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Well, I Started at 11:00pm, finished at 2:30am and went for a test drive. Its now 3:30...
In my previous post I said i was order a new battery, a grounding kit, and new battery terminals. got the grounding kit and battery (Optima Yellow Top) Today. Made a Huge difference in sound, elect. power, and starting. here are the pics. Be patient, there are a few.
Before (I know its dirty, i'll clean it once the new terminals are in.):
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Grounding Kit Installed (Left Side):
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good job, feel any different?
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Last One: Finished w/Battery (I know the terminals are kinda crappy and I need a new battery tie down, they are coming)
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Yea, it does actually... but then again my ECU is gonna take a few days to learn again... it was unplugged for a few hours.
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ooo i want a grounding kit.. easy to install ??
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ooo i want a grounding kit.. easy to install ?? i want to get one of those. i just want something thats actually worth spending money on. and im sure it will look nice in the engine back too.
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The mods look good.
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nice
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looks good so far - I ended up getting the terminals from the same place you linked... any word back from them yet?
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Actually, you see very little of the grounding kit once it's installed properly. It's the best $30 you can spend for a mod. If you have *anything* aftermarket, it will make a difference.
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That's like the time I was installing a stereo until 2:30am. My neighbors LOVED me for that one. nice mods.
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call me stupid but.. what does a grounding kit do?
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call me stupid but.. what does a grounding kit do? It keeps your car from flying away.
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Toyota uses a very small wire to ground your battery. This doesn't allow for the proper flow of electricity if you have aftermarket modifications, such as a stereo, neons, cai, etc, etc... The grounding kit picks out certain places (alternator for example) to attach to and uses a larger wire (the guys at teamcelica.com use 4 gauge wire) to allow the extra electricity to flow more freely and enhances over all Performance.
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what is the grounding kit for?
Ask yourself one question. Is the juice worth the squeeze?
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call me stupid but.. what does a grounding kit do? It keeps your car from flying away.
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how much wats the Optima? btw nice mods.
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nice mods..i need to get some grounding wires
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^^^ go with the TeamCelica kit bro...
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call me stupid but.. what does a grounding kit do? It keeps your car from flying away.
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lookin' good. i'll be ordering a grounding kit when i get my stereo system together =)
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Awesome Good choice in battery
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the optima i got for 144.95, can't remeber the name of the place off hand, but it got here in a week and shipping was free. the grounding kit was easy to install for the most part. it is a little bit of a pain in the ass, but what isn't.
Sultan ~ I got the Terminals in today, a week from the day i ordered them, and i never heard a word from them. installing them is a pain in the ass if you have anything else attached to the battery other than the (like an amp) because it only has the two connections, and there are two power wires for the celica itself. not sure how to get around it yet, but the terminals sure do look nice. the neg terminal was easy to install, i will post pics when both are in.
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Toyota uses a very small wire to ground your battery. This doesn't allow for the proper flow of electricity if you have aftermarket modifications, such as a stereo, neons, cai, etc, etc... The grounding kit picks out certain places (alternator for example) to attach to and uses a larger wire (the guys at teamcelica.com use 4 gauge wire) to allow the extra electricity to flow more freely and enhances over all Performance. VERY VERY SMALL... i was very disapointed in Toyota when i pulled out the old grounding wire
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That's like the time I was installing a stereo until 2:30am. My neighbors LOVED me for that one. nice mods. Been there done that too!
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the optima i got for 144.95, can't remeber the name of the place off hand, but it got here in a week and shipping was free. the grounding kit was easy to install for the most part. it is a little bit of a pain in the ass, but what isn't.
Sultan ~ I got the Terminals in today, a week from the day i ordered them, and i never heard a word from them. installing them is a pain in the ass if you have anything else attached to the battery other than the (like an amp) because it only has the two connections, and there are two power wires for the celica itself. not sure how to get around it yet, but the terminals sure do look nice. the neg terminal was easy to install, i will post pics when both are in. great, I've got amps, hid's, neons, etc going to my positive terminal... can't wait for your pics though. at least I'll know what I'm getting into
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I've heard sometimes after learning the grounding kit the factory ECU ends up lessening its effectiveness.
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^^^i heard the ECU will override it..
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To my girl Truboo
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How can an ECU overide a grounding kit? It gets grounded anyway and the ecu has no control over the flow of electricity to external applications such as neons, amps, etc. Unless I'm wrong.
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hey what's different between red top and yellow top, i have the red top and i heard people saying that yellow top is better?? is this true?
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hey what's different between red top and yellow top, i have the red top and i heard people saying that yellow top is better?? is this true? get the yellow top if you plan on putting a system in - that's it's primary beneficial use
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How can an ECU overide a grounding kit? It gets grounded anyway and the ecu has no control over the flow of electricity to external applications such as neons, amps, etc. Unless I'm wrong. cuz the ground kit suppose to give you better start up and idling along with better light output and clearer sound from ur stereo..well guess what?? the only thing u'll get out of it is better sound and ground for your car, the car don't start better after the first few time of using..it suppose to suppress the dimming affect at night with you roll up ur windows but that don't seem to be the case..only help just a tiny bit, enuf for you to notice a small diff..as for as idling it's been the same b4 and after i install the kit..
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