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May 3, 2009 | 07:09 PM

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Battery relocation

How many of you have relocated your batterys to the spare tire spot? Anyone have pics of their set up?

May 4, 2009 | 12:41 AM

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Her is my set-up, BMR relocation kit and a picture on the front end connection.

May 4, 2009 | 08:50 AM

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That's a very clean relocation. I like it.

Why do you have 2 sets of positive and negative battery cables? Also, where did you get the terminal block?

May 4, 2009 | 09:36 AM

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Her is my set-up, BMR relocation kit and a picture on the front end connection.

Clean install.

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May 4, 2009 | 11:14 AM

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very nice job man!!

May 4, 2009 | 12:59 PM

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That looks awesome. How much did that whole setup cost?

May 6, 2009 | 12:38 PM

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That looks awesome. How much did that whole setup cost?

89.95 for the battery box- from the BMR page.
I really must must say, i have some BMR stuff on my car ordered from the webpage, 4 days later i have them at my place in Sweden, had never any issue when order from BMR! They are great!

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May 6, 2009 | 10:40 PM

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any noticeable difference? probly not huh?

May 6, 2009 | 11:25 PM

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allows me to keep the spare tire in for those long road trips.

you never know.

you can actually mount the battery straight with a modified version of what I did.

May 7, 2009 | 12:04 AM

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Mine is actually in the trunk but near the passenger side, but not in the area of the spare...

I may have pics, but forget looking for em right now

May 7, 2009 | 07:47 AM

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If you relocate your batteries, please put a fuse right at the battery. It should be rated at what your alternator can do. There are too many opportunities for the cable to short out somewhere with that long of a run.

May 8, 2009 | 11:44 AM

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Mine is actually in the trunk but near the passenger side, but not in the area of the spare...

I may have pics, but forget looking for em right now

I have seen people cut the pass sail panel to look like the drivers side where it doesn't go all the way down to the felt.

Is that what you did?

It is a pretty good idea for sure.

May 8, 2009 | 08:21 PM

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Heres mine, note 200A fuse on the ground cable & the block I made in the front. No cut cables
& you can switch back to stock easy.

This is the bat. block & a200A fuse block

Dale

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May 9, 2009 | 10:58 AM

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What gauge cables are you guys running? And how many feet?

May 9, 2009 | 01:22 PM

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What gauge cables are you guys running? And how many feet?

2 ga X 15' lg should work. I got cable from NAPA.
+ 3' for ground

May 11, 2009 | 02:19 PM

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4ga would be OK, but bigger is better. I wouldn't go smaller than 4 though.

May 11, 2009 | 02:57 PM

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what is point of fuse on ground?

May 11, 2009 | 03:51 PM

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what is point of fuse on ground?

I didn't even realize the guy did that. Technically it will work the same in his setup on either one, but I would prefer to see it on the positive regardless.