Kizashi Club

Would there be any electrical benefit using a grounding kit on our cars ?

Are you talking about the strips that drag on the ground?

Ground cables installed to various spots on your car with the intent on improving the ground to those parts.

I've made my own before and while I never did any measurements, they seemed to help. They're cheap to make and they can't do any harm. I'm not sure how beneficial they are on a new car though. I'm not that gung ho on grinding down paint for the grounds either

Here's a DIY guide for an Impreza. The idea is the same:
http://www.dirtyimpreza.com/forums/show ... -kits-work

Many other forums have people who tried it and the consensus is that it helps a bit. Some think it's pseudo-science or that the benefits are so minor it's irrelevant.
Regardless, benefits purported typically include better throttle response and shifting for automatics. I'm not sure if the benefits to shifting would apply to CVTs given how differently they work from traditional automatics. I have doubt it will make any difference to manuals despite what some people claim in other forums.

That being said, you could just make your own and save a lot of money over the kits sold online with fancy names. Many online kits are $80 to $100. All they seem to be are lower gauge wires with loop clamps. You can make your own from parts at Home Depot like the Impreza guy did in bootymac's reply.
However, it does not seem necessary in newer cars or cars that are mostly stock. I can see how older cars can benefit. I've replaced some ground wires in the VW camper because it needed it from fraying and corrosion.

When I was running 6000+W of stereo, this was important, but never any time else.

Just do the big 3 install.. Upgrading all your power wire and ground wire to 0 gauge under the hood

Big 3 = battery to block, block to frame, and body to frame ... At least in a car with a frame ...

~tc~ wrote:Big 3 = battery to block, block to frame, and body to frame ... At least in a car with a frame ...

Where are these on the Kizashi?

I took a quick look around the engine bay and I could only find three visible grounding points.

Two on the LHS strut tower. Both grounds appear to be coming from the battery's negative terminal: And one on the RHS: Close up: Stock wiring looks pretty thin. Thicker wiring would probably help