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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 07:07 AM
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Default Ground wire need help

I putting a sub woofer in my car. Does anyone now were you can put a good ground in the rear truck area? I have a 2001 convertable. I bought a bazooka tube that looks like a nitrous bottle. Thanks for the help. :confused:
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 01:08 PM
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i drilled a small hole in the storage compartment after removing the carpet and ran a 10gauge ground to the frame ground stud in the left rear wheelwell area, it's a very clean install and i get no rf noise through my system, punch 160 amp with a jl audio 10' sub
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 01:16 PM
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Look for a bolt and back it up and put it underneath. there is several of them back there. If not you can ground it to you seat belt bolt or the actual seat bracket bolt
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 01:22 PM
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you can also drill into the steel bulkhead behind the seats
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