I installed the 12V outlet in the cargo area this weekend. Not in my preferred location but it'll do.
At the cargo area end you need to remove the tyre, floor panels and the storage bin storage bin in the spare tyre well. Once that's done, use a hole saw to cut the area of the trim where the socket will go. You'll need about 4 meters (12') of household or auto electrical cable.
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Channeling the cable through the cabin was easy. Just pull up the door step plastics and you even have vacant clips for the wiring. The rest is just tucking the wire between the cabin plastics and the carpet.
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The hardest part of the job was getting the cable through the firewall. There's a rubber plug on the passenger side, just lift the bottom of the cap enough to slip the cable through. I put a piece of rubber sponge between the cable and the metal firewall panel to avoid any chance of the metal cutting into the cable.
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Before you get to this point however you'll be messing around in the passenger footwell to access the firewall grommet. You'll have to remove the panel under the glove compartment and a wiring junction panel just inside the door frame. There's a little screw you can undo with your fingers which makes things easy. Sorry I don't have a photo of this.
At the cargo area end you need to remove the tyre, floor panels and the storage bin storage bin in the spare tyre well. Once that's done, use a hole saw to cut the area of the trim where the socket will go. You'll need about 4 meters (12') of household or auto electrical cable.
Channeling the cable through the cabin was easy. Just pull up the door step plastics and you even have vacant clips for the wiring. The rest is just tucking the wire between the cabin plastics and the carpet.
The hardest part of the job was getting the cable through the firewall. There's a rubber plug on the passenger side, just lift the bottom of the cap enough to slip the cable through. I put a piece of rubber sponge between the cable and the metal firewall panel to avoid any chance of the metal cutting into the cable.
Before you get to this point however you'll be messing around in the passenger footwell to access the firewall grommet. You'll have to remove the panel under the glove compartment and a wiring junction panel just inside the door frame. There's a little screw you can undo with your fingers which makes things easy. Sorry I don't have a photo of this.
