Thread: D4 rims and second battery

Gordon,

It appears that the spokes of the proposed GMAX wheels protrude past the rim edge. If this is so, do you consider that the spokes could be susceptible to damage from rocks, either from scraping or the rear wheels from flying rocks? Spokes on LR rims don't protrude from what I can determine.

The photo is of the current forged 20", to show the spoke pattern 'in the flesh' - the diagrams are of the 18". I'll confirm with GMAX, but I don't think the 18" has protruding spokes.

Cheers,

Gordon

Originally Posted by drivesafe

And thanks to a heads up from sniegy, I should have the under bonnet dual battery kit, including the tray, ready before Christmas ( I hope ).

The other in car option for a bigger battery is going to take a little longer and this kit will again fit both the D3 and D4.

Anything to report yet?
My 80AH AGM might be a bit tall at 9" to fit under the bonnet so I've been looking at the left rear guard where it could be stood on its end with appropriate brackets.

After sucessfully mounting my 80ah AGM in front of the existing battery, I've decided it gets too hot and have removed it. Even though it was shielded from direct radiator and engine air, driving around in yestereday's 35C the battery became too hot to hold my hand against. I'll wait a little while to see if Drivesafe can devise a suitable bracket for the rear.

There is a blanking plate behind the 'air inlet' on the passenger side. I wonder if removing this would get some air flow?

I thought about removing that plate initally but also thought it might draw out hot air past the battery. However, it can't be much worse so its probably worth a try in case it does the trick. Additionally if a suitable enclosure could be made for the battery, a small electric fan (ex computer?) could be placed over the hole which is right beside the battery to draw in cool air.
Maybe that position is not yet a lost cause.

Originally Posted by Graeme

After sucessfully mounting my 80ah AGM in front of the existing battery, I've decided it gets too hot and have removed it.

Hi Graeme, and thanks for the info, thats something I had not considered and I think this will pretty well end any ideas I had of developing a tray for that position.

The time needed to develop the tray was not going to be recouped as this tray would only be good for D4s sold in Oz.

D4s in most other countries, particularly cold climate countries have a fuel heater mounted in front of the cranking battery so they couldn't utilise the tray anyway. ( and most of my sales now are exports )

My wife’s D4 arrived this afternoon so tomorrow I will start looking at a number of options.

How about trying to move the module. If it came from behind the main battery there may be enough loom to move it back? It is now in box and it could be sprayed with plasticcoat if water is a concern. Or extra loom to move to to between the wing and the booster?