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C5 amp grounding location
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Melting Slicks
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From: Iowa
C5 amp grounding location
the general sticky says:
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.
I am about to add an amplifier to the rear wall of my C5's hatch area. how do I find the screw/bolts which hold the rear middle compartment to the frame referenced above? anyone have a picture of this location?
thanks!
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.
I am about to add an amplifier to the rear wall of my C5's hatch area. how do I find the screw/bolts which hold the rear middle compartment to the frame referenced above? anyone have a picture of this location?
thanks!
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From: Spring Texas
St. Jude Donor '08
Drill a hole in the rear wall slightly larger than the ground wire you're using. Ideally this hole should be in the corner between rear wall sections and just above the floor. (where the blue and silver speaker wire is in the pic below) Now thread the wire through the wall making sure to use a gromet.
Now take out the inside taillight on the side you decided to drill the hole. Inside the rear bumper, you can thread the wire to a good frame grounding point.
Now take out the inside taillight on the side you decided to drill the hole. Inside the rear bumper, you can thread the wire to a good frame grounding point.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Iowa
Drill a hole in the rear wall slightly larger than the ground wire you're using. Ideally this hole should be in the corner between rear wall sections and just above the floor. (where the blue and silver speaker wire is in the pic below) Now thread the wire through the wall making sure to use a gromet.
Now take out the inside taillight on the side you decided to drill the hole. Inside the rear bumper, you can thread the wire to a good frame grounding point.
Now take out the inside taillight on the side you decided to drill the hole. Inside the rear bumper, you can thread the wire to a good frame grounding point.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2004
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From: NCCO Oklahoma
I ran my power/ground wiring into my right rear storage compartment. I dropped a ground down out of the compartment and tied to a factory ground beside the upper A-Arm.
I have had ZERO issues with the elements getting into my car.
In this picture, you can see the ground wire dropping out of the bottom of the storage bin and going up to the ground lug. This picture is taken from the right rear wheel well area.
Hope this helps.
Mark
I have had ZERO issues with the elements getting into my car.
In this picture, you can see the ground wire dropping out of the bottom of the storage bin and going up to the ground lug. This picture is taken from the right rear wheel well area.
Hope this helps.
Mark
Melting Slicks
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From: NCCO Oklahoma
Race Director
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From: South Western Ontario
I just drilled a hole through the floor into the frame and screwed a big hex-head self tapping metal screw into the frame. I drilled it right beside the centre compartment in the low spot of the floor.
Peter
Peter
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