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MudBug
04-17-2007, 10:18 PM
I've changed nothing electronic in my car at all, yet from day one I feel a small shock when touching the door while exiting.

Anyone else get this?

Is it normal?
brickhardmeat
04-17-2007, 10:23 PM
:bellyroll:

static

what kind of shoes do you wear?
MudBug
04-17-2007, 10:59 PM
:bellyroll:

static

what kind of shoes do you wear?



New Balance.
Doc Zaius
04-18-2007, 01:50 AM
I get shocks too. But I'd rather get shocks than drag around one of those fugly anti-static straps from the bottom of the car!!
brickhardmeat
04-18-2007, 01:52 AM
Most likely the rubber soles and the carpet. I have heard carzy stories about people blowing up the gas tank from static electricity when filling up. Be careful.
MudBug
04-18-2007, 01:56 AM
Most likely the rubber soles and the carpet. I have heard carzy stories about people blowing up the gas tank from static electricity when filling up. Be careful.



Hmmm, I wear the same shoes and have carpet in my Z71, but no shocks. :iono:
brickhardmeat
04-18-2007, 02:14 AM
Well, my guess is still static.
yrsdrgn
04-18-2007, 03:15 AM
I get shocks too. But I'd rather get shocks than drag around one of those fugly anti-static straps from the bottom of the car!!

how the heck is that suppose to be anti-static? isn't it just a piece of plastic?
tiksman
04-18-2007, 10:06 PM
Got to walmart in the laundry section and get some static guard spray. spray seats and carpet.. and shocks are gone need to reapply every so often. Works for me:thumbup:
MudBug
04-18-2007, 10:19 PM
Got to walmart in the laundry section and get some static guard spray. spray seats and carpet.. and shocks are gone need to reapply every so often. Works for me:thumbup:



OK, so then this is normal for this car? And it is static?

Hmm must be the stuff the seatcovers are made of.
tiksman
04-21-2007, 12:28 AM
yes the seat fabric creates a lot of static. My van has leather no shock from that. Violin, you have leather is the shock gone?
Alexandre2k3
04-21-2007, 01:53 PM
happened to me alot when i first got the car, but then i had over 2000watts and two amps under each seat, but after added a DIY ground kit, all the shocks are gone.
Doug007
04-22-2007, 01:33 AM
I get my mail on the way home and always manage a blue sprark from key to lockbox. Sounds like static electricity to me as well.