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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 05:49 AM
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too all those with some years on your car.. and have done the grounding kit. you will notice a difference but its not a gain.. well kinda.. you only got back what you lost.. most likely you replaced your 5-10 year old ground wires with some fresh ones that are not all corroded. you may not be able to tell unless you cut the rubber shield of the old ones to really tell.. i know this because i too added a grounding kit and noticed it went from open loop to close loop in the morning in half the time.. i found out later my original ground straps where all corroded
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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 06:58 AM
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Minimizing resistance in the voltage current from all the sensors/electrical parts will affect the way they work in a positive way.


Even with a brand new car you can gain results but this will be usually to little to notice. anyways, you don't do anything bad to the car with these simple mods!
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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 08:36 AM
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Yet again I have to disagree. The system is designed to be above adequate. Grounding does nothing on a properly functioning vehicle.
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Old Sep 6, 2008 | 12:21 PM
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They do work, on a car that's a 1975, where the electrical system isn't ideal. On modern cars, they are a huge waste of money.
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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 09:44 PM
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had it, junk it and tried another set

each and every set didn't do a jack sh-t.

what a waste of money
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 01:12 AM
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They work if you know how to install them (ground them) properly. It's not going to give you any more power, but it will smooth things out and help your electrical system run more efficiently.

You can do it yourself though, just go buy some car audio wire and you can make your own for $20. Start off by just replacing the alt wires with 0 ga and see how it feels.
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by NFRs2000NYC,Sep 6 2008, 03:21 PM
They do work, on a car that's a 1975, where the electrical system isn't ideal. On modern cars, they are a huge waste of money.
Very true, in my 68 Camaro RS/SS it helped a good deal, the radio started to sound like a radio and not like a TV at 4am
I have a BuddyClub setup in my S2000 but, only for bling
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by S2KPUDDYDAD,Sep 11 2008, 05:18 AM
Very true, in my 68 Camaro RS/SS it helped a good deal, the radio started to sound like a radio and not like a TV at 4am
I have a BuddyClub setup in my S2000 but, only for bling
even tho i know it doesnt do much.. they do look nice tho..
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 02:39 PM
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They look nice. But for the same money I'd go with a Turbonator.
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Old Sep 11, 2008 | 02:41 PM
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and here we go
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