new tips and tricks

hello everyone,

I am new to this website and glad for all this free info. got on for help with fiberglass and just stayed on reading dif posts. The older posts for alarm/RS install tricks is a lil weak tho. it turned into a what tool do u like more kind of post or advice for first timers. I have been installing for a few years and have aquired a lil info from all the mentors ive had in that time. hopefully you guys can use this and if there are good tips you think of for the intermediate installer then by all means post em

When i drill thru the firewall i cover my exposed metal back up with a dab of fingernail paint. it keeps the hole from oxidizing and rusting up. honestly i dont bother to much with older cars but with a brand new car that will be around for the next 10-20 years i go ahead and use a lil.

If i use an existing grommet that is a lil stubborn you can lube the wires up a lil with some rubbing alcohol. it wont cause damage or stains and dries amazingly fast .

i didnt mean for it to sound like i just invented this stuff on my own yesterday. I would rather see more useful tips tips up here tho. Like maybe taking a valet switch apart and using something else to make the momentary contact. or the way u can take the hugte plastic shield off an LED and can barely see it installed when its not flashing.

Just looking for new ideas for myself really. stuff that hasnt ran across my brain yet, that i know has run across some of the older guys a few times. Surfing this site has alot of gr8 info but alot of it is for first time installers, or its about harmonics and imaging or something that is still over my head. Just trying to pick a few brains

Heres one fer ya... Most people have some hand sanitizer hangin around the house...

I used some today to "lube" a wire pull. It was perfect, no oiley residue leftover like WD40.

I made several pulls with the same nylon guide.... and the tape stuck EVERY time!

See thats just it Howie.... there is NO soap in the hand sanitizer. It's alcohal based, slick as snot, and dries fast, and leaves nothing behind!

Don't know the curtain wire thing? I do have a 36 inch long HEAVY DUTY zip tie though, it's 1/2 inch wide.

i swear the last thread of new tricks for security turned out the same way this one is. cable ties and wd-40 arguements  lol

im looking more for tips like soundnsecurity said about mounting hoodpins to plastic. granted most of us installers who have done this stuff for a few years have either done it or would have figured it out, but its tips like that id like to see on here. 90% of the "tricks" arent new but if you learned 1 new thing then it was worth keeping an eye on this discussion.