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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: Jake on October 22, 2007, 22:34:46

Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: Jake on October 22, 2007, 22:34:46: I finished my twin batterys at the weekend \:D/
I now have battery clamps securing them into place
No more ratchet straps :shock:
Easy to make too
I cut a piece of 1" wide bar and drilled 2 holes in it, got some bar with long threads on and bent a hook on one end (to catch the body work like the original ones do) and then, after a coat of paint, just did up the nuts (oh er)
Looks great and my batterys are now not going anywhere without my permission 8)
(http://members.mud-club.com/galleryimages/982677916d89afbf97abbe502ad24610.jpg)
(http://members.mud-club.com/galleryimages/681f0959726c852e6c527723366cc905.jpg)
I have also started on my next modification
I've got my hands on one of these bull bars (if fact, it came from this car)
(http://members.mud-club.com/galleryimages/c82cacadbb71cbdac662746071b8c238.jpg)
and i'm modifieing it to become an A bar
Today I cut of the light surrounds and sanded back the metal to smooth
(http://members.mud-club.com/galleryimages/e3e6b11f2d12cfd8434294d685525f91.jpg)
(http://members.mud-club.com/galleryimages/7a9d4f1261a64cb8068d3cce2dfbc1c7.jpg)
Now i face a tough choice...
Do i get it shot blasted and powder coated at a cost of around Â£30 or do i paint it with Smoothrite or something like? :D
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: L90OOK on October 22, 2007, 22:38:17: Jake...shot blast & repowdercoat or Simon wont let you park at work :wink: :lol:
Nice batteries & well fitted.
Just a thought you might want to fit some caps over the +'ve terminals :D
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: Mr Alford on October 23, 2007, 07:24:50: how have you wired this one?

i have done a twin battery conversion i have connected them both seprately to my altenator so they are on two seperate circuits i have some lights and my cigarette lighter working off the second but i will also be running my winch off it when i purchase it so i can use it when the car is off and if it did go dead id still be able to start the thing i dont know if you feel this is a good idea or not?
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: Evilgoat on October 23, 2007, 09:43:12: Guess I wont be fitting them bullbars anytime soon then :S
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: Jake on October 23, 2007, 19:07:45: Quote from: "Mr Alford"
how have you wired this one?

I took a live from the original battery and ran it through an ignition switched contactor.
This allows both batterys to be connected and charging when the ignition is on but they become stand alone when the ignition is off
Quote from: "Evilgoat"
Guess I wont be fitting them bullbars anytime soon then :S

Sorry Rich, I didn't realise there was a que for this bar
:oops:
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: Evilgoat on October 23, 2007, 19:35:01: Quote from: "Jake"
Quote from: "Mr Alford"
how have you wired this one?

I took a live from the original battery and ran it through an ignition switched contactor.
This allows both batterys to be connected and charging when the ignition is on but they become stand alone when the ignition is off
Quote from: "Evilgoat"
Guess I wont be fitting them bullbars anytime soon then :S

Sorry Rich, I didn't realise there was a que for this bar
:oops:

Not your fault dude, looking good though :)
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: beast5680 on October 23, 2007, 21:31:34: battery installation looks nice and neat mate i look forward to pics of the A bar conversion :D
Title: Unipart
Post by: Chris Putt on October 24, 2007, 10:00:47: you could just make sure you flat it back well then use some Unipart part spray, I have used it on my wheels and on my bumpers and have so far failed to chip it.....as long as it dries somewhere reasonably warm it seems tobe hard as nails!

Big green and white can at tooling specialists.

Chris
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: Buddha on October 24, 2007, 10:07:53: Jake, I had the sliders I bought from you blasted & powder coated - after seeing how they've come up, personally, I think there's no way you can consider doing anything else.
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: davidlandy on October 24, 2007, 20:22:18: Jake

like the battery clamps, simple and effective - why dont you laser cut D44 into it and knock em out at Â£50 a throw?

:wink:
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: Jake on October 24, 2007, 20:37:04: Quote from: "davidlandy"
Jake

like the battery clamps, simple and effective - why dont you laser cut D44 into it and knock em out at Â£50 a throw?

:wink:

I did mention it to Cookie (head of D44)
He laughed and then told me to go away
:lol:
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: davidlandy on October 24, 2007, 21:00:44: lol

worth a try eh!
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: Ja1983 on October 25, 2007, 00:36:22: ...i could be mistaken, but is that battery covering an air intake??

could be worth swapping round the air feed as it will restrict it somewhat!
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: Jake on October 25, 2007, 19:22:27: Quote from: "Ja1983"
...i could be mistaken, but is that battery covering an air intake??

could be worth swapping round the air feed as it will restrict it somewhat!

Well spotted but you are mistaken :wink:
The air now comes in from the side thanks to my Safari snorkel
(http://members.mud-club.com/galleryimages/73129ae0d28cae24c675ca3cbf73d982.jpg)
The original air intake is now blanked off
8)
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: Disco_Stu on October 26, 2007, 14:09:06: Jake, any chance you can give us an "Idiots Guide" to adding a battery in the way you have done?

I'm capable enough but have a limited knowledge of electrics so a "how and why" guide written in really simple terms (Ignition contacter???) would be really helpful.

Thanks, Stu.
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: stuntman on October 26, 2007, 21:12:57: I'm with disco_stu, I'd like to do this aswell :)

Thanks in advance Jake

Andi K
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: Jake on October 26, 2007, 21:56:31: Quote from: "Disco_Stu"
Jake, any chance you can give us an "Idiots Guide" to adding a battery in the way you have done?
I'm capable enough but have a limited knowledge of electrics so a "how and why" guide written in really simple terms (Ignition contacter???) would be really helpful.
Thanks, Stu.

Quote from: "stuntman"
I'm with disco_stu, I'd like to do this aswell :)
Thanks in advance Jake
Andi K

Have a read of this thread i started awhile ago
http://forums.mud-club.com/viewtopic.php?t=40255
That should show every thing
If not, let me know and i can always explain more
8)
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: Jake on October 27, 2007, 18:17:53: Well today i primed and painted the A bar with matt black paint, fitted it to the car and fitted my newly bought spot lights :D
I haven't wired up the lights yet, i'll do that at work on Monday :wink:
Looks good i think although i do think i'll have to move my number plate down a touch because it's not that visable now :roll:
Here's some pictures
Just been fitted, no lights
(http://members.mud-club.com/galleryimages/7eab23d4c42710f9056913998676a4f2.jpg)
My new spotlights
(http://members.mud-club.com/galleryimages/4b8549acdff7fa08f457e85e448c99df.jpg)
Spotlights fitted
(http://members.mud-club.com/galleryimages/433f758259c2387da89e33313f6ac111.jpg)
I need to get some rubber grommets to fill the holes on the side's
(http://members.mud-club.com/galleryimages/eef6cff7b924b1c9653ebd6c63f9e1eb.jpg)
This is with the covers off
(http://members.mud-club.com/galleryimages/9d00b30e8b4e0a4fbded5bdbb678af34.jpg)
The finished picture.
(http://members.mud-club.com/galleryimages/5653fdf297ae3556e709c91d5f3a3864.jpg)
The funniest thing is my head light bulbs are more higher powered than the new spots :lol: but i wanted some lights to go straight on and thse cheapy Wipac's will do the job for now
But, I'm already saving for a set of Lightforce XGT's to replace them :twisted:
I'm well pleased with how it looks
(pats self on back)
8)
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: daveyravey on October 27, 2007, 19:12:25: The front end looks sorted now Jake :D

Are they td5 headlamps ?
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: Jake on October 27, 2007, 22:18:40: Quote from: "diamond dave"
The front end looks sorted now Jake :D
Are they td5 headlamps ?

Cheers :D
Yes they are Td5 headlights.
I do prefere them to the standard 300 headlights :wink:
8)
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: daveyravey on October 27, 2007, 23:53:40: Are they a straight swap for the 300 units ?
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: Jake on October 28, 2007, 00:35:01: Yes, straight swap
The light pans are better for running uprated bulbs in too :wink:
I brought my lights of Ebay a while ago and brought the bulbs a few months ago from work
8)
Title: I've been busy (A bar now finished too)
Post by: daveyravey on October 28, 2007, 00:51:51: Cool, Guess what i'm looking for now :wink: