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is this grease really neccessary when putting new battery terminals in when doing the new grounding? im just curious cuz i dont know where to find the grease(but really i am just lazy, went to pepboys and kragen no luck) and i wanna put in my grounding kit in now too. so please help out a noob. thnaks

 
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any auto supply shop *should* have it. Did you ask a salesman?

It's not necessary, but it will help stop corrosion.

 
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I see it all over, but it doesn't seem to work. I put it on my ground connections, but they're still corroding because of the humidity.

 
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thats weird...i put it on my speaker terminals in my door, and they havent had any corrosion, whereas my old speakers didnt have any on them and they were corroded to hell.

 
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ive used it before and had no problems at all

check this thread out: http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=164025

 
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It's not waterproof like it says, and everytime it rains, the stuff dries into powder. Then the corrosion starts and I have to constantly sand rust away.

 
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hmm...thats weird. are you sure you used dialetric grease and not something else? mine hasnt turned to powder.

 
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Yup says right on it. The ground for my amps inside the car is perfectly fine. It's the engine grounds (and HID) that keep rusting so fast. I think it's where I live. My front rotors rust up in only one day.

 
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Weird...maybe try a different brand of the grease or something? Like I said, mine has never done that....

 
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The reason your rotors rust is because it's steel.

Steel + moisture = rust. It's a normal thing. Don't worry about it. Hell, after a rain your rotors will be rusty. It's fine. It's a super-thin layer. First time you step on the brakes, it'll go away.

 
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ok thanks so i guess ill just keep looking around. and yes i did ask the salesman and they said no. so ill check home depot....ace hardware and stores like that. thanks! and when i apply the grease on to the battery terminal do i put the gobs of grease in the terminal connector or the terminal itself?

 
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Both, but it should be a thin layer of grease. It passes current, but too much will cause problems.

 
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For the battery terminal, Vaseline works fine and lasts a very long time. The factory petroleum gel on the battery terminal is very similar. Do not substitute dielectric grease for other applications like spark plug wires (on cars which have them), electrical sockets, etc as the Vaseline will not stand the high temperatures and is possibly not safe on certain types of rubber.

 
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my mom bought a tube at radio shack. but as mentioned above, you can use a number of compounds to simply protect the area from corrosion. i'm just scared of vasoline in the engine bay because it is a petroleum product. but maybe i'm just weird.

pb blaster, wd-40, or liquid wrench are all in my arsenal when it comes to corrosion, i mostly just let it happen (living in the salt belt, rust WILL happen)