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name this part: flexible conduit to door

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Forum Name: Car Security and Convenience
Forum Discription: Car Alarms, Keyless Entries, Remote Starters, Immobilizer Bypasses, Sensors, Door Locks, Window Modules, Heated Mirrors, Heated Seats, etc.
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Printed Date: July 09, 2025 at 7:41 PM


Topic: name this part: flexible conduit to door

Posted By: nitroxdm
Subject: name this part: flexible conduit to door
Date Posted: October 11, 2010 at 1:40 PM

I'm putting power locks in a base model car. There isn't a flexible conduit from the frame to the door to run wires through. I would like to pick up the stock ones that came with this model car. But I have no idea what to call these things. It's hard to find a part you can't reference.

Any suggestions where to buy?

The car: 2002 Chevy Cavalier



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Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: October 11, 2010 at 1:50 PM
Door tubes, go to a wreckers yard.

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Posted By: nitroxdm
Date Posted: October 11, 2010 at 1:59 PM
Door tubes. Hmmm... sounds plausible.
Google shows up stuff like this Door Tubes
I will have to check out the junk yards.




Posted By: Mike M2
Date Posted: October 11, 2010 at 3:42 PM
The proper name here is a door jamb boot...

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Mike M2
Tech Manager
CS Dealer Services




Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: October 11, 2010 at 4:09 PM
Sounds like a line from "Come Together" by the Fab Four.

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Amateurs assume, don't test and have problems; pros test first. I am not a free install service.
Read the installation manual, do a search here or online for your vehicle wiring before posting.




Posted By: KarTuneMan
Date Posted: October 13, 2010 at 12:03 AM

Mike M2 wrote:

The proper name here is a door jamb boot...

And the winner is......... Mike M2



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Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: October 13, 2010 at 1:36 AM
Hello Gary.
A rose by any other name etc. We're back to boots and trunks earths and grounds here.

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Amateurs assume, don't test and have problems; pros test first. I am not a free install service.
Read the installation manual, do a search here or online for your vehicle wiring before posting.




Posted By: Mike M2
Date Posted: October 13, 2010 at 6:55 AM
Simply a matter of different terms from different countries. I would never call a cigarette a fag....posted_image

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Mike M2
Tech Manager
CS Dealer Services




Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: October 13, 2010 at 6:59 AM
Very funny, thus I concede. (Yes I'm aware of the yiddish for fairy).

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Amateurs assume, don't test and have problems; pros test first. I am not a free install service.
Read the installation manual, do a search here or online for your vehicle wiring before posting.




Posted By: tedmond
Date Posted: October 13, 2010 at 5:39 PM

ahah i was about to suggest door wiring boot.

looks like Mike M2 nailed this one on the head.



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Ted
2nd Year Tier 1 Medical School
Still installing as a hobby...pays for groceries
Compustar Expert




Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: October 14, 2010 at 1:03 AM
Other names:-
Germany (literal translation) tubes as means of passing cables from car to door with sealing grommets either end.
Italy, don't bother everything will be rotten and corroded in 2 years.
France, don't bother all the electrics will fail, Peugeot alternative, let's design it so it cuts the cables after a couple of years.*
UK (Rover/BL dog days, early 70s) We can't afford it.
*Honestly true.

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Amateurs assume, don't test and have problems; pros test first. I am not a free install service.
Read the installation manual, do a search here or online for your vehicle wiring before posting.





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