View Poll Results: Which battery would you choose?
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Battery Replacement
09-29-2011, 02:33 PM
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I'm using a braille bat for the last year and 20,000 miles without issue - if you want a cheapy go to pep boys and they have an 8 pound sla motorcycle bat for 60 bucks - I've used those many times on different cars and they work well.
10-24-2011, 07:06 PM
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11-25-2011, 11:38 AM
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Sorry about resurrecting an old post, but I ordered the Deka etx16 and it looks like it will need a lot of modification before It will fit correctly.. What did all of you do to make it work?
11-25-2011, 06:02 PM
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I just installed a déka etx 16 using the OEM hardware. You just have to use the 2 height extenders that come with it. It starts the car so much better than the Etx 12 that it replaced. I was tired of having to carry jumper cables everywhere...
11-27-2011, 10:17 AM
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here is a pic of my install of a Deka ETX16:
I would not use the height extender base at all because it is only lightly supported around the perimeter
There is no support on the center of the base and it is made of flimsy plastic
I cut up a flat plastic piece to serve as a battery tray and used shorter J-hooks as the stock ones do not have enough thread to reach down and provide adequate clamping force
I then put rubber pieces under the stock metal battery holder so that it squishes those instead of the battery
Even this setup is not the most optimum as ideally you want the battery laying on its side in order to be lowest to the ground as possible
