Deck Lid Ground Straps

smestas · smestas's Garage

I used to have a/c which has all been removed but I noticed that I still have ground straps on both hinges of my deck lid. Were these there because of the a/c? Can I remove these without causing any problems? I dont think it would be a big deal but I thought Id ask the collective before pulling them out.

italcarguy · italcarguy's Garage

Someone know the answer? I ride with Simon in this car a lot and the last thing I wanna do is get stranded because he took something out that he shouldn't have!

KobaltBlau · 10-20-2004, 03:53 PM

there is a 76% chance the car will implode when Anthony is riding with you if you take these off.

Actually, if there isn't anything electrical in the deck lid (which there shouldn't be), you shouldn't need these. But I don't know why they would be there in the first place; perhaps drawing lots of air over the condenser could deposit a big (static) charge on the condenser ... ?

Jim Sims · 10-20-2004, 04:12 PM

Permits the hatch to be a better RF shield (keeping ignition noise and other RF noise inside).

Deck lid ground strap- why? and lid and strap&pagenumber=2

89turbocabmike · 10-20-2004, 04:26 PM

Thank you! This is one of those questions I mean to ask and forget when I'm sitting in front of the computer.

smestas · smestas's Garage

Thanks for the link Jim!

I couldnt find my post all day long and just realized its in the wrong forum. Moderators if you are out there please move this to the regular technical forum.