How will I connect my wires to these battery terminals?

[imbored408 10+ year member]

The wires are connected to the terminals permanently. The only way I could remove them is if I cut the wires off. The negative ground wire has no slack so I wouldnt be able to connect it to a new terminal if I had one.

I do not want to mess with the positive one for the same reason.

Would it work If I just unscrew the nut and slide the ring terminal on the bolt then tighten it back up with the nut?

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[Bettr n' Revrse 5,000+ posts]

Yep

 

[-01limited- 10+ year member]

Thats usually what you do.

 

[Kangaroux 5,000+ posts]

Yeah that's what I did didn't have any issues. If you get the terminals that have some pre drilled holes for the factory wiring you usually have just enough slack to get them in the terminal

 

[imbored408 10+ year member]

lol alright i was just making sure. Since it didnt seem like it was touching the actual ring around the terminal completely. But i guess it still works since everything is touching that bolt.

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

i modify the factory terminal and put the ring terminal on the bolt side, not the nut side. i flatten the factory terminal where the ring terminal meets up to maximize surface area. usually it's just a square head bolt on the other side. my mod requires two tools to loosen/tighten when i'm done. i do this when the owner doesn't want to buy better terminals. even the $5 wing nut terminals can offer better contact area. the issue is always dealing with the factory wires.

you should do the same to the ground and upgrade your Big 3. i just replace ground wires anyway.

 

[imbored408 10+ year member]

I saw there was a square bolt on that side but I dont think I can move it out to put anything there. Wouldnt it being on the nut side still be sufficient?

Would it be ok to have multiple grounds for the negative terminal? Leave the stock one leading on the battery plate but adding another from the negative terminal to the strut tower? and then another from the strut tower to engine?

 

[-01limited- 10+ year member]

Yeah, I always put it on the opposite side of the nut in between the head of the bolt and the terminal.

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

for the record, i am strongly against a strut tower as a grounding point.

ground where the OEM grounds are, but just use larger wire.

 

[subzero 5,000+ posts]

for the record, i am strongly against a strut tower as a grounding point.
ground where the OEM grounds are, but just use larger wire.

agree, figure something else out. look on the engine for a bracket to use or something. I did my big 3, negative was going to the engine block, just pulled a bolt from a bracket, slipped in the neg ring, and replaced the bolt, torqued to specs.

 

[imbored408 10+ year member]

for the record, i am strongly against a strut tower as a grounding point.
ground where the OEM grounds are, but just use larger wire.

Alright. I'll have to find the engine-chassis ground since I do not know where that is.