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Old Aug 19, 2007 | 02:24 PM
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Anyone know of a good ground point in the trunk on a C5 hatchback?
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Old Aug 19, 2007 | 04:19 PM
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Where is the best place to ground my amplifier?
You can ground your amp to a screw/bolt that holds the rear middle compartment to the frame. You can also ground it to the seat bolt or if you have a vert you can mount it to the metal that is under the waterfall.
Taken from C5 FAQ Sticky
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I just drilled a hole in the floor beside the big storage bin and screwed a big self tapping screw into it, went right into the frame rail.

There's like indents in the floor that come from the back on both sides of the bin so I put the amp on the back wall and ran the wire into the indent and grounded it there. Seemed to be the easiest way to do it.

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Thanks guys. I ended up bolting it to the passenger seat. The only drawback is that I have a 10ft ground cable. But it's just a sub so hopefully there's no engine noise.
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