Relocating Battery

[rdub]

Hey I have an Optima Deep Cycle (yellow top) battery that I had in my sunfire and I want to put it in the civic but it doesn't fit in the stock location.. so I want to relocate it to the trunk.. so basically I just have to find a way to mount it back there and run the wires back to it.. my question is that the stock battery is ground to the chassis in the engine compartment.. should I run this back to the battery or could I just ground it to the floor of the trunk or what? Also should I used thicker wire? something like 4 gauge?

Also one more major question.. is the voltage different from a sunfire to a civic? will this battery work? ie. like 12v or 24v... I have no clue about this..

[CeeReX]

There was a thread about this a little while ago.I SEARCHED and found this.
http://www.civicland.com/forums/index.php?...tery+relocation

I personally used 4g wire and grounded it in the trunk,had a buddy build me a battery box.

[CivicSi04']

as for them being different voltage no. thier both 12volts, the only things is one may have more or less cold crank. it being a deep cycle optima i dont think ur gonna have a problem

[Doughboy]

wow you treated your sunfire pretty well by having an optima battery in it!

[rdub]

Yeah I needed it for my system.. my dash and headlights were dimming when the bass hit and I hate ghetto shit like that so I had to find a solution..

[rdub]

Where's a good spot to ground it in the trunk? In my sunfire the amps were just grounded to the floorboard with a screw.. and 4g wire.. and I had a problem with engine noise coming through the speakers so I don't think it was such a good spot.. I didn't do the install either.. a local shop did it.. thats why I figure I'll do it myself and do it right this time..

[imported_Kyle_G]

just find a good secure bolt. Make sure it has a good solid contact. Sand all of the paint down so that it has a clean connection.

IE.. dont use some dinky screw used to hold your tail light in. lol. make it something that bolts into the body of the car.. if not the chassis.

[imported_Kyle_G]

oh, and you shouldnt have a problem with the size of the battery. The yellow optimas are excellent batteries.. and since the sunfire was also (i assume) a 4 cylinder.. it should have plenty of power to crank it over.

[b16civic]

Hey man i relocated my battery my self i could relocate yours if you want i got the wire and all just need a few thing from advance and about an hour and a half i can do it if you want it done cheap if you havent done it already just give me a call

[Doughboy]

Originally posted by b16civic@Jul 6 2005, 05:05 PM
Hey man i relocated my battery my self i could relocate yours if you want i got the wire and all just need a few thing from advance and about an hour and a half i can do it if you want it done cheap if you havent done it already just give me a call

641-2165 names jason

I highly recommend you remove your number and PM him being ANYONEcan find Civicland and just view the site and see it on here.

Plus you dont want me crank calling you at 3am haha Just my 02.