Relocating battery to hatch.., wiring? Options

[mark_426]

Hey guys

those of you who have relocated the battery to the hatch - how did you do it?

Did you run two leads back to the hatch, basically extending the old leads? Or did you just ground it in the back somewhere?

What gauge wire did you use?

Any suggestions on where/how to hide wires, or run them through the firewall?

thanks

[richee3]

Might as well post pictures of my battery relocation just for future reference for anybody who is interested. I used 4 gauge power wire to go from under the hood back to the trunk. I ran mine the same way as presure2 did, under the carpet on the driver's side of the car, behind the plastic in the back seat, and then I ran the wire between the rear seat and up through the carpet there and into my custom built box. Presure2 and Batman chose to ground to a U shaped bracket that the rear seat latches to, whereas I chose to ground mine to the bracket that the rear seats bolt to in the center of the car. I will edit this post with pics of that as soon as I get my real camera going again. For the box, I built it myself using materials I already had sitting around. It's simply a piece of plywood and some black denim. I could have bought a plastic box that would serve the same purpose, but I chose to save my money and build my own.

Although this battery relocation is currently fully functional and cost me less than $50, I will be adding some things to clean it up later, and I will post more pictures when I do. I will buy a junction box to go under the hood like presure2 used, as well as a grommet to run the power wire through my firewall. This will happen when I swap though, so that I've got an empty engine bay to work with.