Show me your Battery Trays
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For my '86na, I scavenged one cheap from a junker at my recycler's yard, stripped and painted it. Cool because the orig stabilizer strap and bolts all fit perfect. Check out http://www.car-part.com/ for trays and ZX years.
If you can hide the batt in the back, Skully's idea is good. I had no space back there. I guess I would have taken the old tray to a sheet metal guy (HVAC ducts, etc.) along with some stainless steel sheet (Home Depot?) and paid for a custom fab tray to fit. Install using old straps and bolts and maybe some SS screws. Appearance isn't that big a deal under the hood... but you definitely want the battery locked down tight and not moving at all.
If you can hide the batt in the back, Skully's idea is good. I had no space back there. I guess I would have taken the old tray to a sheet metal guy (HVAC ducts, etc.) along with some stainless steel sheet (Home Depot?) and paid for a custom fab tray to fit. Install using old straps and bolts and maybe some SS screws. Appearance isn't that big a deal under the hood... but you definitely want the battery locked down tight and not moving at all.
Last edited by zxguy1986; 04-09-2015 at 08:51 PM.
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I don't like the idea of moving it to the back. It doesn't need it for weight distribution and it adds a lot of wire weight.
Funny you mention about it being strapped down. I first bought the car in 94 or so when I was 15 and the battery was held down by an exposed wire. It caught fire when it eventually touched. Now I know to look for that kind of thing.
Anyone else? I'm still leaning towards making a simple frame and getting a bolting a universal plastic battery tray to it.
Funny you mention about it being strapped down. I first bought the car in 94 or so when I was 15 and the battery was held down by an exposed wire. It caught fire when it eventually touched. Now I know to look for that kind of thing.
Anyone else? I'm still leaning towards making a simple frame and getting a bolting a universal plastic battery tray to it.
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