I am installing an alpine CDE-9870 single din HU in my 2005 Z. I have the Alpine wiring harness soldered up to the Nissan wiring harnesses but where do i connect the ground? if i just solder the black wires together in the two wiring harnesses i noticed that there is nothing on the car side of where the black wire is on the Nissan Harness?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

you can always just ground it to a bolt

 

That's what i just tried... didnt work. Guess i did something else wrong in the wiring. Time to pull out the multi meter and get to testing.

Thanks for the help though.

 

make sure the the bolt is actually grounded.

 

I’m not certain I understand your question. Please forgive me if my reply is not helpful.

If you do not have a ground when combining the OEM and aftermarket harness, you simply ground to an appropriate position that is convenient and reliable.

--Spike

 

hey Husker.. is this Dwayne?

You get yer ground issue figured out?

 

gotta be something else. i installed my deck and forgot to ground and it worked perfectly for 2 days until i realized that i forgot to do it. but yea like the other dude said jus screw in on any bolt thats attached to metal should be good enough