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Old 09-03-2011, 03:06 PM
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Question Couple of good amp grounding locations

I'm probably going to mount my amp on the left (drivers side) on the rear flat deck behind the back seat. Any specific location on that side for a good ground point (cable is 36"). Also, on the other side in case I decide to mount it over there.
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Ive got mine bolted to the inner fender well...as long as you have good contact to metal, anywhere is fine
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Upper seatbelt mount bolt... make sure to sand paint off.
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Originally Posted by dragonrage
Upper seatbelt mount bolt... make sure to sand paint off.
Yeah, I was looking at that. Only problem there is the bolt I huge and I would have to replace the grounding cable ring terminal, the current one is too small.
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Under carpet in t top hatch. thats where mine was. arent you worried bout security. Like when your parked at the store or something. I wanna put mine there but after getting tv stolen I wanna do stealth everything.
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Originally Posted by ls1ya
Under carpet in t top hatch. thats where mine was. arent you worried bout security. Like when your parked at the store or something. I wanna put mine there but after getting tv stolen I wanna do stealth everything.
Going with 5% tint on the rear hatch glass, so that should keep things safe. Plus, the car stays in my garage 95% of the time.

Ended up mounting my ground close to the rear drivers side seat belt mount. Gridded off the paint, cleaned up everything nicely, and stuck it right there. Did a resistance check with my multimeter, and got around 1 ohm between the ground point and the seat belt bolt.
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Originally Posted by cpo
Yeah, I was looking at that. Only problem there is the bolt I huge and I would have to replace the grounding cable ring terminal, the current one is too small.
It's worth it. Do it.



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