Many different companies make nice after market battery hold downs for Honda's, anyone know of any or have a good idea on an Optima battery hold down for the Max???

 

You mean that the optima batts wont work with the stock battery holder? I dont think it would be too hard to manufacture one- just a bar of alluminum with drilled holes.

 

You mean the Optima is too small for the OEM battery tie-down, right? What I did was cut out a retangular piece of wood (I painted it black, as well) to fit the bottom of the battery tray, put the Optima on top, and there you go - the Optima will now be raised up a bit & can be securely fastened with the OEM tie-down.

 

the optima batt is shorter than normal batts. So if thats the case, why not take off the tie rods (the 2 that screw into the battery tie-down bar) and cut the bottom shorter and rebend it back to a hook and tada- shorter tie down bar.

 

Optima batteries has 4 mounting screws at the bottom of the battery so you can mount it a different way if the top bar didn't fit on top of the battery. That is how I mounted mine.

 

Just use some washers, I used like 4 each side and it holds in place.

 

uh yeah

 

 

Actually, i meant an aftermarket hold-down that looked nice. BTW, wHo the f*ck is RBa?

 

i like how u where kind enough to remove his post
i tried one of the universal honda ones once, it was way too short, took it back, then i painted the stock one

 

Same here, and while I was at it I painted some other stuff too (radiator mounts, valve cover etc). It came out well, I'd take a pic but I'm at work right now so that's not possble .
-Cyrus

 

i remember i had to do some funky sheet to get my Yellow Top to fit

 

Doesn't Optima have their own billet hold-down? I thought I remembered seeing one somewhere?

 

me too, same day i painted all kinds of stuff, a number of caps were painted as well