Front Speaker Wire Routing
From Nissan 350Z & 370Z Wiki
This tutorials will show you how to run new speaker wire into the front doors of the 350Z and G35. It may be applicable to other Nissan vehicles as well.
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Remove harness
If you haven't already removed your 350Z door panels, do so now.
I found it easier to do the drivers side first and would recommend starting there to get the hang of it. First you need to pull the light grey 'lever' down (as pictured). Normally, this 'lever' is at the top of the harness located between the door and the main body of the car. Remove that half of the harness from the current location.
Trim harness
Go ahead and remove the kick panel and pop out the 'female' side of the harness. If you look, you will see there is plenty of space not used up with wiring in the 350Z. This is where you trim out the plastic for the speaker wire to pass through. I found a sharp utility knife to be the best for removing the material (Dremel and drill wasn't that good).
Insert speaker wires
Pass the wires through the first half of the harness. There is a black plastic 'bracket' that surrounds the male portion of the connector. This needs to be removed - note the catch where the screwdriver is. It will pop right open by using a flat tip screwdriver. Then remove that light grey 'lever' we talked about earlier.
Remove more material
Pull back the black rubber loom. Here you will see the second place you need to remove material.
Notes
- Make sure it lines up with where you removed material from the other half. If it isn't lined up, there will be excess wire between the two when you go to put everything back together, it won't go! Pull the wires through the other half of the harness
Fish the wires through the black rubber loom into the door. I used a long zip tie electrical taped to the wires - worked great. You also may want to remove the opposite end of the loom that attaches to the door. This made it easy to grab the zip tie with some needle nose pliers and pull.
Now, to put it all back together. Replace the black 'bracket' and light grey 'lever'. Feed the male portion of the harness back into the hole in the car body. Take out the excess slack on both sides as you place the female portion as close as possible to the mounting location.
- Make sure your wires are NOT twisted and that they line up. Not having this will not make it easy for you to put back together - trust me.
Now, push the outside piece into the 350Z and put the two pieces back together. Then, put the top of the entire connector back in place and pop the bottom back in. You are now good to go!