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Does an Optima Yellow or Red top require battery hold/down bracket mods to fit ? I remember some talk about this.....mines a 2001. Also has anyone been able to find a Pansonic / stock replacement ? I have not. Google searches on the model number only list a few hits - all foreign. I could probably order one thru a stealership - NOT.
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Originally Posted by alotawatts
Does an Optima Yellow or Red top require battery hold/down bracket mods to fit ? I remember some talk about this.....mines a 2001. Also has anyone been able to find a Pansonic / stock replacement ? I have not......
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I would recommend a 34R so you won't have to extend your battery terminals. I waited for two months and couldn't get one so I went w/ the 34/78 red top and had my terminals extended.
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you mean extend the battery CABLES...
but yea 34R, which is the reverse terminal battery... reuse the stock bracket and put the spacer in. or you can go ghetto-fabulous like i did and stick a piece of rubber in
but yea 34R, which is the reverse terminal battery... reuse the stock bracket and put the spacer in. or you can go ghetto-fabulous like i did and stick a piece of rubber in
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Originally Posted by Avsfreak1234
where would one go about finding one of these spacers? or what could you use in place of one like the ghetto fabulous rubber?
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The spacer / tray has been a bone of contention among Optima buyers for a long time... Some got it free, some had to pay, others (like me...) got one only after bitching to the vendor...
I fabbed one out of some wood - serviceable but 'ghetto'. Then I fabbed one from strapped-together sheets cut out of a plastic perforated pegboard - nicer but still 'low-rent'. Then I asked at the store (Batteries Plus) and they gave me one taken off another Optima on the shelf. It works - after a fashion - but it's clearly not designed for the 34R.
Just recently I bought a custom-fabbed bracket that eliminates the spacer altogether. The builder / vendor is over at TTORA:
http://www.tacomaterritory.com/forum...ad.php?t=28012
Custom bracket to anchor the 34R once and for all: $36. Knowing I no longer need any additional parts to hold the Optima in place: Priceless!.....
I fabbed one out of some wood - serviceable but 'ghetto'. Then I fabbed one from strapped-together sheets cut out of a plastic perforated pegboard - nicer but still 'low-rent'. Then I asked at the store (Batteries Plus) and they gave me one taken off another Optima on the shelf. It works - after a fashion - but it's clearly not designed for the 34R.
Just recently I bought a custom-fabbed bracket that eliminates the spacer altogether. The builder / vendor is over at TTORA:
http://www.tacomaterritory.com/forum...ad.php?t=28012
Custom bracket to anchor the 34R once and for all: $36. Knowing I no longer need any additional parts to hold the Optima in place: Priceless!.....
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Bending the bracket is fine for on-road use because you probably bent it by hand or with little effort. Off-road, the forces of the battery bouncing around on the trails will bend it back just as easily.
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