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Old 07-10-2009, 05:55 PM
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Where have you found to be the best ground in our cars?
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CompMan -Don't mean to be an *** but you might want to do a search on "grounding." -Lots of flamers on this site.
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i found it in here (The grounding sticky):

https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-interior-audio-electronics-24/what-proper-ground-63308/
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So after reading the sticky on grounding, I'm assuming the best ground is to the battery?

I already have a 0 gauge wire running to the postitive so I have to run another one to the neg? This sucks lol

I might try a few different places in the trunk before I do that.
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it is always best to run it to the battery but there are still good spots in the trunk.
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For my interior leds I grounded to one of the bolts on the dead pedal.
easy to get to and works good.
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A multimeter will tell you much more accurately if you've got a good ground then a forum post.

The problem with grounding in the trunk is that if you're using 4 gauge wire for the positive wire, and 4 gauge to a bolt in the trunk, you still only have 10 gauge ground wire under the hood connecting your engine/alternator to the frame.
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