DIY grounding kit!
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DIY grounding kit!
My grounding kit I did was very simple 
....all you need are as follow:
- good length of wire....whatever size...from like NAPA or something
- wire cutters/splicers
- a copper terminal
- those like wire hook things...you'll see em the pics and know what I'm
talking about
First unplug your battery and make sure everything is good safety wise. remove the negative terminal and replace it with your new copper one:
now where you can find these copper terminals I dunno...my friend had it so just search around.....anyways...now find some good ground points around your engine bay...cut the wire to desired lengths, As you can see...if you closely follow the wire from the battery you can see my ground points, one of them is on my throttle body/intake manifold area:
now using those yellow hooks I was talking about( look below)...connect the wire to the bolts and the copper terminal:
Its really simple to do and it does help....it improves your battery ( i.e. headlights, interior lights/electronics, electronics all around, start up, etc.)...I also heard it improves your gas mileage and engine but I dunno if thats true.
hopefully this helps some one..I know its shotty instructions
but its not hard so enjoi! 
....all you need are as follow:- good length of wire....whatever size...from like NAPA or something
- wire cutters/splicers
- a copper terminal
- those like wire hook things...you'll see em the pics and know what I'm
talking about
First unplug your battery and make sure everything is good safety wise. remove the negative terminal and replace it with your new copper one:
now where you can find these copper terminals I dunno...my friend had it so just search around.....anyways...now find some good ground points around your engine bay...cut the wire to desired lengths, As you can see...if you closely follow the wire from the battery you can see my ground points, one of them is on my throttle body/intake manifold area:
now using those yellow hooks I was talking about( look below)...connect the wire to the bolts and the copper terminal:
Its really simple to do and it does help....it improves your battery ( i.e. headlights, interior lights/electronics, electronics all around, start up, etc.)...I also heard it improves your gas mileage and engine but I dunno if thats true.
hopefully this helps some one..I know its shotty instructions
but its not hard so enjoi!
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That looks Ghetto homie, (no offense) but I am sure it serves the same purpose as my HKS Circle Earth Grounding kit. Yeah it was pricey, but it looks good and adds a nice touch to the engine bay, plus the larger gauge wires seem more stable. Way to think outside the box though, Peace...
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Originally Posted by centerforce99
That looks Ghetto homie, (no offense) but I am sure it serves the same purpose as my HKS Circle Earth Grounding kit. Yeah it was pricey, but it looks good and adds a nice touch to the engine bay, plus the larger gauge wires seem more stable. Way to think outside the box though, Peace...
ya I'm thinking about replacing the wire for bigger guage...what guage wire did you use?
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Originally Posted by JDM_civicEG
ya I'm thinking about replacing the wire for bigger guage...what guage wire did you use?
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From: Sarasota, Florida
Originally Posted by lkailburn
4 gauge would suffice for anything
agreed, also the wire he used looked a lot bigger than 16 gauge it was probly 10 or 12 I don't think you will need any more than that... ever...
thought i would put my $.02 in
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