everytime i get out of the car and touch the body i get shocked, its getting pretty annoying. it doesnt hurt, but it doesnt exactly feel good eitherwhat the hell is causing this?
thankssean
why am i getting shocked everytime i get out of the car
I'm known for burning stuff and seeing how long I can hold my hand in the fire (I always win that game).when i used to smoke cigarettes i like holding the lighter in my hand with the gas going then lighting it and lighting the cig out of my hand. it was pretty sweet ***. The other night i was at a party and was explain this story about how i saw a barn burn down, huge flames and ****. and in the middle of the story my girl goes "sean no1 cares" to mess with me... i didnt talk to her for the rest of the night noone interupts me when im talkin about fire NOONE!
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USCS14DUDE
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It's cause of your brakes, same principle as you shuffling your feet across a carpet. Pad rubbing against rotor, little electrons goin crazy, you know the deal. It's just that your not touching the chassis when driving so you have very little charge. When you get out and touch the metal door to close it... ZAP!
You can put your hand on a metal part (like the roof or doorjamb) before you start getting out of the car, this way you are discharging electricity as you are charging it, you don't feel it!
If you forget to do this you can also make fist and gently tap any metal part of the car with the fleashy part below your little finger (the part of your hand you would use in a karate chop), you hear a ZAP and sometimes even see a spark but you bearly feel it.
The finger tips are the very sensative to shocks (along with nipples)!
If you forget to do this you can also make fist and gently tap any metal part of the car with the fleashy part below your little finger (the part of your hand you would use in a karate chop), you hear a ZAP and sometimes even see a spark but you bearly feel it.
The finger tips are the very sensative to shocks (along with nipples)!
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nightwalker
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wow, no one has a solution for you! I guess I'll help you then.
My old integra use to do this to me too. I eventually learned from my Honda mechanic that the car was not properly grounded. So instead of just finding the grounds, and cleaning them with a wire brush, I made a custom ground kit, and changed the battery terminals. BOOM, stupid static electricity shocks gone.
When I got my 240, is was also doing the same thing. Every time I got out of the car and grabbed the handle to close the door, I got shocked. Lo and behold, I checked all the grounds, and they were encrusted over, and the battery terminals had acid build up all over them. 240s didn't have really good grounding from the factory, and the S13 being how old it is, can really use some work.
So I went and bought some Monster cable, and new battery terminals and went to work on making my own grounding kit, and redoing the factory grounds. I grounded the intake manifold, head, block, transmission, firewall, left side of chassi, and right side of chassis. I also wire brushed all the paint and corrosion of the parts where the wires were grounded.
All I can say is that the difference is astounding. Immediately the car had better low and high end pickup, the engine revved and sounded a lot smoother. The exhaust was also nice and even sounding. My alpine stereo stopped blinking when the bass hit, and I got better gas mileage. Plus, no more SHOCKING!!! here's a pic in case you wanted to do it yourself.
My old integra use to do this to me too. I eventually learned from my Honda mechanic that the car was not properly grounded. So instead of just finding the grounds, and cleaning them with a wire brush, I made a custom ground kit, and changed the battery terminals. BOOM, stupid static electricity shocks gone.
When I got my 240, is was also doing the same thing. Every time I got out of the car and grabbed the handle to close the door, I got shocked. Lo and behold, I checked all the grounds, and they were encrusted over, and the battery terminals had acid build up all over them. 240s didn't have really good grounding from the factory, and the S13 being how old it is, can really use some work.
So I went and bought some Monster cable, and new battery terminals and went to work on making my own grounding kit, and redoing the factory grounds. I grounded the intake manifold, head, block, transmission, firewall, left side of chassi, and right side of chassis. I also wire brushed all the paint and corrosion of the parts where the wires were grounded.
All I can say is that the difference is astounding. Immediately the car had better low and high end pickup, the engine revved and sounded a lot smoother. The exhaust was also nice and even sounding. My alpine stereo stopped blinking when the bass hit, and I got better gas mileage. Plus, no more SHOCKING!!! here's a pic in case you wanted to do it yourself.
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burnin240sx
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You could do all of that stuff and still get shocked!
Most of the time it's you generating the charge rubbing on the seat as you move and your clothes causing a static build up.
Does it happen when it's raining?
It only happens to me if it's really dry and humidity is low.
When I was living in Las Vegas one winter it was cold and dry out, I got shocked really bad when I would wear a certain jacket and this was getting out of a brand new Cadillac.
Most of the time it's you generating the charge rubbing on the seat as you move and your clothes causing a static build up.
Does it happen when it's raining?
It only happens to me if it's really dry and humidity is low.
When I was living in Las Vegas one winter it was cold and dry out, I got shocked really bad when I would wear a certain jacket and this was getting out of a brand new Cadillac.
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180crafter
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