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Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* #146988 Apr 6, 4:47pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Here it is..I love it! Thing looks great under the hood! Plus it gives my car like 20 more HP! And It seems to handle better too!!! No, NOt really. However, call me crazy, but I seem to notice a little more low end power. Plus my speakers sound WAY better. Honestly, for the money...it is worth it!!! Here are the Pics...Please don't post till all 4 are here! Oh, and I got the 02 shift assembly installed in my 01 GTS today!!!! HUGE DIFFERENCE!!! AND IT WAS FREE!!! WEEEEHEEEEE!!! Last edited by Rocketman; Apr 6, 2004 4:50pm.

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #146989 Apr 6, 4:48pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID #1

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #146990 Apr 6, 4:48pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID #2

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #146991 Apr 6, 4:49pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID #3

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #146992 Apr 6, 4:49pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID #4

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #146993 Apr 6, 4:54pm Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 660 Meridian, MS Celicaracer18 Senior Member 1995 Toyota Celica ST Celicaracer18 Senior Member 1995 Toyota Celica ST Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 660 Meridian, MS looks great man congrats

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Celicaracer18 #146994 Apr 6, 4:57pm Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,305 Maryland USA RoMkApOmKa Specialist 2002 Toyota Celica GT RoMkApOmKa Specialist 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,305 Maryland USA Nice. But do you feel any difference? I did not feel any... Last edited by RoMkApOmKa; Apr 6, 2004 4:58pm.

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #146995 Apr 6, 5:10pm Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,110 MA GraSSRooTs Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GraSSRooTs Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,110 MA Looks good. Arospeed grounding kit? didn't know they made one for our car. Where did you buy it and how much did it cost?

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* GraSSRooTs #146996 Apr 6, 5:11pm Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,781 California ghostingcelica Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT ghostingcelica Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,781 California Originally Posted by GraSSRooTs Looks good. Arospeed grounding kit? didn't know they made one for our car. Where did you buy it and how much did it cost?

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #146997 Apr 6, 5:12pm Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 213 El Paso, TX StoneSour Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT StoneSour Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 213 El Paso, TX Very nice. Where did you get it ? BTW, did it come with instructions on how to connect them?

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #146998 Apr 6, 5:19pm Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 870 Torrance, CA SilverGT Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT SilverGT Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 870 Torrance, CA looks tight! i gotta get this soon too, are they any other companies that make this kit for out cars?

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #146999 Apr 6, 5:22pm Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,073 NW, PA grcelica Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT grcelica Specialist 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,073 NW, PA I believe that you do feel some difference, grounding like that is very common in race cars. I like how it looks too. Where'd you get it??

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147000 Apr 6, 5:29pm Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ how was the install?? come with instructions and how much?? i'm still looking for a nice grounding kit. it really looks great! SUBARU TECNICA INTERNATIONAL

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147001 Apr 6, 5:34pm Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 207 San Diego Duy Member 2000 Toyota Celica Duy Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 207 San Diego price?

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* RoMkApOmKa #147002 Apr 6, 5:59pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Originally Posted by RoMkApOmKa Nice. But do you feel any difference? I did not feel any... I honestly did. Not kidding. There is less lag when I push on the gas at a low rpm. When I first pulled out of my driveway I almost peeled the tires...that big of a difference on the low end. Plus, my stereo got way louder! With less distortion!! I luv it! I actually have one more ground wire to hook up too! It started raining so I didn't get a chance to finish... The next ground prolly won't do anything...but oh well. TOTALLY woth the money!

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147003 Apr 6, 6:02pm Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 19 Northern VA Broklee Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT Broklee Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 19 Northern VA i plan on getting one soon also... Yours looks really nice, where did you get and how much?? After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147004 Apr 6, 6:03pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID I got it for brand new for 45 bucks from Pink_Panther. I believe it retails for 119.00!! So, I got an awesome deal. I beleive you can find it at... http://arospeed.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_52&products_id=565 I think it is just made to fit any vehicle (generic mounting) ...but man fits real nice! I just used the grounding points that were pointed out on this website in the Installs section! Last edited by Rocketman; Apr 6, 2004 6:06pm.

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147005 Apr 6, 6:34pm Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 814 CO 5280vvti Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT 5280vvti Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 814 CO Thanks for the info rocket Looks great! Gotta do that this summer

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147006 Apr 6, 7:08pm Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,070 Saint Louis, MO slidr Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica slidr Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,070 Saint Louis, MO Originally Posted by Rocketman Originally Posted by RoMkApOmKa Nice. But do you feel any difference? I did not feel any... I honestly did. Not kidding. There is less lag when I push on the gas at a low rpm. When I first pulled out of my driveway I almost peeled the tires...that big of a difference on the low end. Plus, my stereo got way louder! With less distortion!! I luv it! I actually have one more ground wire to hook up too! It started raining so I didn't get a chance to finish... The next ground prolly won't do anything...but oh well. TOTALLY woth the money! As for Performance, it may give you up to 1 horsepower, but trying to prove that with a dyno is hard since dynos vary each time you run one. As for it making your car peel out, I think you can attribute that to your heavy foot. Aqua Teen Hunger Force...number one in the hood, G

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Broklee #147007 Apr 6, 7:12pm Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,136 Ontario, Canada Bakablo1 Specialist Bakablo1 Specialist Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,136 Ontario, Canada

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147008 Apr 6, 7:22pm Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,716 Nebraska celicafourotwo Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica celicafourotwo Specialist 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,716 Nebraska Look nice bro. i got ground kit in my celi, it's blue. I just order the 4G by the foot 0.89/ft..then bought some gold plated ring term for like $7 for pack of 10..cut and assembled myself. used the measurement and intruction from happies714. work good, you def. notice the radio is clearer and the headlight do goes dim just a tiny bit when you roll the window down but compare to b4 the kit you can see the light goes real dim when window is being roll up/down. i'm happy with it. Especially because i install it myself.

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147009 Apr 6, 7:26pm Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 924 San Antonio, TX se7enmodgt20 Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT se7enmodgt20 Senior Member 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 924 San Antonio, TX Nice install!!!!

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* RoMkApOmKa #147010 Apr 6, 8:16pm Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,650 Washington Evan Rebel 2003 Toyota Celica GT Evan Rebel 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,650 Washington Looks good! (I'm not truly convinced that it does anything, but it LOOKS good)

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Evan #147011 Apr 6, 8:26pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID I am not kidding...I used to have some weird lag in my low end...now it is not there! Really improved my idle to!! I dunno, it just seems som much nicer than any other grounding kit I have seen. All the wires are 8 gauge too. I don't know what the brands use... Yeah, I luv it!

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147012 Apr 6, 8:33pm Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,449 B.C. Coquitlam Elec-FuYu Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica Elec-FuYu Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,449 B.C. Coquitlam there seems to be like...more than 5 different way to install a grounding kit... cos i installed mine differently from yours... is there a correct way of installing the gound wires? I am a HID Maniac!!

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Elec-FuYu #147013 Apr 6, 8:41pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Originally Posted by Elec-FuYu there seems to be like...more than 5 different way to install a grounding kit... cos i installed mine differently from yours... is there a correct way of installing the gound wires? Absolutely! There are just some places that are better than others! I just looked for all the factory grounding locations and atached mine next to those! What is nice about this kit, is the fact that you can use the factory grounding terminal and it fits right on the new one (see above pic of battery terminal)! You automatically have at least double the grounding!!!

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147014 Apr 6, 8:46pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Sultan Speed Omen 2002 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,125 Philadelphia, PA good mod - I got the TeamCelica grounding kit (black). I doubt different brands are noticeably better than others...

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147015 Apr 6, 8:46pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Here are dyno runs with and without grounding kits... Without..

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147016 Apr 6, 8:47pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID with grounding kit... a gain of 4.1 hp! Right in the low end! From 151 to 155 wheel HP. Not bad for just a few wires eh? Last edited by Rocketman; Apr 6, 2004 8:52pm.

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147017 Apr 6, 8:48pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Oh, and that is not my car. I got that from a website a few months ago. It is what convinced me to actually do it! So, as you can see...they can help and ADD actual HP!

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147018 Apr 6, 9:34pm Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,449 B.C. Coquitlam Elec-FuYu Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica Elec-FuYu Specialist 2003 Toyota Celica Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,449 B.C. Coquitlam different car have different Performance gain from mods i doubt our car will gain that much but that's pretty good for wires I am a HID Maniac!!

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Elec-FuYu #147019 Apr 6, 9:38pm Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 894 Michigan element_celica Senior Member element_celica Senior Member Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 894 Michigan not bad... but you could hide some of them wires for a cleaner look rip celi... 95 240sx

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147020 Apr 6, 9:45pm Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,233 El Paso, TX EuRoBoYGT black & blue 4 you 2000 Toyota Celica GT EuRoBoYGT black & blue 4 you 2000 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,233 El Paso, TX yeah they do add hp i have a magizine Import Tuner and the did a whole article on them the incress tq and hp and with the more parts you have the better the work and the more hp and tq you get it frees up loss horse power or something like that if i get of my lazy ass ill try to scan the pages to show you guys if you dont believe me... i have happies714 grounding kit i love it and they look good under the hood also you can get better hp gain by placing the wires in different locations it states that in the Import Tuner i've been changing but you'll never see me now now i'm blaming you for everything

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Evan #147021 Apr 6, 10:00pm Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,353 Grand Rapids, MI MptGlw69 Playboy 2001 Acura Integra MptGlw69 Playboy 2001 Acura Integra Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,353 Grand Rapids, MI Originally Posted by Evan Looks good! (I'm not truly convinced that it does anything, but it LOOKS good) Yeah, what does a grounding kit do anyway?

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* MptGlw69 #147022 Apr 7, 4:51am Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 38 Cincinnati, OH LamarVannoy Member LamarVannoy Member Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 38 Cincinnati, OH $29 shipped.

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Elec-FuYu #147023 Apr 7, 6:30am Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Originally Posted by Elec-FuYu different car have different Performance gain from mods i doubt our car will gain that much but that's pretty good for wires -That dyno is from a celica GTS not my GTS..but since I have one...Umm... I would think it would be remotely simalar.

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147024 Apr 7, 7:37am Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 89 ohio hucke150 Member hucke150 Member Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 89 ohio i have decided that i am going to get either hks circle earth grounding kit or hyper ground wiring system

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147025 Apr 7, 9:56am Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered i would do hks...or arospeed, by the good reviews...

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147026 Apr 7, 10:23am Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 244 Indianapolis,IN MICABLUE Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT MICABLUE Member 2001 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 244 Indianapolis,IN It's interesting to me that people find it hard to believe that grounding wires do anything, especially on this same site where i saw a write up on weight reduction (13lbs = 1hp) and people were buying that.

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147027 Apr 7, 11:38am Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,650 Washington Evan Rebel 2003 Toyota Celica GT Evan Rebel 2003 Toyota Celica GT Joined: Apr 2003 Posts: 4,650 Washington Originally Posted by Rocketman Originally Posted by Elec-FuYu different car have different Performance gain from mods i doubt our car will gain that much but that's pretty good for wires -That dyno is from a celica GTS not my GTS..but since I have one...Umm... I would think it would be remotely simalar. I think his point was that you don't know what other mods he had (intake/header/exhaust/ecu, etc. etc.)

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Elec-FuYu #147028 Apr 7, 2:59pm Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi VSGTS14 05 WRB 2005 Subaru WRX STi Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,110 Milford, NJ Originally Posted by Elec-FuYu there seems to be like...more than 5 different way to install a grounding kit... cos i installed mine differently from yours... is there a correct way of installing the gound wires? i would think... i'm gonna get one made the celica since it'll have the best places to have grounded and such. SUBARU TECNICA INTERNATIONAL

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147029 Apr 7, 4:05pm Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 81 rhode island mike4089 Member 2000 Toyota Celica mike4089 Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 81 rhode island i put in a ground kit my self...i had 20ft of 0 gauge wire left over from my old cars sound system so i got circle ends and crimped them on the ends and used the ground points on the site...i did notice that my car idles a lot smoother then before but thats all

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Rocketman #147030 Apr 7, 6:51pm Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 198 B-town Pink_Panther Member 2000 Toyota Celica Pink_Panther Member 2000 Toyota Celica Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 198 B-town hey thats my kit! looks great i never got around to installing it, wish i had now You Want the Bad Guy, Hear i Am.

Re: Grounding Kit Installed! *Pics* Evan #147031 Apr 7, 7:58pm Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Rocketman Specialist 01 Toyota Celica Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,242 Idaho Falls, ID Originally Posted by Evan Originally Posted by Rocketman Originally Posted by Elec-FuYu different car have different Performance gain from mods i doubt our car will gain that much but that's pretty good for wires -That dyno is from a celica GTS not my GTS..but since I have one...Umm... I would think it would be remotely simalar. I think his point was that you don't know what other mods he had (intake/header/exhaust/ecu, etc. etc.) I beleive he had a TRD exhaust for both runs! But no other mods.

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