I got a grounding kit a long time ago, just because it was red and it made my engine bay look more interesting. Got a good deal on it, though, I'd never pay full price for it.

Just-because-I-like-the-way-it-looks is a pretty good reason (not my cup o' tea but I'm not King Of Aesthetics this week). Not so much for performance on a stock DD (unless you already have a problem but, even then, there are better fixes). Still need to be careful of ground loops.

I did the same thing. I haven't notice any of the claims mentioned.

I did one on a previous car. It ran smoother afterward. I thought it was the grounding kit until I remembered I reset the ecu at the same time. :rofl2:

for instance like this, you can just buy red tubing and just hook it up from here to there and there to here to make it look grounded without having any ground loop issues. :icon17: just friction fit the tube ends into the threads ends.

dont forget to ground the strut bar. :tup:

I have the Stillen grounding kit -- I have it for the admittedly marginal improvement in electric system health, but mainly for looks. I admit it.

I was ordering something from Stillen a few years ago and needed to push my purchase up to the free shipping threshold or something like that. It sat uninstalled for a few years and my son Colin decided to install it when he installed my Gen 3 intake on my 2013.

http://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/h...57615852_n.jpg

Was included with my G3 intake as part of a promotion. It's like chicken soup when you have a cold, it couldn't hurt.

Well the general consensus here is that this is snake oil with the exception of UNKNOWN370Z.

Guard Dad, since you have a 7AT, did you notice any difference with the shifting as pointed out by UNKNOWN370Z?

Yes, but to be fair I've never used one on an automatic car so I can't speak to that point.

I mean **** just look at what the product is and what the claims are. C'mon man!

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I can't honestly say that it made a difference. But I wouldn't rule it out. Here is my take on it:

I have a great deal of respect for Stillen and their products because they are a "real company" with a track record and their products seem to stand up to scrutiny on the dyno and in the real world.

You wouldn't think that additional grounding would be necessary but if your factory grounding is anything less than perfect for any reason this should make a difference. With modern electronics once in a while little things can make all the difference. Perhaps this could be better thought of as a proactive measure to prevent problems as a much as one designed to solve them. If your car sees rain or road salt that might compromise the factory set up the grounding kit could be money well spent.

My car is for the most part a fair weather car that that has only 12k miles in 3 years so I can't talk about track performance and so forth, but my AT7 is a delight and the more I use the manual mode the more I love it.

I neglect using the m mode often because of having to replace the torque converter? I may be wrong but I think i read on here that someone needed to replace X part due to daily use of m mode?

I can't imagine there being any truth to that whatsoever. Most of the 7at drivers here live in manual mode. If it caused problems you'd have lots of guys with problems.

Yeah idk i could be wrong