So my original battery finally died and I had to replace it.
When trying to replace it, the tiedown rods busted on me as they were all rusted and rotted. The tiedown itself wasn't looking that hot either, so I decided to make my own.

Just thought I'd share with you guys.



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Maybe I should've resized the pictures a little..... ooops!

 

Looks good!

 

Nice man! Where can I find one of those?

 

Reading rocks, doesnt it?

That looks really good!

And what group is that battery? Looks like it fits the tray really well.

 

Did you read what the OP wrote or just look at the pics? lol

 

Under my hood! (I might be willing to make you one if you make it worth my while)

Group 41 [vw diesel battery actually - long story]
675 CCA
120min reserve

 

How did you make it? CNC, mill, hand tools? I've made some metal silhouette art (howling wolves and what not) using my plasma cutter... and it was a PITA. I don't think I could get it to come out as symmetric as you did.

Cartman

 

Yeah, I kinda run an Engineering R&D office so after designing it in SolidWorks, I had it cut on a CNC laser and then bent on a CNC brake press. Making it manually would definately be PITA

 

Holy crap guys, I DID read it and was joking around. Guess it's kinda hard to tell on a forum though.