after wire tuck problems

[sleepygreen]

ok. i did a drivers side wire tuck a week ago and now when i turn my radio on it dims everything when bass hits. i suspected a weak battery and in line to get an optima yellow top, in the mean time could it be anything else? cuz i used my lil bros car to jump mine and it still does the same... I need help if its the tuck then im seriously gonna hate it i love how it looks tuckd.

[evil_demon_01]

ok. i did a drivers side wire tuck a week ago and now when i turn my radio on it dims everything when bass hits. i suspected a weak battery and in line to get an optima yellow top, in the mean time could it be anything else? cuz i used my lil bros car to jump mine and it still does the same... I need help if its the tuck then im seriously gonna hate it i love how it looks tuckd.

Did you just do a tuck, or did you relocate the battery at the same time?

[HondaBob]

You probabally need to ground your engine/battery better. do you have a system in it?

Also take off all your grounds and clean the paint off of the body where they touch, wire brush the terminals that bolt to the body, and clean your battery posts and battery terminals.

[sleepygreen]

Did you just do a tuck, or did you relocate the battery at the same time?

just a tuck...

[Darkcloud]

Ground. That's all it is

[bcjammerx]

found the issue yet?

[evil_demon_01]

You mean the radio dims, or the headlights? Check all your grounds as above.
Other than that nothing should really have effected the stereo.

[sleepygreen]

nope havent fixed the problem, lol its 3 in the morning here... but describing whats happening... i already know my batt. is weak. so i use my lil bros car to jump to get it started so i can use alt. power. everything dims my inst. lights headlights, also the temp gauge goes way up then down, and the rpm of the motor is idle while the rpm gauge it self looks like its possessed but only when i turn the radio up... i even used my lil bros batt. in jump mode to rule out the weak batt. and it does it but not as bad...

[accordztech]

how many volts your at, its something you did, take things apart and check.

[sleepygreen]

how many volts your at, its something you did, take things apart and check.

where do i check my volts? ill take a look tommorrow... i couldnt have done anything wrong... i just simply moved the wires, extended each wire ( one by one) and put everything back together... rite? or is there a missing element?

[evil_demon_01]

Check the volts at the battery, While the car is off and when it is running.

Remember a chain is only as strong as its weakest link - If the battery is bad, replace it before trying to diagnose other problems.

[sleepygreen]

Check the volts at the battery, While the car is off and when it is running.

Remember a chain is only as strong as its weakest link - If the battery is bad, replace it before trying to diagnose other problems.

ok kool. i just want to rule out other suspects... it bugs the crap out of me...

[StinkinLincoln]

sounds like a ground problem to me....

[oneoffaccord]

ground to me.

[Vash744]

I would defo say the battery. My buddys car used to do that. Then get got a new battery and a cap. and it fixed the problem.

Of course he had a massive system (3000w) at the time and the little puny battery couldnt take the power demands.