Ground wire on seat frame?

[cheeto 10+ year member]

Ok, so I was poking around in my 2003 Honda Pilot looking for an easy place to put the ground wire... On the second row seats (the sub is going on top of the third row seats) there's a screw in the seat frame that fits the exact size of the ground wire connector thing. Is it possible to place it on that? I don't wanna drill a hole in my car

Oh and is 3 feet of ground wire too much? I wanna leave it some slack so it'll be at about 3 feet.

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[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

it should be ok...but if possible you really want to get a good chassis grounding location

 

[cheeto 10+ year member]

it should be ok...but if possible you really want to get a good chassis grounding location

Yeah. The problem is, anything else I could easily access is more than 3 feet of wire away.

 

[mapolley07 10+ year member]

maybe use the bolt that bolts the seat frame to the floor

 

[cheeto 10+ year member]

maybe use the bolt that bolts the seat frame to the floor

That would have actually been a good idea. shoulda checked that. I'll look at it tomorrow. I'm tired as hell right now.

 

[Anniku989 10+ year member]

Just get a self tapping sheet metal screw and find some metal

 

[cheeto 10+ year member]

yeah, that would work nicely too, considering my amp kit came with two of them. Shit's just flyin over my head today like VROOOOM

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

a foot or two of ground wire is not an issue -- 3', 5', use what you need to get a good metal to metal ground.

I would expect a seat bolt to be threaded into a pretty substantial piece of steel. As long as there isn't a thick coating of paint or other resistive material between the wire terminal and the metal it should work pretty well.

 

[mavster 10+ year member]

dedicated battery ground!!!

 

[rollerdj 10+ year member]

a foot or two of ground wire is not an issue -- 3', 5', use what you need to get a good metal to metal ground.I would expect a seat bolt to be threaded into a pretty substantial piece of steel. As long as there isn't a thick coating of paint or other resistive material between the wire terminal and the metal it should work pretty well.

i agree. just make sure u scrap off any paint that would touch the wire termanal (sp?) itself.

 

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

you can have grounds longer than 3' man. a seat frame bolt CAN work. but i prefer not to use it.

i prefer a dedicated battery ground ran all the way up front

 

[bjayjr5679 10+ year member]

where is your amp i have a 2006 pilot? Is it under the front passenger seat or the headrest storage?

 

[Memphisv-tec428 10+ year member]

i have used the seat bolt before, make make **** sure that you scrap off the paint so you wont get to much noise form it, but honestly dude, 3 feet of ground is to much man

 

[cheeto 10+ year member]

i have used the seat bolt before, make make **** sure that you scrap off the paint so you wont get to much noise form it, but honestly dude, 3 feet of ground is to much man

how is three feet to much? i wont be able to mount the amp on the sub as plannedif it is.

 

[ekincam 10+ year member]

Nah, 3ft should be fine. That's what I'm using in my Camry right now.

Use a multimeter to check the voltage using that bolt as the ground. There shouldn't be much, should be zero, difference between your + wire and that bolt compared to what you measure at the battery.

Originally in my Camry, I used the bolt for the seatbelt before I decided I rather not tamper with the seatbelts. My passengers' lives are more valuable than my system. I ended up using the bolt that holds one of the back seat cushions on.