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Old May 17, 2004 | 10:03 AM
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securing sub box and ground wire Q

hey guys,

picked up a green 94 Z28 about a month ago, this weekend I got around to taking the sub and amp out of my cavalier and putting it into the Z and now I have a couple of questions.

1. Where is the best place to get the ground from? I prefer not to drill any holes, the only spot I n oticed was where the seat belt fastens to b ut the bolt is huge and my 8 gauge would definatly not fit around that. Any stock places I can put it to or do I need to get out the drill. On my buddies 97 TA he has a spot on the passenger side where his factory amp went to, but I dont have a hole there.

2. Any ideas on securing the subbox? I have a small box with a 10" sub in it and it would fly around or tip over on sharp turns. I am concerned about damaging it. Any pics of how you did this would be good, i'd like to get the stealth box eventually but I just bought the car so I will need to wait a bit before I get it.
Old May 18, 2004 | 11:25 AM
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Old May 18, 2004 | 11:30 AM
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Where do you plan on putting the box?
Old May 18, 2004 | 11:32 AM
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its where the t-top storage would b e on a car that had t-tops

its flyin around back there and I need a way of securing it, preferably wihtout drilling any holes
Old May 18, 2004 | 11:44 AM
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Don't know about your box situation...

But I've got all my equipment grounded to a stud that I mounted on the seatbelt bracket. Drilled a nice hole, ground down the paint, and put a SS bolt through it. Then re-painted the entire thing (Minus the threaded part where the loop mounts).
Old May 18, 2004 | 04:40 PM
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a nice place to ground it is on the bracket the hatch motor is mounted on. pull back the carpet and you'll see it, there is already a bolt there. this pic is from constrictors site.

the rest of his site can be seen here http://www.metalreviewcentre.com/transam.htm i found it pretty helpful
Old May 19, 2004 | 06:44 AM
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thank you, that is exactly what I was looking for.

Now I just need to find a way to hold the box down so it does not go flying around if I get a bit excitied with the gas pedal
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