Has anyone fabricated their own battery tray to replace the rusted one. My battery was on the pass. side and has a good amount of rust there. Pics? ideas (other than buying OEM piece)?

 

mine rusted out so i cut out the tray and im gonna put the battery in the back

 

one of the best fixes ( IMO ) is to install a 4th gen battery tray/coolant tank . i did this on my 89rs , as we speak i just finished cutting out the bottom of the battery tray in my 88s/c . ( cuts on my hand are still bleeding ) get one from a dealership ( $40.+ as i recall or hit J/Y ) cut out bottom of old battery tray . clean cancer/rust , paint . set new tray in position , mark and drill mounting holes . battery will set about 2" inbd. and 1" higher . no clearence problems with me . you get rid of ugly coolant recovery container and have a new battery tray that will not rust . has worked for me . good luck .

 

Good idea with the 4th gen. battery/coolant tank. Did you get a tetanus shot recently? A doc. asked me that the last time I had a cut from metal.

 

Anyone have a pic of what it looks like?

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/atta...22_63_full.jpg

I found this pic on another thread.

 

The 4th gen idea sounds cool if it works. Otherwise, about 20 minutes with a shear and a box and pan brake I could make a nice one.

Mathius

 

im curious to see what the 4th gen battery tray works or looks like any more pics, need some extra room to mount my msd box, i was contemplating just removing my water resovoir but the 4th gen battery box looks like a better way to go

 

forgot to mention , when installing tank there is a fender brace that needs to be repositioned below battery tray . no biggie , remove , install tank/battery tray , just shorten brace , reposition , secure . i have done 2 and each work great . good luck .

 

thanks tom the 4th gen tank looks good, so good i picked one up from the local j/y for 6 bucks, will install tomorrow, now im anxious to remove that ugly water tank and makes some room for an msb box, also the same car maybe a 98 or 99 ls1 car had the full front brake set up(minus 1 caliber) makes me want to go back and do an ls1 brake upgrade my c6's look bare rigth now

 

I just made one out of some sheet steel. It might not be pretty, but it does the job.

 

What is the thickness of that steel piece? My welder tends to burn through the thinner steel. If it didn't I would've bought the replacement tray for $40.

 

This was some 22 gauge I had laying around. It's probably a little too thin and it is hard to weld without burning through it. I did this before I found out there were repro trays available.

 

Yeah, for all of you guys that have the battery on the right side there is a repo out there; if you can find it. For all of us that have the battery on the left side; we're screwed.