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  1. 01-21-2009, 11:48 AM #1
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    Amp Ground Question

    Ok I have not installed an amp in a few years(12+) and I am getting ready to install my latest Ebay buy. So my question is can I just ground my amp to the ground stud right in front of the battery (toward the front of the car)? Or do you think I will have problems grounding there? I dont really want to drill holes in my car sheet metal.
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  2. 01-21-2009, 12:01 PM #2
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    That works for me.


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    Shouldn't be a problem that is where my Cap and Amp is grounded to..
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  4. 01-21-2009, 01:09 PM #4
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    K thats where I am going. I was given a pyramid 10 and an sony amp but the guy did not know if the amp worked so we hooked it up in his truck no go on the amp. Then i was looking on ebay and found an alpine 300w amp for $30 and bought it. So now i am waiting to get my amp. Should be here today. I am getting all the wires in so when it shows up i can just hook it up. Cant wait to find a deal like that on a decent sub.
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  5. 01-23-2009, 11:03 PM #5
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    It worked and now i have awsome bass in my car. thanks guys
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    you could also ground it directly to the battery seeing as how it's that close already but good to hear it works...

    post up some pics!
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    i will get some pics up but the bass dose not turn down with the stereo vol. any one have a fix for that.
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    how do you have the input on the amp hooked up?
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  9. 01-24-2009, 12:02 AM #9
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    High to low convter from both back speakers and then RCA's in to the amp. I also have the amp out of sync. could that be a problem.
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  10. 01-24-2009, 12:03 AM #10
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    it should adjust the bass with the volume on the deck unless you have the gain cranked up from the start. then it won't get any louder it will just clip
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    k I will play with it tomorow, my mechanic at work did all the settings on the amp.
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    adjusted the gain today and now the vol. works. that idiot mechanic had the gain way too high.
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    cool, sound good?
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  14. 01-27-2009, 12:12 AM #14
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    HI do you have the picture of where you ground the cable? Thanks.
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    Here's a picture of how mine is...it's not a good picture and i've cleaned up some of the other wires since...


    the ground is up in the top by the valves, bolted to the floor of the trunk. i scraped all of the junk and paint off to get to bare metal.
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