Low_VX_Taxi
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Got a similar sound system install "fire" story....
I installed a sub into my wb statesman and when running the main power wire (from the batt) found a hole in the firewall near the heater unit (behind the head unit). I thought SWEET! no drilling!!! so I was cruizing down the mainstreet feeling pretty good, when smoke started coming from under my bonnet and under my dash! I started to **** myself and couldnt pull over anywhere and pplz were staring (big 1984 WB stato immac with white smoke billowing out of the bonnet and the entire cabin was full of smoke as well) managed to get off the mainstreet and pull over opened up the bonnet and found the wire had melted to the entire engine bay and had a look underneath my dash and the heater unit my head unit were all melted, I couldnt figure out why this had happened! Took it to my mechanic and he asked if I had put a rubber grommit in the hole before running the wire thru....... obviously no..... as with all old and rare cars the new heater unit and surrounds and repairs to the damaged paint work cost lotsa $$$ but il always remember those bloody rubber grommits now!!!!
I installed a sub into my wb statesman and when running the main power wire (from the batt) found a hole in the firewall near the heater unit (behind the head unit). I thought SWEET! no drilling!!! so I was cruizing down the mainstreet feeling pretty good, when smoke started coming from under my bonnet and under my dash! I started to **** myself and couldnt pull over anywhere and pplz were staring (big 1984 WB stato immac with white smoke billowing out of the bonnet and the entire cabin was full of smoke as well) managed to get off the mainstreet and pull over opened up the bonnet and found the wire had melted to the entire engine bay and had a look underneath my dash and the heater unit my head unit were all melted, I couldnt figure out why this had happened! Took it to my mechanic and he asked if I had put a rubber grommit in the hole before running the wire thru....... obviously no..... as with all old and rare cars the new heater unit and surrounds and repairs to the damaged paint work cost lotsa $$$ but il always remember those bloody rubber grommits now!!!!