I set up my amplifiers but im having a problem finding a good spot to connect the ground wire. i originally was going to put on the tail light bult but a freind told me that wasent a good spot. Anyone have any reccomendations.

I have a 1998 honda civic HX coupe.

all help will be appreciated.

 

Any bolt or stud in the floor pan of the car, seat and seat-belt bolts and studs work very well, surface must be clean and free of paint, down to bare metal, if in trunk, the bolts that hold bumper in the frame rail or the studs at the top of the shock towers.

Your friend is correct, the tail light studs and nuts are not a good spot.

Mount the amp to the back of the back seat and run the ground to the closest seat belt bolt, don't forget to add the same gauge, [at least] ground from batt. to a front shock tower stud. 94

 

i usually drill a 1/4" hole and get a bolt/nut/washer/star washer combo and make a super tight compression ground where i need it and as stated the most important thing is having the connection point clean to the bare metal, or else flow of electrons will be very poor. Also keep ground as short as possible.

 

A bolt around the tail light area behind a panel and u can also sand down around it and get the paint off for better ground or get a screw driver and scratch the paint around it so it pure metal

 

use a wire wheel, self tap screw, star washer.

 

Why would you drill a hole in your car to ground an amp when there are more then a few bolt/studs already available????94

 

ANY Metal Surface On Car! well any part of the shell
especially if a threaded nut is welded there.
Plenty of bolts and nuts in rear w/out touching the taillamp, and yes that is exactly what my brother did and it works fine. As long as the ground wire does not touch the bulbs power wire, ther will be no problem. The entire Chassis is common ground for everything. If you look at battery, nothing is connected directly to the Neg terminal except Chassis

 

Not so grasshopper, the floor pan of the car is the best ground, it is normally a single piece of sheet metal from the rear seat belt mounts, [sometimes all the way to the rear of car] to the fire wall, so the least amount of connections, [spot welds and sealer/glues] between the batt. chassis ground and the amps ground. 94

 

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