How secure is your car battery?

[moh.vze.com 10+ year member]

I'm replacing my stock car battery with a D34 yellow top and when I took out my stock battery, the bottom just has a flat surface thing that's not even screwed down to anything.

Is that ok if I just put my yellow top battery on top?

The battery itself was held down by a bracket going over the middle of the battery that's bolted down.

Thoughts?

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[jco1385 5,000+ posts]

here:

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=388257&highlight=holds+battery

 

[moh.vze.com 10+ year member]

Actually the flat thing i was talking about had two round slots that went into these two holes so I think it will stay in place. The only bad thing is that the yellow top is a little smaller than the square stock battery that i had.

But, this battery is 47 lbs, do you guys think it will be fine once i Put the battery on top and bracket the top down?

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

you can probably mount it the same way your stock batt was.

 

[TnT_Sounds 10+ year member]

Could mount the same way your stock one did.. Got pics of the bracket?

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

are you putting the battery strap back on it like the stock one was? if so then yes, its fine. if you are just setting the battery on top of the tray and thats it, no.

with mine, honda civic, i know the tray sits in a groove so it wont slide back and forth and then the strap holds the batt down.

as long as when you tighten that strap it doesnt move, ur fine.

 

[moh.vze.com 10+ year member]

are you putting the battery strap back on it like the stock one was? if so then yes, its fine. if you are just setting the battery on top of the tray and thats it, no.
with mine, honda civic, i know the tray sits in a groove so it wont slide back and forth and then the strap holds the batt down.

as long as when you tighten that strap it doesnt move, ur fine.

This yellow top comes with a height adapter and I'm putting the height adapter ontop of the stock plastic thing. I also used the stock bracket thing that goes across the battery and that thing seems to hold it down pretty well (doesn't fit perfectly but it will hold).

However, I got a new problem. I'm going to start a new thread for this new problem.

Thank you for the advice so far guys!

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

My redtop, which barely fit in my tray was able to use the plastic piece that went across it. Just had to mod the plastic a little with the table saw and bingo, bango fits like a glove!