crxb16er

well that would definitely work but its more than a bit overkill, most people dont use a 2-guage wire unless they have a few amps for their sound systems because they want a bigger "hit", and u do require quite a bit of extra power to do a serious sound system, or they want it because its showey. but hey its ur car do with it what u like, and i hope it turns out that way. personally i say 6 guage wires are more than adequate. coming off ur battery to the starter, and use ur factory wires from that point on, unless you have some other problem that needs addressed

LX4CYL

I'm going with 4 guage, but I've got a few questions:

https://www.honda-acura.net/forums/s...threadid=73638

CivicDXR

hey everyone...

since my factory grounds looked very outta shape, i sorta made my own kit using some 4 gauge stereo wire, and some crimp rings i got from work... I soldered, then crimped, then taped up the ends real good... it may all be in my mind, but the car seems to run a bit smoother...

the pics below will show you what I did (don't mind the beater motor, the tape on the intake is to cover the holes made from the previous nitrous nozzle and air temp sensor, its not staying like that for long )... I started with the valve cover, on to the front frame/upper support, then went around the back of the head to the distributor, to the tranny, to the battery, and then for good measure, another spot on the body by the passenger shock...

here are the pics...





now the two questions I had are: 1)what else should I be grounding? and 2) is there an advantage/disadvantage to using this daisy chain setup over the distribution block setup???

Thanks in advance, any comments are appreciated...

crxb16er

u should ground whatever needs it where the wires are sketchy, u did a good job of doing the negative battery cable, u can do the positive battery cable to the starter which is pretty much the biggest connection point where u need the most power but, if should already have at least a 6 guage wire there, example, i rigged up my own stereo and when i did i just wrapped the ground wire around one of the bolts that another ground wire was on, without using any type of connector or nething, like that would benefit by doing it right, as for most connections on the car honda does a good job of setting up the electronics, thicker ground and power wires are typically for show or bigger amps in the back of ur car that need alot of power. in older cars it is suggested that you use a slightly higher cca (cold cranking amp) battery to get all the amps to whatever might need it since some wiring may be old and a little worn out. nice car CivicDXR even with the stock engine it looks very nice.

jung4g

2 gauge is extreme overkill. Have you seen that wire, huge!!

4 gauge is plenty.

As to the Daisy Chain VS Distribution Block, it won't matter as long as everything is connected well. These ground runs are so short (ie. <5 ft.) so it shouldn't matter at all.

Jung

P.S. I spent a lot of time perfecting my battery setup, with good grounds, great cable, blah blah, and then my Optima Battery went bad... ugh...

LX4CYL

I went with 4 guage. 2 guage was impossible for me to find and it is unnecessary.

NightRider79

Great Job guys! I'm looking to do the samething to my 5th Gen. How much 4 gauge wire do I need to do both (+) and (-)?

HaZiE

I regrounded my system recently. 4 gauge. anything more IS over kill...

I only really found 3 or 4 grounds... (I'll take pictures tomorrow) just some scrap 4 gauge from work I replaced the ring terminals with premium terminals as well as the battery with an Optima yellowtop. I wrapped all the new grounds with wire loom (since I'll be adding an alarm soon I'm informed that it's a good idea to keep all the wires looking the same thus to camoflauge any important wires...)

most of the cables are red if you must know, (clear will yellow up on you) I wanted to go with blue but we didn't have any scraps long enough for that.

anyhow I plan on putting in a pretty sick Kicker system very soon. however my co-workers have recomended replacing the alternator with a high output alternator. however I cannot find any one/place that sells alternators for japanese cars. (GM I can find no problem) and I'm wondering if any of you know where I can get my hands on a better alternator.

the point being to keep my system going, and when the bass hits I don't want my lights or ANYTHING for that matter to dim. (probably going to be running a KX 650.4 and kx 1200.1) running an L7 10" I'd like to run the 12" but I think I would need the next amp up which takes a $300 price jump (little too much) plus, I'm not sure I can fit the 12" box for it in my trunk.

anyhow I'll put some pictures up of my grounding job to help others... and for critique (I need to make sure I didn't miss anything ... I have this feeling that I did.

VtecRacer

Just one question, kinda dumb but do I need to disconnect the negative battery before removing and replacing the ground wires?

asian relic

Does anyone know the lenghts of the groudning kit wires for a D17 02 Civic Ex? I wanna do this custom, I don't want to pay like over a $100 for a grounding kit.