where to ground amp

[bhunt41]

alright so i put my amp in my pt last summer and its worked all the time. now that it snows and when my car gets wet it seems like it wont turn on. so where have you grounded anything on your pt. i need to find a new spot. im think to run two ground to the amp to see what will happen. please help. nothings working. and ive checked all my other wires. everything i have ran to a ground bolt in the car wont work when its wet!!!

[bhunt41]

it only seem to not wanna work when it snows! nothing at all. and the fuses are good and the amp does work! i have a gauge pod too with voltage gauge and that wont even work. everything works when its nice out but not in the snow!

[WolfmanG]

dude you know what. when i was looking for something i dropped under the driver seat i noticed that there was a hole there where a screw can go in. so you might be able to use that to ground the amp, that's if your model has that hole. idk.

[03GTCruiser]

I grounded mine under the plastic trim along the back of hatch (where the bolt for spare tire cage is) and had no problem with Florida rainy season.

[Jtwheels2007]

Originally Posted by WolfmanG

dude you know what. when i was looking for something i dropped under the driver seat i noticed that there was a hole there where a screw can go in. so you might be able to use that to ground the amp, that's if your model has that hole. idk.

MY 05 TOURING HAS THAT HOLE....threads and all. can you tell me what size screw fits it. I was planning on putting my amp under the seat, and grounding there. can any1 help?

[bobdole369]

I brought out 2 4 gauge into a swaged ring connector. One goes to a body hole on the inside of the emerg jack that I drilled and tapped, I also brought over the +12V ground from the cig lighter back there. Another goes under the trim panel where the hatch latches, I understand this one is pretty close to the chassis.

I also brought a 0 gauge from negative post on the batt - 6 inches over to a new hole+ stud on the body, and another 0 gauge from that point to the motor. I haven't done a direct from negative post to the chassis yet but thats coming soon. Gonna go straight down into a tack welded stud on the frame.

0 gauge goes from that same body spot by the battery, through the grommeted hole near the service brake, back along the driver side trim, into the hatch area and right to a distro block. This breaks out into the aforementioned 2 4 gauge going to the body and chassis. My amps run off that same distro block for negative.