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Old Jul 23, 2003
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I made my own "Ground Wire Kit"

I used some left over 4 gauge schoche power wire (beautiful stuff), and some gold plated terminals (1.50 each at a local stereo shop) (ripped off, i know), and basically made a circular ground (all wires connected) starting from the battery and ending at the left strut tower. I am missing one link, didnt have enough wire, but as soon as i get more wire, i'll take pics and show you guys.

A lot of cutting and crimping is req'd though if you want to make your own, or you can buy it and get a quality pre-made kit (theres a thread about it on this forum -- where i got the idea from)
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Sweet! Hurry up and finish it and get pics up, I kinda wanna see it. I thought about the same thing, but never got around to it
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Yea i hear the quality of wire you are using is not as pure as the wire you would use in the "grounding kit" find out how much pure copper it has
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I did it myself with high-grade power wire - 99.9% copper. Even if the grounding kit stuff is even higher-grade, how much difference could it make? Notice any diff cdmx?
I don't see any more power or fuel efficiency (nothing noticable that is) but my headlight dimming problem has subsided quite a bit - running a Brahma off a Visonik 900XD really sucks up the juice.
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The stuff i'm using is high quality stuff. Also gold plated ring terminals. So far, I've noticed quicker starts. Thats about it.
 
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