Is it ok to use the original grounding points or should I use new grounding points?

 

Here are the original grounding points.

 

share us some photo of how to do the big 3 on 1st gen tC, thx!

 

tcguy used different points: https://www.scionlife.com/forums/sho...ighlight=big+3

and this vid doesnt show the ground point, but i suspect they use the original points:
but id like to get some confirmation before i actually start.

 

I would personally just make sure the original ground points are nice and clean and reuse the original ground points.. I dont see the benefit of using an alternate and the trouble of all that work for nada. Just my opinion.

 

will this fries your electronics components quicker? like DD DVD Player/Deck, lights and all car's running electronics components?

sorry it may be a dummy question... just a little concern about it before I do it. will that tutorial works the same on 99 Civic?

 

thanks for the feedback killa.

i think im going to use the stock location for the chassis, but ill use the engine ground location in the video. it's easier to access and it saves a few inches of cable.

ill post pics after i finish.

 

just finished soldering the terminals.

Alt > Pos = 36" of wire
Neg > Chassis = 22" of wire
Chassis > Motor = 12" of wire
(lengths do no include terminals)

ill install it tonight after i buy some black zipties.

but as far as i can tell, the neg > chassis wire could be shorter. chassis > motor wire can definitely be shorter (too lazy to fix).

 

im wanting to do this to my car and i've talked to a couple people and my car audio store and they just kinda act like im retarded. i know its not going to do anything crazy, but does it help you electrical system? i dont have a crazy system in my car, just a 1000 watt amp and 1 alpine type r 10's and it makes my lights flicker. thanks.

 

i havent installed my system yet, so i wouldnt know how much it helps. i did this as a precautionary step.

 

so are you supposed to remove the stock power wire going to the alt? or just keep it and run the new wire to the battery as well? seems like overkill to have both wires.

 

i left everything intact. i see no reason to remove the stock wire.