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Due to a request by a member i documented my recent battery relocation with a few pics . I finally finished today and ill try to make it short because im tired .
First , the engine was out and made this alot easier and for what its worth i know alot of people dont like drilling holes in their car . for the record every hole i drilled was painted , siliconed, groumeted and some areas painted again . All wires were taped and loomed as well .
For the hot wire i used 15 ft. of 0 gauge wire for the full run and started by drilling a hole in the fire wall in a safe location .
I then moved my horn to the fender well and ran an 8 gauge wire from my accessories through the groumet used for the air bag system ( the access wire is wraped in elect.tape with the 2 yellow ties on it but note that it will be green inside the car ).
 next i ran them down the door.
 Just past the passenger set there's a hole in the body i used to fish the wire through , over the rear wheel well and out the back end by the tool area .
Now I could start on the tool area . I wanted to use the factory tray with the drain ( although i was using a spill proof red top optima ), so i had to fab a piece of wood for it to sit on and drill a hole for the drain . All of this had to fit in a tool compartment . The whole time im keeping in mind that i have to strap this thing down in the end so i was gauging what i would use and how it would happen.
note the small groumetvis for the drain and the larger hole was made in a factory groumet and will be used for the double ground later.
after all this was made to fit i purchased a 2inch strap from academy and cut it to fit , sewed new loops on it and bought handles from home depot to make my tie down .
the battery is where i want it so now to run the wires . 2 hot ( one for stereo one to battery ) and 2 grounds ( both to rear frame ) and dont forget the one 8 gauge wire for the fuse link next to where the battery use to be .
pics of the drain and ground wires from the bottom of the car . although thr wires are red and black they are both ground wires.
now to build ,sand and cover a box to cover the battery. 
finished product , a clean engine bay and a relocated battery.
the only thing for me to do is mount thr ground wires and im waiting for my stereo shop to get my new stinger terminals in but im in no hurry , i have no engine :(
there are several ways to do this with various wire sizes , routes and locations , this was just mine . Thanx for looking .
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Battery relocation follow up and completion - 
