Extending Wire battery

[krouchchocolate 10+ year member]

I am replacing my cousin's battery, but his factory wires seems too short. I was going to replace it with 4 gauge, but i was looking at his car, and it seems like the + is connected to the starter? How would i go on switching that out?

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[arty 10+ year member]

???

i'm not really sure what you men

can you be more specific?

 

[krouchchocolate 10+ year member]

on the kinetik batteries, the terminals are on the opposite side of my factory, so then i would have to flip the battery, thus making my stock wires too short to reach the terminals.

 

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

The one that goes to the starter has a solenoid in the middle right? If it does then just connect a new longer piece of 4g to the end of the solenoid that the old one did and connect it.

 

[krouchchocolate 10+ year member]

The one that goes to the starter has a solenoid in the middle right? If it does then just connect a new longer piece of 4g to the end of the solenoid that the old one did and connect it.

Not sure if mines has a solenoid. I have 2 wires on the positive battery. 1 from the starter, and 1 from the fuse box.

I think i can change the starter one to a longer wire because the wire is just bolted onto the starter, but how would i go on changing the one in the fuse box?

 

[TSGP]

how big of a wire is it?

 

[12VoltIsMyBag 10+ year member]

what year is the car?

usually on older car's there is a + that gose stright to the starter.

and the starter selinoid is controled threw the ignition..

if so just replace the whole wire. makeing sure you have enought to reach the termianl on the batt..

allso while ur at it you might as well just do the big 3, and replace the factory grounds to chassis and motor block.

 

[krouchchocolate 10+ year member]

Year of the car is a 2005 Lexus RX 330.

 

[12VoltIsMyBag 10+ year member]

Year of the car is a 2005 Lexus RX 330.

just fallow the factory wire's to where they connect. and just replace them completely with new same if not bigger gauge wire.