GOTTA HAVE IT
Streetwires New Ground Terminals
By Ari Rubin
Posted on Jan 1, 2004

A friend walks into your garage looking downtrodden and depressed. You sigh.

“What’s the matter?” you ask.

“Resistance,” he says holding up a mess of wires and terminals. “It’s futile.”

“Ok Locutus,” you say, noticing that his hand, covered in wire like that, looks awfully Borg-like. “watching too many reruns on TNT?”

“No, its my ground wire,” he says. “At least that’s what I think it is.”

“Maybe it’s your terminal,” you respond.

“Huh?”

“With five times the surface area of a conventional ring terminal, and three point mounting, the new StreetWires GTO 1/0 AWG Ground Terminal and the GT4 4 AWG Ground Terminal exhibit minimal contact resistance, giving the user higher current flow, flow, less voltage drop, and more amplifier power,” you say, reading from StreetWires literature.

You toss him a package of terminals, and he catches it in his 4-pronged claw.
You continue quoting: “ The GT4 and GTO fit nicely into the StreetWires family by offering the same quality and striking cosmetics that the brand has become known for. With a nickel-plated finish, and gold screws, these innovative terminals ensure a solid, high current ground connection essential to any high performance system.”

Suddenly, a silhouette of a man appears in you’re garage next to your friend. It shimmers and moves, like glitter turning around in water, until it coalesces into a human form next to your friend. It is Shawn Spedding, StreetWires brand manger. He puts his hand on your friend’s shoulder and says, “For any audio system, the ground is critical for top notch performance. The GT4 and GTO give you an affordable upgrade to a higher integrity connection for your audio system.”

Spedding taps his communication badge and says, “Beam me up, Scotty.”

His form shimmers again, and spins then disappears, leaving you and your friend alone in the garage. Your friend leaves, satisfied that he has improved his system, as you check behind your work bench for any signs of Tribbles.


Here, Rico Felice, media and sponsorship specialist for the Mitek Corporation, helps CAR SOUND & PERFORMANCE in it’s continuing mission to seek out strange new worlds, or at least new and exciting aftermarket automotive enthusiast products:

What is it?
GT0 and GT4 Ground terminal Block.

Where can I find it?
You can find it at any authorized Streetwires Dealer.

What’s really cool about it?
It’s a high performance ground block that is easy to install. It has over five times the surface area as opposed to other grounding methods.

What to tell your girlfriend(s)...
It’s hard and makes solid contact. It keeps a solid grip on the wire and doesn’t let go when I don’t want it too.

Where can I find out more about it?
Go to www.Streetwires.com, or call 1-877-787-3381.