Weekend Projects - The End

Well three days later and the project is finished...it really wasnt that long of a project but I got a bit over zealous with the whole gutting of the car. My project was to install a battery relocation kit into my trunk and also install a new 17lb battery. I started off Friday evening pulling the seats out and the center counsel. I had to move the car to another parking spot without cars next to it but the new battery is shorter then the OEM one so I had to prop it up on the Rome Season 2 DVD box to move the car...my OEM battery was dead.

I started late in the day Saturday with more destruction of the interior as i pulled my cage out, followed by the speaker paneling. That was supposed to be where i stopped with the plan...that was supposed to be the only parts of the interior I was going to take out...but alas i continued and dismantled the entire trunk. The light was starting to fade so I started to clean up and then started pondering where the hell I was going to mount the battery box. The location i had planned for before turned out to be the location of a fuel pump so obviously i wasnt drilling in that area. The box moved all over my trunk space from front center up on the ledge to down in the spare tire well centerline then to the right. I really had no idea where to mount it....so I went inside and called it a day.

I woke up the Sunday and it was like I had a revelation. If i mounted the box in the spare tire well, I would have to drill to the outside which means if I drove the car in the rain, water would probably come up into the trunk in little splashes. If I had sealant this wouldnt be a problem but i didnt. If i put it on the ledge center just behind the speakers, everything would stay internal. Whether it stays there or not is to be determined but at least I had a course of action. So I went outside with my 200ft extension cord and my drill and started drilling holes for mounting. Then I drilled the hole for running the positive cable through the fire wall. As a note for any Z drivers out there, where I drilled the hole is ok to drill but if you go much lower then where i drilled, you will drill into your ECU. Got everything mounted up and put together and re-installed the cage. Put the driver seat back in but left the passenger one out...not really sure why i did that...and left the center console out as well. Installed my radiator cooling panel as well which took 9mo to get. All in all a good weekend.