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This is the fairly cheap grounding wire kit I bought from http://www.techieonthemove.com or http://stores.ebay.com.au/TECHIE-ON-THE-MOVE-Car-Accessories
Compared to other grounding wire kits this one was very cheap at $40 (some may run into the hundreds of dollars).

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Inside the kit we get 5 grounding wires, 4 bolts, 4 spring washers, 4 nuts, the grounding wire bracket and a handful of cable ties.

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The first thing to do is take note of your current earthing setup. The HR has a decent line from the battery negative to the engine but a pitifully inadequate lead from the negative terminal to the chassis at the radiator. I'll be keeping the current setup but adding leads from this kit to the current positions also, as well as to 3 other positions on the car.

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The grounding wire bracket can usually just be bolted to the existing ground wire or even simply screwed into it. In my case there is enough space to bolt it along with the existing wire. Before bolting it into place though lay it out so that you can see how you want it to sit and make sure it will fit that way.

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This picture shows how I fitted the grounding wire bracket to the existing fitting, no drilling or adjustment was required.

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My first step is to remove the small earth wire from the radiator, normally those wires would not all be there but they are from my "temporarily" wired up electric fans.

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Next make sure the bolt fits through the hole in the grounding wire, if it doesn't then you may have to drill it out a little.

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The next step is to give the place where the grounding wire will bolt to a good rub with sandpaper to bring up some nice shiney metal and allow a good contact point.

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If the hole in the grounding wire is too small it is easy to give it a quick drill to enlarge it. Put the terminal on a block of wood and hold the end securely so that it doesn't twist.

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A picture of my first two grounding wires going to the same positions as the original wires, the original wires are also still in place and both areas were given a good rub with sandpaper.

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I then moved on to making the rest of the connections. I have one to the chassis at the radiator, one to the engine head, one to the alternator bracket, one to the firewall and the last to one of the mudguard bolts.

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Another image of the completed setup, from the passengers side.

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The grounding wire at the alternator bracket.

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The grounding wire and original wire at the engine head.

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The grounding wire and original wire at the radiator position, notice the difference in wire dimensions.

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The grounding wire at the mudguard. I slipped the grounding wire around the lip at the end of the guard and made sure it was sitting flat so that it won't interfere with the bonnet closing

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The grounding wire at the firewall, you can see where I've given the metal a good rub to remove any paint and exposed bare metal for better conductivity.