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Old Jul 26, 2003
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Made my own ground kit! Woohoo! W/pics...

Im missing 2 links. Cant really spend on 4 gauge wire, that **** is 3 bucks a foot.
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Loooks like I need a link going from the battery to the front frame radiator support thingy... and one from the firewall to the tranny, and im done!

BTW, all that crap about louder stereo, clearer highs... thats non existent (in my case anyways) I did immediately notice quicker starts in the morning though... but maybe thats in my head And my radio/amp still buzzez. i gotta fix that shiat.
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Hell if nothing else it adds a little color under the hood.
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Ya think i should go with the red theme and paint the trim pieces?
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ah I duno about paying money for color under the hood.

although doing it yourself will save more money.

btw what side skirts are those?
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Looks good. Do a DIY with the lengths needed for each peice, what wire you used and the costs!

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custom m3 sides. i had a thread about it a lil while ago, but anywhoo, theyre completely custom fiberglass and they were on a friends ride that was in an accident, and basically we had to recreate most of the skirts (due to blown off chunks during the car going into a ditch) and reinforce it. heavy work. i also painted them myself..... have to repaint them and rebondo them though, not satisfied with my job. paint good.. bondo.. so-so.. imperfections here and there. Plus it wouldnt hurt to recreate one of the skirts top edge (where i cut too much. DOH!)
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Just measure and cut for each individual piece. No biggy.
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4ga wire is not 3 bucks a foot - dude your getting jacked i can get you Stinger, Scoche/Efx, or MTX wire for under a buck a foot. Hell, I have 0/1ga in my car cost me i think 0.98 a foot or something.
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dude why are you using red for ground? You should use red for positive and black for ground so you don't get confused... you're gunna end up shorting something out some day.... this whole grounding crap is a bunch of BS anyways....
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Originally posted by obtix
4ga wire is not 3 bucks a foot - dude your getting jacked i can get you Stinger, Scoche/Efx, or MTX wire for under a buck a foot. Hell, I have 0/1ga in my car cost me i think 0.98 a foot or something.
where you can the wires from? a link would be helpful they also sell online.
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lol yeah.. I estimate 3-5 G made on numerous car boards...

for ground wires.. mmm...
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Yeah you'd get confused if you're an idiot... I don't think have the capacity to get confused of what's hot or what's ground. The plastic covering is just a color anyway, there's no special type of "ground or power" metal in the wire
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i cant believe these people think black and red make a diference.....you can use either one for positive.......idiots
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He's just saying red is USUALLY used for POSTIVE wire...and he's gonna get confused one of these days with the ground (red) wire and the postive(red) wire
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Originally posted by IDQcivic
dude why are you using red for ground? You should use red for positive and black for ground so you don't get confused... you're gunna end up shorting something out some day.... this whole grounding crap is a bunch of BS anyways....
You'd have to be pretty freaking stupid to make that mistake.
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omg i went out shopping for stuff and those gold ring terminals are expensive!! the only place to buy is online...
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Originally posted by HondaNation
i cant believe these people think black and red make a diference.....you can use either one for positive.......idiots
you're an idiot if you think that this grounding crap will actually help anything.... save your money and time...
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Can't get it online... Northeast Light and Sound in Hazleton, PA I work there come in ask for Dave.

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where you can the wires from? a link would be helpful they also sell online.
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don't knock it till you try it

Originally posted by IDQcivic
you're an idiot if you think that this grounding crap will actually help anything.... save your money and time...
there is a vast history that any electrical unit will benefit from a better flow of power
i.e better ground wires=less resistance=better power flow
just because they are ground wires does not mean they are not providing "power" to the unit.

Then again maybe people should save their money and by something "that is not crap" like your
'DC battery hold down/oil cap, Mugen radiator cap'
Does it hold that battery down better, cuz I have heard of people's batteries suddenly flying off and causing their engine to blow up!
And the radiator cap, how's that holding up? Good thing you got taht cu I van't even begin to tell you the horror stories that I've heard about people radiator fluid gushing out and causing the engine to overheat, and boom!
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the radiator cap helps make my engine run cooler.. I need the battery tie down because of my optima battery.. and I got the oil cap just because it looked nicer... anyways......
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what sizes of those "Gold ring terminals" did u use?
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5/16's get them here!
http://www.audiotronicsaccessories.c...2002/inac.html

there's a small catch...you have to email him because they haven't fixed the shipping error( it should be only $2 bucks) but the terminals are only .49 cents each
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But all you do is pay online with the credit card...ignore the $13 they will charge on the invoice and he will only charge you 2 bucks
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that looks pretty good ...good job
 
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