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Old Apr 14, 2004
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Hi guys!

I got a question for those of you who got lot'sa of grounding point no ur civic..

What is the best grounding point to eliminate the slight dimming on your headlight when you turn on the AC/Heater?

Other than that, can you recommend one other grounding point that's important and easy to install?

I probably only want to install two...at most......easiest.....especially that #!@*$ point which caused the dimming on my headlight...

THANX!
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I have a crazy ground system with voltage regulator and the lights still dim slightly. The most important ground is the stock batery to chassis. Second one you should do is the thermostat housing that connects to the chassis (stock silver wire). But connect it directly to the battery.
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aw man...

i thought that it's gonna totally fix the dim headlight..

well...

so, hows this..

connect battery negative to chassis with new grounding cable...
connect from engine to chassis with new grounding cable (the silver one, behind the bumper)
then, from the chassis, connect to the negative battery again..

how's that?
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It's better to send the grounding cable directly back to the negative terminal on the battery.
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