Hi kids

I thought this might come useful for some ppl some day...somewhere some how some time.

Anyways, where have you grounded your amps in the boot? any problems? any information you feel like telling, like how you have legumes growing on your chest or whatever u can throw in here too.

So yeah, to start it off-

3rd gen-TF sedan
2 4gauge ground cables from two amps. Crimped ring terminals, bolted do driver's side boot floor. Site is sanded.

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I don't think I have a problem, but my sub amp does cut out at high volumes. I have no time to fix/play around with it :cry:

Anyways, I hope you have a vauge idea of where it is. lol so...where's yours!

eek you champion, just about to start wiring up the car and was only just thinkin of this so i will be watchin!!!

On my old car i had it in the boot same as yours.

Into the baby seat restraint from the underside.

Already a thread there, just get the right sized bolt, sand away and ur good to go.

Into the baby seat restraint from the underside.

Already a thread there, just get the right sized bolt, sand away and ur good to go.

Thats what i do..
:D

both my amps are under my seats so i just chucked on a ground near there some where

And no unsightly holes through the petrol tank...

I'll see how this spot can handle some serious watts when i finally get around to putting everything back in.

petrol tank is under the rear seat so u wont go through it from the boot

I used to have mine on a threaded bolt that was sticking out down the bottom passenger corner of the back rest. I found a random nut and screwed it on. I moved it coz the ground cables would be too long for my new setup.

btw, love the new signature tim :bowrofl: I don't think its true :P

do u i remember correctly wen i say a ground wire shoulndt more then 50cm long ??

do u i remember correctly wen i say a ground wire shoulndt more then 50cm long ??

whua? does who remember saying correctly ground shouldn't be more than 50cm to you or to me by who?

i'm confused meh :nuts:

had mine on the rear seat backrest bolt. Its a large bolt, very sturdy.

whua? does who remember saying correctly ground shouldn't be more than 50cm to you or to me by who?

i'm confused meh :nuts:


spelling mistake

***do i remember***
it was in one of my amp manuals

i grounded my cable to the rear tail-light screws....lol was abit iffy about sanding paint away...

Amp is under passanger seat so its grounded to the right front passanger seat bolt.

Yep, ground wires should be as short as possible.
Multiple ground wires (for amps) should be to the same point
Try and keep the wire as large as possible.

mine is behind the passenger side carpet, i think near the electric arial motor, although my alpine amp has cut out at high volume without getting too hot so i guess there could be something there. When i get the boot install done properly i'll be re-doing most of the wiring aswell and using a higher guage cable (well, lower guage really) .....lets say THICKER cable... hopefully that will fix that problem.

Mine are earthed all over the car on the chassis. Mind you, on our test car I have quite a few earth points from the battery (like about ten of em...)

Front battery:
http://www.fastfoursforumscarclub.com/temp/fhrxstudios/images/fhrx_5.jpg

Rear battery:
http://www.fastfoursforumscarclub.com/temp/fhrxstudios/images/fhrx_12.jpg

Amp earths:
http://www.fastfoursforumscarclub.com/temp/fhrxstudios/images/fhrx_7.jpg

Yeah it's ugly but it's a test bench on wheels.

:D:D

Hi there. Just a question (bit of a noob when it comes to wiring amps in), why does the ground cable have to be less than 50cm? What happenes if the amp is grounded direct to the battery?

Dont have to ground directly to the battery. If you have problems, u can run a wire from the ground of the battery to the chassis at the back of the car, and still ground your amps to a single solid location in the boot.

Grounding to the battery directly will not yield better results usually as the car chassis acts as a better conductor than a single wire. Of course your battery is grounded to the chassis. You would have a better chance upgrading the ground wires in engine bay and/or having a really thick short cable for the rear ground.

Okay. Just when I installed my CB, I tried attaching a ground wire to bodywork, and was fairly noisy. When I put it direct to the battery (as I have it now), it was clear...

Ok, this thread again. noticed a few more ppl with nice stereos lurking around. wcani85 and the personn with the two kicker amps. where have u grounded ur amps?

Okay. Just when I installed my CB, I tried attaching a ground wire to bodywork, and was fairly noisy. When I put it direct to the battery (as I have it now), it was clear...

did you scratch the paint off so it was touching bare metal? Where abouts did you try to ground it to, not plastic i hope?

I dont have an amp in the boot but the previous owner did and he left some of the ground cable behind. It seems that he bolted a grounding point to the metal underside of the back shelf and grounded to that. My amp under my front seat is grounded to the bolt holding the seat down.

I Grounded mine to a bolt on the Rear Tail light after sandiing away some Paint.. Works a treat and keeps the Wires hidden

hey man ive earth mine to the passengers side boot and sanded it down. but im wiring all my amps again with 0gauge wires 2morow. umm all my ground wires are no more than 30cm long. my fused kept blowing when i had the ground bolted down on painted surface and also when its to long of wire. ill have pics soon on the new install ill have them in 2morow nite or friday. ill show you the steps i take on the wiring.

No idea ask FHRX lol