did u sand and make that ground urself or was it jsut a hole that was already there?? sanding helps u get ALL the ground...wat i did wit my eq was basically run that straight to my radio...power to the radio's power, remote to the power ant., and ground to the radios ground...dont kno how others feel about that but it works perfectly fine to me! u should try that and while ur shit is still ripped out of the dash, (so u dont have to take it bak out if it didnt work) turn it on and check it out...