Is this a good ground??

[xclusiv3 10+ year member]

this was done by Cruisin Concepts of Deland FL....

had this done since october...but my battery was over it so i never saw the ground until the accident....

now that i have the car back the new system is in the works....but i was just wondering if this may have caused my amp to clip, leading to my mags getting really stinky after about 10 minutes.

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[wolfman1966 10+ year member]

as far as LOOKS go, it looks like crap, no reason to use all those screws. also, kinda hard to see if they sanded the grounding point down to bare metal. anyone else?

 

[blimblam 10+ year member]

from what i see, i think they did sand it down to bare metal but not 100% sure. trying taking out all of the screws and seeing, then that way, if its not, you can sand it yourself then put it back. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Tonyguy 10+ year member]

they didn't grind it down. That looks like shit too.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

Wow... when I ground shit, I use.... one screw.

But if it works, it's all good.

And that wouldnt cause your amp to clip.... but bad gain settings will.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I dont care if they did grind the paint off, that's still ghetto as hell for a professional job. Id raise hell. If you drive back and show that to the guy in charge, he should be embarrassed and offer to fix it. If he doesn't and claims its functional, well that just shows you the quality of work you should expect from that place.

It should have been drilled out and one solid bolt used... not one sheetmetal screw, and certainly not 9 of them.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

This is why I always say

"Why pay someone else to mess up your car when you can do it yourself for free?"

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

This is why I always say"Why pay someone else to mess up your car when you can do it yourself for free?"

For the peace of mind of course.

 

[xclusiv3 10+ year member]

the other little hole thing to the right of the ground....it looks like they just used one of those....

and bad ground would lead to voltage drops, which would lead to clipping.....

either way when i get the new system i'll get it redone for we will use bigger wire //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[wolfman1966 10+ year member]

had to steal the quote:see below

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

and bad ground would lead to voltage drops, which would lead to clipping.....

So basically you're saying you dont understand how clipping occurs? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Low system voltage will NOT lead to amplifier clipping. Where is this rumor coming from lately?

 

[xclusiv3 10+ year member]

i know clipping occurs from gains set wrong....

but in a thread a while back i mentioned my mags got smelly quick and it may have been a bad ground....they then said low voltage can cause clipping...let me find it gimme a sec.

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

And to think UCP laughed when I told him my main ground was welded to the spare tire mounting bracket underneath my trunk floor.....

My ghetto method > That ^^^^ ghetto method

 

[Safe-N-Sound215 10+ year member]

This is why I always say"Why pay someone else to mess up your car when you can do it yourself for free?"

To pass the buck when something f's up.

 

[xclusiv3 10+ year member]

i cant find it.....

but i know i read somewhere voltage drops can led to clipping....oh well doesnt matter the setup is gone and that ground wont be used again....

shops FTW!!!

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