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with all the work you are doing, you should just learn to make your own. First find a decent piece of metal on the frame to ground (if you want you can check with a volt meter to make sure its going to be a good spot), grind off the paint, and use a metal tapping screw with a star washer to get a good connection, just make sure your screws aren't too long and make sure you are not about to drill into something else you don't want a hole in.
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you could, but I would still suggest making your own grounding point, I don't really know if this is gonna give you a good enough ground for what you are trying to do, this is why I would suggest making your own. Do you have a pic of the antenna ground?
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Originally Posted by Plurr
you could, but I would still suggest making your own grounding point, I don't really know if this is gonna give you a good enough ground for what you are trying to do, this is why I would suggest making your own. Do you have a pic of the antenna ground?
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that should be okay, I would take some more paint off to make sure you get the best connection. That piece of metal would be a good place to expand your grounds later on too, easy to drill through and it would be close to the amps. (you can see I did that in the pic, the power is 0 gauge (splits down), and then I grounded two 8 gauge to a dist block to 4 gauge for my small amps, and then i grounded the big amp with the other 4 gauge wire)
I guess I landed my ground somewhere else when I put in my aftermarket antenna
I guess I landed my ground somewhere else when I put in my aftermarket antenna
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it is always best to take your ground to a frame point of some sort, even if it means going through sheetmetal to get to it.
again, with the power your talking of running, your ground is just as important as your power connections. you can make a amp run hot and go bad quick with a bad ground location.
again, with the power your talking of running, your ground is just as important as your power connections. you can make a amp run hot and go bad quick with a bad ground location.
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Originally Posted by Spl170s
it is always best to take your ground to a frame point of some sort, even if it means going through sheetmetal to get to it.
again, with the power your talking of running, your ground is just as important as your power connections. you can make a amp run hot and go bad quick with a bad ground location.
again, with the power your talking of running, your ground is just as important as your power connections. you can make a amp run hot and go bad quick with a bad ground location.