Anyone familiar wt this car?

[kotec123 10+ year member]

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I've got an acura 3.5 rl....1999, and i cant seem to find a good ground for my cap in my trunk...at first i had my ground runnin from my trunk to under the back seats, but the 8 ga wire im usin to ground my cap was like 6 feet long. I decided it was wayy to long even tho i didnt notice any drop in preformance or my amp. But When i got my new box i decided to find a closer ground, and only was successful in finding a bolt that comes down from the top of the trunk.. im not sure what if it connected to the chassis or what, but it was workin for a while i thought, but on my ride home just now my amp was gettin weaker and weaker i could tell. I looked on the amp and it read that it was gettin 14.4 volts, but it sure dodnt sound like it was gettin 14.4 volts.......what do u think is wrong?? is anyone familiar wt my car and can you help me find a proper ground, if it sounds like the problem???

thanks

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[tplaya07 10+ year member]

Just find a nice solid piece of metal on the floor of your trunk, scrape the paint down to bare metal, and use a bolt to make your own hole. ***Make sure to check underneath the car first though, so you don't drill into your gas tank.

 

[Shyne151 10+ year member]

Just find a nice solid piece of metal on the floor of your trunk, scrape the paint down to bare metal, and use a bolt to make your own hole. ***Make sure to check underneath the car first though, so you don't drill into your gas tank.

Or selftaping screw.

 

[PatFitz9 10+ year member]

if you don't want to make holes in your trunk, just find a good bolt under the carpet and scrape the paint away. just make sure it is a good bare metal contact and you shouldn't have a problem. and if you really want to check, a volt meter would be more accurate then reading from your amp.

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

ic...thanks...what i think im gonna do is use my left over "power" wire which is 4 ga and just fasten that to the seat bolt under my back seats where my amp ground is....let me know if that should solve the problem

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

i ended up using the 4 ga to ground my cap to the same bolt that i am grounding my amp on....is it bad to use 2 grounds one one seat bolt???

 

[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

you shouldnt use where the seat bolts to, thats a horrible ground location. Also just ditch the cap....

 

[bikejunkie223 10+ year member]

You should ideally have ALL your grounds at one point, I' go to one of the rear seatbelt anchors under the back seat, just get a slightly longer grade 8 bolt, and do it there. If you graound everything at one spot it reduces the chances of ground loops tremendously.

 

[AznRevlAzn 10+ year member]

find a bolt, un screw, crimp a spade terminal on your ground wire, use a dremel and sand away at teh paint till the nice shiny metal is showing, bolt the spade terminal, BAM pure ground of goodness.

 

[JeffyZ33 10+ year member]

Why are seat bolts bad? I used one for 3-4 months fine??