HMVC and application folder outside root gives 404 not found

This is what I have that works.

Code:

$config['modules_locations'] = array(
    APPPATH.'components/' => '../components/',
);

Yeah thats the default (where you have components in the application folder).
In version 2 I had the components directory in the root (next to system and application)

/application
/components
/system

Then this ($config['modules_locations'] = array(APPPATH . '../components/' => '../../components/',) should be it.

However now I have the application directory OUTSIDE the public and the components directory INSIDE the public.
Then $config['modules_locations'] = array(APPPATH . '../components/' => '../../components/',); aint working