Battery Relocation

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Battery To Trunk Relocation


What you will need:
Look in the garage:
Misc. Metric Sockets (cuz I dont remember the exact sizes!)
Socket Wrench
Wire Cutters (must be able to cut through THICK ASS WIRE)
Wire Brush (to expose metal for a good ground)

Now go to Home Depot or the like and buy:
10' of Shielded 4 Guage Power wire
1' of Shielded 4 Guage Ground Wire (just in case)

And off to pep boys:
2 Adjustable Battery Terminal Posts
Sealed Battery ( I got the Optima Red Top)

To rig it like I did:
Grab a drill
A big bolt
Some drill bits
4 misc. brackets from home depot (hinges and door aisle)
2 Short Bungee Cords


First ya gotta unhook the (-) cable, so do that. Then the (+). Then take off the nuts which hold the battery bracket over the battery. They are on like 8" long screw, which sit on a plate.Remove the bracket now you can pull the battery out. You'll se a little shelf where the battery sat. You can choose to remove it, or not to. No biggie. Also, you can follow the ground wire to the ground on the motor and take that bracket off. Now, go inside the car. Remove the passenger side door trim on the bottom and pull up the carpet above the ECU. run you power wire through the hole provided in the firewall, then use your head and devise a way to run it inconspiciously to the rear of the car (I ran it along the lower door trim, under the storage compartment and back) Now go back under the hood. Find the two Factory wires that ran to the original (+) terminal. Splice them into the new power wire, and Wrap with lots of electric tape. Close the hood Now, go into the trunk. Decide how/where you will mount your battery. Some people use a supplied battery box. Others (like myself) use a sealed battery. Now how I mounted it was to drill holes for the mounting brackets. From the SIDE view, they look like an upside down "V" or "U"

They are like a loop. I mounted them into the floor in the back, so that they'd be right against the battery. Then I looped the bungee from corner to corner, over tha battery. The bitches are tight, ain't goin anywhere. Then get your wire brush. Remove some paint till ya get to bare metal, then ground your ground wire to that with a bolt through the floor OR ground it to the shock tower. Start the bitch up, you should be done