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Has anyone else experiencing static electricity shock when getting off their car?

I get it almost always especially after driving to work in the morning. even when touching the glass (instead of door metal) when getting off the car...

What's the best way to reduce/eliminate this?

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a search on eBay found a few antistatic strip that is fitted on the bumper and hanging down to touch the ground.

Looks kinda silly.

also found a few antistatic shark fin antenna or short type aerial that can be mounted on the roof or at the gap of the boot lid.

anyone tried any of those devices? do they help or just a gimmick?

The hanging antistatic strip touching the grounds sound logical but I can't see how antistatic antenna can work? discharging the static onto thin air? I thought static needs to be 'grounded'

1. Touch and hold any metal part on body/door of car.

Use (1) and take it like a man! lol

How bad is it? My car did it for 3-4months and stopped again, not sure why / how, the best way I found was the touch the inside of the glass or inside of the car, it was *less* of a shock then touching it on the outside.

I've seen anti-static straps but they look ridiculous.

its because your not touching anything when you get out of the car. you must be letting go of everything and just spinning sideways on ur arse, then putting your foot on the ground and lifting/stepping up. when u move across your seat like that it builds up alot of static electricity (obviously). rest your hand on a metal part of the car before u lift ur ass out of the seat, and leave it resting on the car till ur out. it will 'earth out' all that static, so to speak

tried that, but sometimes when you just forget of that routine then the zap gets bad.

and pretty much anything else, coming out of elevator and touching office's door, looks like an idiot every time hesitating for a second or two after swiping my card, staring at the metal door handle, and then use the back of my hand to test-feel the door handle if there's a zap or not before opening the door.

getting into elevator and leaning on the handrail (metal)

I'm electrified...

I get them bad. So bad that sometimes it makes me jump a step back.

Its amusing for my wife and the on lookers but dam annoying for me.

Will try the grounding thing, i just never bothered to look it up haha. I just saw the thread so ill give it a go. Cheers

I always wear cotton most of the time. business shirts.

and leather shoes.

and still get zap

my wife's colleague has a habit of walking around in the office dragging his feet, then walk up behind one of them and held out his finger close to the ear and zap!

that's what I thought but the instruction said need to be mounted as far back as possible, that's why people put them somewhere on a metal mount in the rear bumper.

the antistatic antenna also recommended to be at the top of rear windscreen or on the boot lid.

I have yet to find a scientific reason why it needs to be mounted towards the back of the car not middle...

1. Touch and hold any metal part on body/door of car.

2. Put your foot on the ground.

3. ???

4. Profit.

We are the UnderGnomes? ;)

Just mount it anywhere. IT will do the same job mounted up the front or middle as it would in the rear.

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