My ground wires look pretty corroded, I want to put in new ones for both battery and engine. Is there a specific material or thickness that I should buy at the hardware store? would I be saving much money making them myself?

 

you can clean them with a can of coke a cola. seriously

 

coke fizzes up, u can use it to clean alot of things, just make sure u wipe the coke off once its clean so its not sticky and wha-la! im suprised you dont see that on those infomercials

Hi, billy mays here with coka-a-clean! 1 can of coke and your **** will be mad chean, thats how they do it in japan yo'

 

cool, should I soak them in it or just scrub with it?

 

You can clean then with a wire brush also. Clean the parts that contact each other. Make them look shinny and new. Be sure to apply some dielerictric grease between the 2 connectors before you bolt them back together to keep them from corroding again.

 

just go get some 4 gauge copper wire and make some new ones. and make a new transmission ground and upgrade your alternator power wire at the same time

just go get some amplifier power wire from any car audio store. Custom shops will probably be a better source because a lot of them will sell it by the foot.

and get some of these for the ends.
http://www.rockfordfosgate.com/produ.../RFTSx_1_l.jpg

 

just get a wash rag and plase it under the wire and dump the coke on the wire so itll go on the wire and drip on the rag.. no mess!

 

i used gauge 4 stranded wires for my grounding

 

You can clean it with coke, or just buy new wire. Really it's up to you.

If you go the new wire route, go here:

http://knukonceptz.com/

 

If there is a car audio store in my town I cant find it. I tried lowes, autozone, and walmart to no avail so I just bought a grounding kit instead.

However, the rubber boot on the +alternator terminal wont fit snug over my new wire, is there any reason I cant leave it off?