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Rear Door wiring

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Hows everybody wiring up rear doors? I cant think of how to get around the bloody window channel into the pillar
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do what I did - buy a ute :lol: :lol: :lol:
When you're faced with an unpleasant task that you really don't want to do, sometimes you just have to dig deep down inside and somehow find the patience to wait for someone else to do it for you.


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Blacky wrote:do what I did - buy a ute :lol: :lol: :lol:
hahaha well it a bit late for that now then isn't it
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Is the wiring for electric windows?
I would imagine going in near the bottom hinge.

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For the wagon, I ran wiring directly down the B-pillar. It is open at the top, so you can feed down a length of fine fencing wire. I drilled a hole in the pillar (above the hinge), and fed the fencing wire down. Made a hook from some more fencing wire, then fished through the hole until I caught the main fencing wire run. Pulled the fencing wire through the hole, then used it as a pull-through to run the cable back up the pillar.

For now, the hole is being used to mount a dome light switch. May become a spot to run wiring into the rear door in the future. It looks like I can drill another hole in the door at the same location. Run the wire through the two holes, and use a speaker wiring spring (~6" very light spring) to keep the slack wiring inside the door. Cover the wiring between the doors with a corrugated rubber tube length.

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The issue is inside the door where the window channel runs.


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Trev wrote:Is the wiring for electric windows?
I would imagine going in near the bottom hinge.

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I'm thinking at the bottom inside of the glass with this...


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Nah stuff it. Did it anyway and works a treat.
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Looks good.

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nes138 wrote: Fri Sep 02, 2016 8:11 pm Nah stuff it. Did it anyway and works a treat.
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how did you screw the nut on the end in the b pillar?
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