crankinaway

Where are ppl ground there amps in 2015's. Being they are aluminum do we need to run the ground all the way back to the battery?

Toddman38

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Most install behind rear seat, and ground to rear wall...

crankinaway

The wall is aluminum and the seats are bolted through aluminum. Aluminum doesn't provide a ground.

OkieDoc

Actually aluminum is an excellent conductor. There is a bolt on the rear cab wall that works well for a ground. Just make sure there is no corrosion as aluminum oxide doesn't conduct very well.

DaytonLax14

Drill a hole through floor, add grommet, bolt ground to frame.

An improper or so-so ground will result in your amp not performing to its limits. A.k.a. not as loud so go straight to the frame

Trailbreak74

Wait, the aluminum body of the new trucks isn't grounded? That makes zero sense to my understanding of how 12V systems work. Can someone confirm this?

DaytonLax14

Also, use a multimeter to find a good ground

crankinaway

There are specific ground points placed throughout the body I am sure. I am just curious which one ones ppl are using?

DaytonLax14

Factory ground points won't be as good as the frame of the vehicle. Just do it the right way the first time. Grounding to the frame takes 5 minutes.


Sand the paint off until you can see yourself in the shiny metal

cpfitness

Want to bring this back to life. When the 2015s came out it took a long time for aftermarket stuff to hit and it seemed like people weren't modifying these trucks much. That's not the case now. I saw a YouTube video from 5star car stereo talking about running ground all the way back to the battery. Is that what people are doing? How much power are you guys putting in? I'm looking at putting in a skar audio sk1500 and a sk 100.4 so that's a lot of power. I need a 0gauge run to the back and I don't want to **** around with a poor ground but running 0gauge all the way back sounds miserable