Traxide battery tray

[WhiteD3]

Gents,

I'm about to order Tim's D4-1S kit but I'd like some feedback the SS battery tray in a D4 SDV6 please. Fit, wear, etc.

Pics would be appreciated.

Cheers.

[LandyAndy]

Ring Tim.
The D3 kit is cheaper and doesnt require a battery tray,there is already one in the D4 on the drivers side.
Andrew

[WhiteD3]

I used the driver's side bay in old D4 but I can't really go modifying this car too much as its not mine. Hence the query about the tray.

Ring Tim.
The D3 kit is cheaper and doesnt require a battery tray,there is already one in the D4 on the drivers side.
Andrew

[BobD]

Not sure what you mean about fit and wear, however, it fits as it is designed to and there is no wear on mine after tens of thousands of km of rough roads and tracks. There is nothing moving so it can't wear anyway so as I said, I don't know what you think might wear.

[LRD414]

The tray is designed to sit in front of the main battery and it fits very well. I did experience a wear issue caused by the tray. PM for details. Easily fixed.

Scott

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[scarry]

The tray is designed to sit in front of the main battery and it fits very well. I did experience a wear issue caused by the tray. PM for details. Easily fixed.

Scott

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On mine i had to move a couple of things to make sure the battery was not rubbing on the coolant bottle,and something else,but can't remember what it was.i actually ground a bit of the top of the battery to stop it rubbing.Easy to do and i have done many miles on very rough roads over three yrs,no worries at all.

Just keep an eye on it,like everything else on the vehicle.

[Melbourne Park]

On mine, the metal holder bars were too high - they touched the bonnet insulation. I was interstate, and I bought the battery in Brisbane (after having the Traxide installed not far from Bribe Island) and I drove to my friends holiday place in Byron Bay. He's an orthopaedic surgeon who races an old Porsche, and he hacksawed some of the thread off and filed the thread so that the bolt went on nicely. He had very steady hands too and perhaps he might have made a reasonable mechanic I reckon.

Doug

[RHS58]

On mine, the metal holder bars were too high - they touched the bonnet insulation. I was interstate, and I bought the battery in Brisbane (after having the Traxide installed not far from Bribe Island) and I drove to my friends holiday place in Byron Bay. He's an orthopaedic surgeon who races an old Porsche, and he hacksawed some of the thread off and filed the thread so that the bolt went on nicely. He had very steady hands too and perhaps he might have made a reasonable mechanic I reckon.

Doug

I shortened them too for the same reason.
Did it myself as I couldn't afford the fees of an orthopaedic surgeon.

Ron

[Lotz-A-Landies]

On mine, ...
... and I drove to my friends holiday place in Byron Bay. He's an orthopaedic surgeon who races an old Porsche, and he hacksawed some of the thread off and filed the thread so that the bolt went on nicely. He had very steady hands too and perhaps he might have made a reasonable mechanic I reckon.

Doug

Orthopaedic surgeons are more carpenters than doctors!

On the issue of fit and wear, and I understand about shortening the hold down posts, but I have the Traxide kit to fit and if there's other modifications to do it would be easier if they were posted in the thread instead of having to PM various members for the info. Just my opinion.

[BMKal]

I recently fitted the full Traxide kit to mine. Followed Tim's instructions to the letter, and had no problems at all, and no modifications required.





Where the battery tray sits, there is a wiring loom running across the top of the wheel arch. You need to remove the clips securing this to the bodywork and lift the loom, then slide the battery tray in under the wiring loom. The loom will then run over the top of the tray alongside the base of the battery.

On mine, the top of the hold-down bolts are well below the height of the battery clamp, and there was no need to cut these down at all.

The two areas that were most difficult -

Feeding the cable from the rear of the vehicle through the hole in the firewall above the accelerator pedal. I cursed and swore and ended up with blood all over the accelerator pedal and everything close by (I bleed easily ) - but then my young bloke turned up and managed to feed the wire through in a matter of seconds.

Attaching the bracket to the front edge of the battery tray for the SC80 controller. As Tim says in his instructions, you need to place a towel or something beneath this area to "catch" the nuts, as you are sure to drop them at least a couple of times. But then as Tim told me on the phone after I had completed the install , if you pop out the left headlight, access to this area is very easy.

Prior to installing the Traxide kit, I had a number of relays installed in the area where the second battery now sits (ARB light relays for indicators / clearance lights in the bulbar, 2 x driving light relays & another for the LED light bar under the roof rack). I bought some relay mounting "blocks" that clip together to form one single base and mounted all of the relays on this. The entire block of relays now sits down alongside the SC80 controller - out of the way but easy to access if needed (you can see the red / white / green wires running down to the relays in the photos).