New battery came only with bolts for terminals, not posts

[ckunke002 10+ year member]

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This is what came with my new battery. The ring terminals that are on my wiring and fit my stock batterys posts are way too big for these little bolts and neither napa nor knechts have ever seen anything like this. My battery is dying and in the cold it doesn't start and i'm leaving to the mountain for a trip tonight. Somebody please help me!

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[Falcons 5,000+ posts]

thats normal. if you want posts, you have to buy em.

 

[Iosias 10+ year member]

Have no regular terminals you can put on your wiring?

 

[2Dcore 10+ year member]

You can use some big washers with the smaller hole for temporary , one on bottom one one top?

 

[ckunke002 10+ year member]

thats normal. if you want posts, you have to buy em.

Every battery I've considered buying in the past came with posts. All of the Kinetik batteries come with posts except the "black" series, which unfortunately I accidentally bought, even though the seller DID inaccurately say it came with posts they weren't in the pictures so I should have taken notice. I went to several local stereo and car parts shops today and none of them had any answers for me except put extensions on all of my wires and get ring terminals for them.

 

[ckunke002 10+ year member]

Lesson learned. Tough.

 

[CHEMMINS 10+ year member]

Just go to Napa, and buy a couple posts that screw in.....like $5.

 

[Phoenix Risen 10+ year member]

that or get some new ring terminals...

 

[ckunke002 10+ year member]

I went the ring terminal route but it still wasnt easy, considering the shape they were all bent for my factory battery and especially considering that the batteries terminals were reversed positions from my old battery

 

[ckunke002 10+ year member]

Real tight fit. Pretty crappy install truthfully lol