+ posts]

that was retarded to do.

durrr:laugh: I have yet o find a car that didnt have a grommet that I could use

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

costly mistake //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[hoxie08 5,000+ posts]

lawl.

 

[GAM3OVR 5,000+ posts]

AUDI - 1. mapolley07 - 0

Round 2?

 

[Fiercetimbo17 10+ year member]

fyi if your ever trying to install an amp and the car is not a stick you can almost always use the clutchstamp. (where the clutch would go)

But that sucks and wont be cheap, but look on the brightside you did get a hole in the firewall

 

[a_steezy]

fyi if your ever trying to install an amp and the car is not a stick you can almost always use the clutchstamp. (where the clutch would go)But that sucks and wont be cheap, but look on the brightside you did get a hole in the firewall

daaaaaaaaaamn, you got a ton of deadening/dampening crap goin into your car ha

 

[Fiercetimbo17 10+ year member]

daaaaaaaaaamn, you got a ton of deadening/dampening crap goin into your car ha

lol that is what is in there, more will be going in, have some rammatt and some extreme i would like to put to use

reminds me i need to update whatever that is called

 

[a_steezy]

for one 12" at 1000 watts??? ha, you're bish must be solid ha

 

[Fiercetimbo17 10+ year member]

for one 12" at 1000 watts??? ha, you're bish must be solid ha

yea i like a quiet ride, and i had a 13w7 up til a week ago but still overkill you could say

 

[sks_lex 10+ year member]

Did my first radio install on my old car, unhooked the battery(to be safe //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif). Got the harness hooked up, battery on, car fried. Left all the wires exposed and touching //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

 

[mapolley07 10+ year member]

Did my first radio install on my old car, unhooked the battery(to be safe //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif). Got the harness hooked up, battery on, car fried. Left all the wires exposed and touching //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

****, i feel better about myself now lol.

yeah, we looked on an audi forum and on here and couldn't find any pics, so we just guessed at a grommet. found several with just plastic behind them and figured this one was safe to drill through. apparently not, lol

never had a problem with any other cars, but they were all american cars with more room to work and more predictable layouts.

i guess you live and learn