Hi I am trying to wire up some lights for my skoda fabia MK2 2007 and I can't seem to find a location to be able to go through the fire wall. I don't really want to pull the whole dash off just any ideas on where I can run the cable from

 

Have you tried following the bonnet catch cable to see if you could run it through with that?

I've wired spots to come on with the high beam, didnt need to run wires into the cabin  then.

But a good bet would be to run your wires through the same grommet the bonnet cable goes through, should be able to see it running down the passengers side of the car.  IIRC it goes under the scuttle panel for the wipers and then in past the firewall so you might want/ need to take off the scuttle to make it easier to run them through.

im doing a light bar on the front of mine soon ...  and will be  taking my switched live  straight from  the head light  main beam wiring so no need to run wires inside 

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I've a pair of led spots on mine.

On my car the wire I tapped into to switch the relay with the high beams was a white wire on the headlight loom, from the passengers side headlight.

Don't look like much but they put out a decent amount of light even behind the grille. Dirt cheap too, I got my two for around a tenner but the same seller sells 10 of them for ~£26.

Edited 17 December, 20214 yr by DieselMonte

14 minutes ago, DieselMonte said:

I've a pair of led spots on mine.

On my car the wire I tapped into to switch the relay with the high beams was a white wire on the headlight loom, from the passengers side of the headlight.

Don't look like much but they put out a decent amount of light even behind the grille. Dirt cheap too, I got my two for around a tenner but the same seller sells 10 of them for ~£26.

gonna be mounting my light bar behind the grille   . looks good 

Stealthy 

If you mounting it where I've mounted mine beware I found the crash bar very hard to drill through, and I had to make a big spacer to get them to sit high enough to be visible.

 

21 minutes ago, DieselMonte said:

Stealthy 

If you mounting it where I've mounted mine beware I found the crash bar very hard to drill through, and I had to make a big spacer to get them to sit high enough to be visible.

 

will be   getting it sorted  after xmas  so will have a proper look . can always mount it to the slam panel other wise

1 hour ago, scoutabout1 said:

will be   getting it sorted  after xmas  so will have a proper look . can always mount it to the slam panel other wise

Not too sure about the slam panel, most of the places you could mount to are plastic and I don't know if it would be as good of a job.

Crash bar was the only place secure enough to put them I found.

Its not as big of a job, honestly I used some big nuts put together to raise the spots up enough. Not the most elagant way but it worked and they havent moved at all.

3 minutes ago, DieselMonte said:

Not too sure about the slam panel, most of the places you could mount to are plastic and I don't know if it would be as good of a job.

Crash bar was the only place secure enough to put them I found.

Its not as big of a job, honestly I used some big nuts put together to raise the spots up enough. Not the most elagant way but it worked and they havent moved at all.

think my octavia has a metal slam panel

There is a main loom that enters the cabin on the driver's side under the scuttle panel. I had to run a power cable from the battery to car audio amps for a sub install. I had to remove the wiper mechanism though as it was in the way (around 45 mins to 1hr work). You maybe able to do it without that work due to the size of the cable. Just lubricate a cable feeder wire a push it gently through the grommet alongside the main wires. You can see loom come through the bulk head if you look up high behind the steering wheel.

heres what Cocain is talking about....on the right is where I added the factory cruise loom, this comes out above the pedals, quite easy to see / feel.

 

 

Edited 19 December, 20214 yr by UrbanPanzer

I put heated windscreen washer jets in and useda grommet on the driver / right side at the top of the bulkhead. I cannot take a picture now because the car is not here.

Edited 19 December, 20214 yr by 26DIPP