When I bought my 98 SE, to my surprise I didn't find anything that would hold the battery in place, so I had to make a visit to Home Depot (damn i love that place!!!!)

used 3/4" square tubing, round tubing and a dremel!


Guys check it out, let me know what you think?

 

..... u wanna make me one...haha

 

Not bad.
Very creative. Definatly better then the OEM piece.

 

thats awesome. much better than the rubber crap-piece i got from AutoZone for mine since i didnt have one when i bought it either.

how did you attach the tube sections to the box section? i want to make one for my mine.

 

Now that is a smart idea! Thanks!
Btw, I've got the same Interstate battery as well!

 

my plastic piece looks just fine, however i may do that if i ever polish m yengine or engine bay.

 

guys thanks for the props

bullfrog: inside the tube section there is a long screw (one of those long threaded rods they have at Home Depot) and I drilled a hole in the battery tray put a nut on the bottom and thats it

Nick7455: $$$ure

 

wow that is awsome!!!

hey kraimer21 how bout sharing just a little credit for the idea???

 

SUPER 6: YOU ARE THE MAN for throwing me this idea!!!

 

Dam;n that is a great idea, I am gonna make one thing weekend.

 

LOVE - ING - IT. It'll be so cool if you can make me one. Cause the crap i have does not old my yellow top in place firmly. Besides the one you have loves mad neat and nice. If you can make one for me i'll def. pay for it. let me know.

 

ok guys, I see that a lot of people like this so what I was thinking is, since I have access to CNC machines I might design a brace and put it for sale and make custom ones whatever, anyone besides MrRogerStatus would be interested?

 

Me if price is good.

 

You cut through that stuff with a dremel? That must've taken awhile.

 

red x's turn me on

 

Any news on the tie down?

 

Pretty sweet. Nice idea.

 

i cant see the pic??

 

pics dont work..

 

they work for me, and that is another sweet home depot mod.

 

i see it now, wow that looks real neat

 

A picture worth a thousand words. But I can't see it.

 

I'm interested in one. How much? How soon can it be done?

 

I'd be interested as well, long as price is right. Great job, and pics used to work, but not no more.

 

All right guys, right now, I'm in the process of designing one for the CNC Machines and those will have custom letters/number cut out (e.g. VQ 30 or Maxima) however that will take a little time ~ 2weeks, and will run for about $25 if you want the same one I have, its $20 shipped. PM me whoever is interested.

 

I'm curious how it look like. Pictures? Oh! the first post pictures doesn't work.

 

i'm kinda interested. i'll get back to you on this one.


HD r0x0rz!!11!

 

Great! Sounds good. If you can get "INFINITI" centered on it in the same actual font that's on the trunk lid then that's what I'd like. Thanks.

 

Me too. As soon as you have the prototype done, get back at me.

 

This is a little off topic. but would a custom tie down need to be made for certain batteries? i upgraded to a optima redtop and its conciderably smaller than my die hard.. small enough to where the threading on the posts dont go far enough down...

Would this be a way of solving that? if so i might be down for this deal lol...

BTW, for the mean time i stuck a bunch of cardboard under it to raise the battery up

 

sounds like that shouldnt be a problem, just measure how tall the battery is, and just let kraimer21 know, that simple!

 

very nice and clean looking!

 

This is a good idea actually. I plan on finding a piece of metal that is similar to a stillen tie bar, and then I will cut it and drill 2 holes in it.

 

haha, i have to say, when i saw the title, i was like, oh wow, this one is gonna be gay, but ive been converted. good work man, i really like it, and i understand how frustrating custom work can be, way to go to home depot, ive found so much random stuff there that i would have never looked there for, but anyways, that looks pimp, good work

 

thanks a lot man!!! and u right Home Depot ROCKS!!!!

 

Huh it's funny, that's my brother's old car... I was in the backyard a couple of weeks ago and was checking some things and I saw a battery tie down. My car has it, my pops has it, so I was like where did this come from, I gues my brother must have never put it back when he replaced the battery. Nice job Eugene, looks good.

 

thanks a lot man! see you at the meet!

 

the pics dont show up man

 

i have to agree, i would get one

 

i cant see! i want to see! lemme see!

i might be interested if i see it!