fortmyerspolice

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So my car started to smell kinda bad, and I found out my passenger carpet was wet, so yesterday I decided to rip apart the interior and clean the carpet up. Since I was there already, I also decided to do the de-wire mod. For those of you who have rewired stereo system like I, I thought it would be a good idea to get rid of all the excess wiring you don't need. I also ripped out some of the matting underneath the carpet. All in all, I saved at least 5lbs of just wiring. Saved a couple pounds ripping out some matting too.






















For you weight junkies out there, this is a easy mod to do if you have an aftermarket stereo system. All in all I saved about 10lbs of wire and carpet matting. I haven't found the leak but I also found out my driver's side is doing it as well . I'm going to do the drivers side once I have some time. Also painted the seat mounts so they don't look rusty.

TORCHD 02 TA

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you should not have removed the matt underneath the carpeting unless it was trashed. That is noise dampening material

fortmyerspolice

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Difference not even worth mentioning. I'll leave the driver's side matted.

camaroguy26

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I hope you found and fixed your leak! torchd is right though, I took mine out from the pass side cuz it was all molded from a water leak, and now my interior is a bit louder. still not bad but I need to get some new stuff for it

TORCHD 02 TA

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while the carpet and padded is out, you can always put dunamat down.. yes it is a bit heavy, but there will be no noise at all

99blancoSS

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The leak is from the gromet in the firewall where you pass the wires from the engine compartment to the interior of the car.

And sound deadening material doesnt eliminate noise completely, it helps to reduce it.

chrs1313

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i did the same dewired mod when i hooked up my jl audio speakers and McIntosh amp...saved me like 10lbs in wire and stock amp in rear fender...also when i took the sound deading off my carpet is was around 16lbs total...so 26lbs is not bad ...

but it is louder in the car...that just means i have to turn the Mcintosh up some more

fortmyerspolice

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Did you get rid of all the wire all the way back to the HU or did you cut it

Empatho

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that's allot of wire, I'm going to add this to my to do list.

chrs1313

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i got rid off all the amp wire/useless other wire and cut it by the head unit...and all the sound deading...

theblur98ss

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One weekend I pulled the whole interior. I got rid of all the extra wires, relays, sound deadening, firewall plastic, door bars, air bags etc. All in all I ended up with a little over 100lbs. I was very disappointed all the more the wire weighed though. It did clean up my engine bay getting rid of all the unused connectors.

transamsam98

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I am redoing my stereo comple custom wiring can anyone help me figure out what/ where to remove the stock stereo wiring. I have traced the harness to where it enters under the glove box but am afraid to cut until I figure out the path it takes from there. it is a 2000 trans am 6 speed if that helps. if there is a how to or a write up with pictures/ diagrams that be a ton of help.

Soul TKR

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HOLY CRAP!!! Got any pics of that engine bay?

fortmyerspolice

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x2

dutinsss

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i'm going to do this one of these days. probably when i do that abs and tcs delete. i just hate taking my interior apart.

theblur98ss

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Here's a couple pics. It's really dirty and needs some neatening but you get the idea.