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finding a good ground for gauges

jarededge

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98 Eddie Bauer
i cannot find a very good ground for installing my reverse indiglo gauges. where did everyone else ground theirs?
 



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Ok well my truck is a 94 so it might be a little different. I ran the power for both my reverse glow gauges and my hvac reverse glow from the wires that give the Hvac light power( black-ground) and (blue/red-power) then I used some crimp connectors and electrical tape and was done. Here are 2 pics sorry they are kind of blurry.
If you want pics of where I wired It let me know and ill go take a picture for you.
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There are plenty of bolts near the dash that can be used for a suitable ground.
 






There are primary ground bolts/wires behind each kick panel. Good luck,
 






yeah, i got it a few days ago. i just soldered the ground together with the ground for the headlight switch. they work like a charm now.
 






Blee1099 said:
There are plenty of bolts near the dash that can be used for a suitable ground.

Yep, I used the plate underneath the steering wheel cover to ground all my gauges. No problems so far.
 






I grounded mine to the plate behind the dash pannel. Crude but it works
 






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