Second Battery

[Rip'n'Shred]

Can you take a pic of the tray, someone may recognise it

[belzi82]

I have taken a photo of the tray, and a photo of the tray in the engine bay where I am planning on putting it

[oncedisturbed]

I may have missed which model but this is where mine is on my GU, this was already installed when I bought the rig

[Yendor]

I have heard stories about inner guards cracking apparently caused by fitting of a second battery.

If it was me, I would buy a battery tray kit from a reputable company, one that was designed to fit correctly and has support bracing.

The kit will come with everything required to fit the tray and will save you a lot of prefab time.

[Thirsty]

I have heard stories about inner guards cracking apparently caused by fitting of a second battery.

If it was me, I would buy a battery tray kit from a reputable company, one that was designed to fit correctly and has support bracing.

The kit will come with everything required to fit the tray and will save you a lot of prefab time.

X2 - I've seen many GQ with cracked inner guards, only a couple GU's. they have a lot of weight on them.

Cheers

[myzathreeby]

Depends what you have lying round in the shed, Self tappers or nuts and bolts. metal or wood screws, plain, galvanised etc etc.
You might be better getting a proper kit with a some adjustable brackets and proper screws.
The carrier need to be fairly substantial, with a firm base.
It's a big battery and needs to be mounted firmly, especially if you are on rugged roads.
My battery also has a special bracket on top of the battery which braces it back to the body and stops it shaking around.
Cheers and good luck

[Oversize]

Depends what you have lying round in the shed, Self tappers or nuts and bolts. metal or wood screws, plain, galvanised etc etc.
You might be better getting a proper kit with a some adjustable brackets and proper screws.
The carrier need to be fairly substantial, with a firm base.
It's a big battery and needs to be mounted firmly, especially if you are on rugged roads.
My battery also has a special bracket on top of the battery which braces it back to the body and stops it shaking around.
Cheers and good luck

Thanks myza, I have taken your advice. Will post pics when its in.
Kind regards,
Louise

[FrankW]

Hi, I used the super cheap tray for my second battery, Go and get a length of flat aluminium bar, about a metre long, 25mm wide, 3mm thick. Cut two 100mm lengths. These are then bent in half at 90 degrees, give or take a bit. On the flat of the tray closest to the guard, I drilled two holes and used 30mm, 10g high tensile bolts and nuts. On the other side of the tray, Engine side I attached the two aluminium brackets then attatched the brackets to the lower inner guard with 30mm, 10g bolts and nuts. Had to drill a couple of holes here, but if you line up the brackets ther may be a couple of pre drilled holes.
I used the left over aluminium bar to make a bracket that I attached to the guard above the overflow bottle and the other end to the side of the battery tray for support.
Hope this gives you the general idea, not as hard as it sounds.

[belzi82]

Hi, I used the super cheap tray for my second battery, Go and get a length of flat aluminium bar, about a metre long, 25mm wide, 3mm thick. Cut two 100mm lengths. These are then bent in half at 90 degrees, give or take a bit. On the flat of the tray closest to the guard, I drilled two holes and used 30mm, 10g high tensile bolts and nuts. On the other side of the tray, Engine side I attached the two aluminium brackets then attatched the brackets to the lower inner guard with 30mm, 10g bolts and nuts. Had to drill a couple of holes here, but if you line up the brackets ther may be a couple of pre drilled holes.
I used the left over aluminium bar to make a bracket that I attached to the guard above the overflow bottle and the other end to the side of the battery tray for support.
Hope this gives you the general idea, not as hard as it sounds.

Sounds like a great idea. I was considering something similar, now just have to figure it out

Thanks Frank

[thepunter1]

Hi Belz,

My advice to you is the same as Yendor's.

To save all this mucking around take you tray back to SuperCheap and get your money back. Then go down to ARB and get yourself a purpose built tray (approx $100) designed for your vehicle. It will come with all the bolts and bracing that you will need to secure it to your model of vehicle. This is what I did.

I am pretty handy with this type of thing but there are some things you don't want to mess around with. You don't want the battery coming loose and banging around in you engine bay.

Regards,
David.