battery terminal question..

[barber24alldaz 10+ year member]

so i dropped my kinetik 1800 under the hood today, wired it all up and was all but done shutting the hood when i realized..the terminal posts sit up to high for the hood to close!! lol. im talking like maybe 1/2 an inch here...will the kinetik side post adapters solve the problem? how do they work? also, im using these as terminal connectors:

AutoZone.com | Marine battery terminal with brass plated wing nut | Marine battery terminal with brass plated wing nut

ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED!!

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[dustyshot 10+ year member]

Don't use the terminal posts, use the screws, but with screws you have to put ring connectors on the cables to screw the positive and negative on. I got the hc1400R on my mitsubishi mirage coupe, and I did it that way because I thought the battery would be high like that for my hood. I got 3 positive cables to the battery. 1 from alternator, 1 from amp and fuse, then another to something else not sure, then just one for the negative ground. So I needed 4 ring connectors. I got 4 gauge on my battery.

 

[barber24alldaz 10+ year member]

thats n option, i have all 1/0 wore to the battery tho. with the exception of my stock setup of course...i think i will go to autozone n see if i can find 1/0 ring terminals large enough to get around the screws..

 

[dustyshot 10+ year member]

Good Luck. I just might end up taking a break from this forum. First impression of this place is a turn off.