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Removing plastic trim under steering wheel.

Old 10-21-2014, 01:58 PM
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Any1 have a vid or link to removing the plastic trim where te VDC button is. I am trying to take it out and drill a whole in the blank spot next to my VDC for my Demon eye switch.
Old 10-21-2014, 02:21 PM
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If you open your service manual it should tell you how to remove it.

Also, if you search I think this question was just asked about a week ago.
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I'll whip out the old Haynes Manuel. Didn't see anything when I searched I just got removal of the steering wheel almost everytime. Also trying to run the demon eye LED directly off the battery. Trying to see also the best spot to route the wire inside the car. Any insight is very much apreciated. Trying to prep my Z before I send it off for paint with its oem nismo body
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The best way to run the wire is straight across to the passenger side, then up in the corner through the grommet by the battery by where the fender and the windshield meet.

When I gutted everything except the dash and headliner in my car it showed how to remove every panel in my service manual. Download the PDF from this site.
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Is their a way to run this wire from the Driver side. I got the blank button next to the VDC out and cut out a perfect hole for my New LED switch. Hate to run a really long wire from the passenger side over to the driver side. But their should be a grommet somewhere. I'll look around.
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I haven't seen any other grommets but I never looked. I just ran a really long wire. It goes across under the radio and it's all tucked up out of the way. I'm actually getting ready to change it up in there. Going to move the VDC to the center console between the heated seat switches. Then I got 2 switches that fit in the factory holes to go where the VDC switch and the blank are. One will be my fog lights and the other I haven't found a use for yet.
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Got a pic of that grommet I may just run the wire from the passenger side if I can't find the driver on.
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Got into the passenger side . I'm going to run the wires through their. Wire is cheap anyway lol
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If you remove the cowl cover you will see this



There is a giant grommet in the corner.



I just cut a slit in it to run all my wires through. Started with just a power wire for my amp and just got more and bigger wires from there.

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Remove the kick panel and pull the cover off, it's all snapped in and 1 bolt holding it behind the kick panel. Took it off a few times when I did my cruise control relocation.
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Default I went through the fender

I used a hanger wire and taped one side of the wire and pushed it through the fender then I removed the rubber weather strip I think it's called and pulled the wire under and put back the rubber you gots remove the plastic trim first
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Originally Posted by outlaw9259
I used a hanger wire and taped one side of the wire and pushed it through the fender then I removed the rubber weather strip I think it's called and pulled the wire under and put back the rubber you gots remove the plastic trim first
So you ran it through the door jamb?

I would advise against doing this and I would also suggest fusing the wires if you leave it. I've seen a few cars burn from wires being ran through the door jamb to the fender.
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