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Old Mar 20, 2009 | 09:33 AM
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I have a 93 Honda Civic DX. My horn doesn't work and neither does my right speaker. Me and a friend were installing an amp and we drilled through the passenger's side to get to the front of the car and he hit something. Cuz my horn just started going off even though no one was pressing it. And now the horn doesn't work and neither does my right speaker. So I'm guessing we clipped a wire or something. Anyways! How can I fix this? Just take my carpet out or what?
 
Old Mar 20, 2009 | 10:02 PM
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sounds like there was a short and the fuse is now blown or the wire(s) is/are completely severed.

find the wire you messed up and fix it... simple
 
Old Mar 20, 2009 | 10:06 PM
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Yeah that's what I'm gonna try tomorrow. How do I get to the wires though? There's the carpet, then this plastic "shield", then the tube with all the wires. How do I get past that plastic shield?
 
Old Mar 20, 2009 | 10:07 PM
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You must have drilled through a wire harness. Hope that other more important wires weren't also damaged.
 
Old Mar 22, 2009 | 03:18 PM
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Okay this is kinda making me mad. I tried taping and reconnecting the wires and no luck. I'm guessing it might be a fuse too so I checked and there was one that's out. But I can't really work on it cuz it's raining so hard outside.


But anyways, is there any way that I can put in NEW wires from the speaker to my stereo? How would I get the wires to go through from the door to the inside of the car? Please be specific =]
 
Old Mar 22, 2009 | 03:43 PM
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Well the only thing I need to know is how to get the wires from the speaker to my stereo. I tested it out with the speaker out and wires just hanging and it worked. I just need to conceal the wires, obviously. So how can I make them pass from the door to the inside of the car?

How how the hell can I get my door trim/plastic to come off? I tried but IDK how to get the window "handle" thing to come off
 
Old Mar 22, 2009 | 09:22 PM
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Okay guys I got it. Thanks anyways though. I got tired or trying to FIX the wires. So I just added new ones and disconnected the old
 
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