Battery Relocation with t-tops?
Battery Relocation with t-tops? Has anyone done this? I was thinking about mounting the battery where the ttop shade is right behind the back seats. In the trunk it wouldn't work because the ttops would be there. Any ideas?
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I don't have one yet, but I'm getting one. I think the stock battery weighs about 35-40 lbs, so that's a significant amount of weight off the nose of the car. Most reports are that it works fine, even when the temps drop.
http://www.gotbatteries.com/items.as...SL105/37L105S5
Someone here posted this picture and I saved it. I hope it's okay to repost it.
http://www.gotbatteries.com/items.as...SL105/37L105S5
Someone here posted this picture and I saved it. I hope it's okay to repost it.
What about mounting it in that little cubby hole on the driver's side of the trunk? I'm assuming the reason you're not mounting it the conventional way is because you want to keep your spare tire? If you mounted it in the cubby hole you could keep your spare AND still have the space to store your T-tops.
Just an idea.
Just an idea.
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Originally Posted by TexasWS6
awesome! has anyone seen a 1/4 mile time drop just from doing this?
Originally Posted by TexasWS6
oh! people do it in the spare tire well? I don't have a spare tire anyway so that would be ideal. How tough is that?
Easy as pie.
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When you relocate a regular sized battery to the rear, you're actually adding more weight to the car than when you started.
It's not recommended having long cables on the Hawker batteries, so no, you'd have to keep it in the front.
It's not recommended having long cables on the Hawker batteries, so no, you'd have to keep it in the front.
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Originally Posted by TexasWS6
so what is better? hawker up front or stocker in back?
When I got my car it had and still does have a sub where it would be relocated to I think with how much they weigh and the hassles involed compared to a light one isn't worth relocating for a daily.
I think upgrading to the light weight one is a better investment.
I think upgrading to the light weight one is a better investment.