Battery power through firewall on RHD 2007 JLX

I've found a few previous threads asking this same question, but couldn't figure it out from the responses. Essentially I want to run wires from the battery, through the firewall & into the cabin (making use of an existing hole). I don't want to splice off the lighter socket because I'll just end up blowing a lot of 10A fuses.

The first option I saw discussed is the passenger footwell & while my car (RHD) does have a circular cut out in the liner at the position described, there is no corresponding hole in the metal.

The second option discussed are the large grommets at the top left & right of the engine bay, which are pretty obvious from the engine side - but I can't figure out where they emerge inside the cabin. Am I going to have to rip the whole dash apart?

Behind the battery is the main loom entry point, it has a large grommet to seal between the engine bay and cabin side. It emerges cabin side just above/right of the accelerator pedal, it's easy to see if you look up from the foot well, it's still a large cable form as it enters. I pushed a knitting needle (don't tell the wife if not your own) through the side of this grommet from the engine side and and pulled through a 2.5mm2 supply cable fused from the battery. As the knitting needle made a round hole it's still a good seal to the cable I pulled through. Plenty of space for this if you take your time and feel for the path free of cables, but as a waning avoid a gung ho approach that could damage existing cables.
Not saying it's the best route, but worked for me on my 2009 RHD and avoids drilling holes etc.
Good luck
Mike

Here is a picture of the entry point, red cable is the one I pulled in

Grommet other side comes through behind glove box

Hi,

I took a couple of cables through the rubber grommet on the passenger side, as jackonlyjack says it is behind the glove box close to a box with lots of wires (ECU). It was easy to get the cable through this side as I could see the cables easily in the engine bay without removing anything.

Thanks all, this really helps clear things up. The passenger side seems like the easier approach, even if it means running longer wires inside the engine bay. Then I can also use the ledge above the globebox for a little breakout box with fuse/switch/voltage display etc. Am I right in thinking it's the bundle of wires that comes out just underneath the ECU (the one wrapped in yellow tape in my photo)?



At the battery end, I'm assuming I can just crimp ring connectors onto the wires & put them under the nuts?

Yes just a M6 ring crimp