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seems that everytime i get outta the car to fill er up or go anywhere... i get a nasty ***** electric shock when i grab the door to close it.

is it just me or is my car trying to tell me something???

feels a bit stronger than when you get shocked by rubbing your feet on carpet & touching someone....

Edited by JJCRU23R

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try groudning yourself before you get out of the car, while you still seated on the driver seat or any seat in the car, touch the frame of your car before getting out, that should ground you and you won't get a shock when you close the door.

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Hm...

Rub your feet really really really really really hard on the floor mat. Then goto the ecu and zap it rofl.

Nah nah, what trauma said.


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usually i jump out, plant my feet , then close the door.

so i should grab the door b4 i plant my feet on the ground?

is there another way to stop the static?? i mean 4 good so that i wont have to remember these dance stepz

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no not the door, but the frame of your car, the door jam.

umm.. i believe you can buy one of those rubber strips that you hook to your chassis (the rubber strip you see hanging running on the road on the back of peoples car.

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Yeap that used to happen to me too, and any passenger in my car.

Use to hold on to the metal part of the car before getting out.

Bought an anit-static from any auto store or K-Mart and it doesn't happen anymore. I've had it on the car for about 2 and a half years and all's good.

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Yeah I get static shocks somtimes as well.

What I usually do is when going out of the car and I have 1 foot landed outside I touch the edge of the car door and then get out and I dont get static.

Its an easy way to discharge yourself without doing a song and dance while getting out of your car.

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Caused by air molecules bouncing off the bodywork and charging it up.

As mentioned can be sorted by either grounding yourself before you get out the car, of buying one of those grounding strips that run between the chassis and the ground.

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the best thing to do is make sure you dont touch any metal surfaces getting out of the car.

the wait till someone passed by then BAM! tazer them..

okay. that might be an easy way to get into a brawl but ow well.

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yea i think ill just get myself one of those static strips....

id rather that then trying to remember the safest way to exit my car... i cant even dance you think im gonna remember step 1 foot out the car step 2 left hand on door step 3 bla bla bla

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hahha i get that all the time on my rolla

both doors!!

it makes me think back in the primary skool days.. zapping each other :D

i never got it in my bro's euro...

probably.. nowadays all cars have static strip installed already!

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hahha i get that all the time on my rolla

both doors!!

it makes me think back in the primary skool days.. zapping each other :D

i never got it in my bro's euro...

probably.. nowadays all cars have static strip installed already!

Japanese Runx have that installed...But not the AU version :angry:

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yeah for some reason my Rodney Mullen Etnies always do that with me. damn skate shoes. bloody good to drive in though.

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yeah for some reason my Rodney Mullen Etnies always do that with me. damn skate shoes. bloody good to drive in though.

Too bad you can't skate like him :P :lol: he's Awesome!

Whats the anti static strips things?? Can you get them from an auto shop??

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look 4 this at your local autoshop

(picture not actual size)

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Mine only happens when I am wearing my work (microfibre) suit pants.

When wearing jeans, etc, nothing happens.

Have been meaning to get a static strip though, anyone worked out the best place to mount one?

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Mine only happens when I am wearing my work (microfibre) suit pants.

When wearing jeans, etc, nothing happens.

Have been meaning to get a static strip though, anyone worked out the best place to mount one?

that was my next question!

just peering underneith my car, i cant see a spare bolt i can attach it to.

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