Mustang door wiring harness sleeve

[klinton994]

My car does not have speakers in the doors. I am considering adding them. I was looking for options for a sleeve/boot for the wires to travel through and into the door. I see that a company,  lmr.com

offers a set for 79-83 Mustangs.  Has anyone used these with success?  Or, is there an aftermarket product produced for our years of Mustangs?

 

[Don C]

I believe David (Carolina Mountain Mustangs) came up with something a few years ago, you might search for them with him as the author.

 

[klinton994]

I shall search. Ty

 

[midlife]

I vaguely remember he found BMW parts that fit...

 

[Carolina_Mountain_Mustangs]

No I did not find a replacement. I do have several cars with door speakers two with AM / 8 track and three with AM/FM. I did buy the Ford service kit to add the speakers years ago they are NOS. I think I posted the instructions in the box showing the wire routing and template for the door speakers. I also posted pictures of the holes in the A post and door with diameters of them. There are dimples where the holes go. The factory put the holes in with hole saw usually very sharp edges there. If you have power windows and door speakers that harness is difficult to locate. Good thing is a models are the same. The 1971 speaker grills only had one vertical bar in the center 72 & 73 have 3 vertical bars.
I suggest you check with Don and also Motor city Mustang and see if they have boots. If not check with Scotty Strickland in Buford, N.C. find him on Facebook and friend him. He has mustang junk yard.

 

[Don C]

I knew someone had found a replacement, turns out it was Austin Vert

Austin Vert Finds Good Door Rubber Bellows - Electrical, Lighting & Electronics - 7173Mustangs.com

 

[MikeGriese]

I have a pair of used originals in very good condition if anyone is interested.

 

[droptop73]

I have a pair of used originals in very good condition if anyone is interested.

I'm interested. Mine were painted yellow at some time on one of the repaints. I'll send a PM

 

[Carolina_Mountain_Mustangs]

Soak them in lacquer thinner will remove the paint.

 

[klinton994]

I have ordered a set of door wire harness sleeves/bellows, from LMR.com

They are for a 79-84 Mustang. I will post dimensions when I receive them. 

 

[midlife]

Soak them in lacquer thinner will remove the paint.

I hope this doesn't refer to the wires.  Never, ever, soak wires in any solution: solvent, water, bleach, whatever.  It will get into the copper strands and corrode them to the point of not working. 

 

[Tnfastbk]

Here is a link to the kit I used and they worked very well.

https://www.nu-relics.com/Conduit-s/188.htm

https://www.nu-relics.com/product-p/87100-2.htm

 

[klinton994]

Here is my update. I received the rubber sleeves from LMR.com, and did a trial fit into a piece of sheet metal. They appear as if they will do the trick. Numbers on the blue masking tape are the hole sizes.  Mounting surface to surface is approximately 5.5"

 

[GrantOv]

Would you mind sharing a picture of your new door baffle boots installed? Did you take your door off to drill out the new boot holes?

 

[GrantOv]

I'd love to see some pictures with wire boots installed. Looking closer at how to drill - I assume the doors needed to come off - right?

 

[tony-muscle]

I added this some time ago but didn't find pictures of the process. I could take some pictures of this area and post later. I did remove the doors but I was also upgrading the hinges so took care of two "birds" with one stone.

 

[tony-muscle]

Ok, so after replying above I did a search of my posts and found out that I followed Austin Vert's post:
https://7173mustangs.com/threads/austin-vert-finds-good-door-rubber-bellows.25681/#post-357812
According to this post I had some issues that I had forgotten. Apparently the bellows have different hole diameters for the door and inner pillar so keep this in mind and change the hole saw: https://7173mustangs.com/threads/door-hinges-and-pin-kit.30647/page-2#post-358183

 

[Sheriff41]

I'd love to see some pictures with wire boots installed. Looking closer at how to drill - I assume the doors needed to come off - right?

There are some pictures in this thread that'll give you an idea:
https://7173mustangs.com/threads/mystery-hole.45816/#post-461695

 

[James Devonshire]

I installed the rubber boots without taking the doors off. Passenger side is not a problem however, the driver side due to the location of the parking brake pedal required a 12" long drill bit to clear the obstacles. I got the rubber boots off Amazon. Pic of driver's side is attached.