So my ebay 4runner never actually came with a tie down. I've seen the pictures of the custom ones made to fit Optima's but does anyone have any shots of their OEM setup so I can see if it's close to the universal kits or if I should just hit the junkyard?

 

Boneyard FTW....
Im actually using zip ties currently...
I hate being broke...lolz

 

hahah and that's what it came with too, I was out wheeling around though one day and snapped the zip ties. Next day in the drive way there was acid covering all of the suspension on that side (ate away the paint there too). After the battery had gotten loose it had made buddy buddy with the power steering pump pulley and chewed through the battery case.

 

ouch...One day in the desert my previous tie down (a clothes hanger) failed and my battery got pushed into Rad fan shroud, so almost each fin on my fan is half there...
But the industrial zip ties my buddies dad put on there have worked for 3 + wheeling trips and much abuse...
Next paycheck ill hit up a boneyard darnit...

 

well dont use zip ties come on r u kidding me use bungee cords they work much much better

 

yep bungee ftw

 

stock one combined with wooden block ftw...

 

Haha ok well I hit up the only 2 junk yards in phoenix with toyotas (lots of ford and chevy though, picked up my taurus fan for $20) and only came away with 1 tie down... which had been in a serious engine fire and then bent in all kinds of crazy ways when the junkyard pulled the battery. So I have something that's slightly better than zip ties but would love to buy an oem one off of you guys who have gone billet or optima. Speak up.

 

after my bungie cord finally broke. i went to checker auto and bought their battery tray and tie downs. i had to cut away the metal shelf under the factory tray to get it to fit, but that wasn't too hard since the previous battery had ate most of it away. used 4 self tapping screws through the inner fender well and it's locked down tight. think the whole thing cost $20!

 

Last time I bought a battery bracket (tie down) it was about ten bucks from the dealer.

J-bolts are pretty universal, but the dealer ones have a metric nut instead of those crappy tinfoil wingnuts.

Cheers.

 

ya my next stop was the dealer, didn't think it would be that cheap though thanks.