94 C4 coupe - Amplifier grounding point?
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94 C4 coupe - Amplifier grounding point?
If anyone has installed an amplifier behind the driver's seat in a later model C4, can you please let me know where you grounded it and if you did anything special to prepare the ground point?
I'm thinking that i should remove the driver's seat frame and try to remove the seat belt buckle anchor point and ground to that, but I don't know if there is going to be metal there to easily ground to.
Little help?
I'm thinking that i should remove the driver's seat frame and try to remove the seat belt buckle anchor point and ground to that, but I don't know if there is going to be metal there to easily ground to.
Little help?
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Which bolts?
Originally Posted by corvette-pilot
Just use one of the seat mounting bolts
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You running power from the battery, right? Just run a ground with it. It solves many problems especially in a composite body car.
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Originally Posted by ShawnZR-1
You running power from the battery, right? Just run a ground with it. It solves many problems especially in a composite body car.
i'd prefer to hit a chassis ground point on the seat track/seat belt anchor, so I'm trying to find the best option in the area of the driver's seat. Hopefully corvette-pilot sees my question about his previous comment and can clarify what he meant about 'seat mounting bolt'.
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I ran my ground wire back to the battery, I didn't try the seat bolts because originally it wasn't mounted behind the seat, you can see it is now in my pictures. Usually you want to run the same size ground, I do now, but I don't think you have to, the first system I did I had 4 gauge power wire, and ran 12 gauge ground which was only 6 in. to the body so maybe the distance made a difference. Grounding to the seat belt anchor or where the seat frame bolts to the car frame, so just in case it can't get in the way of tracks.
Last edited by BRICHC4; Sep 24, 2005 at 11:27 AM.
