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Old Aug 11, 2011 | 09:40 PM
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Moving battery to driver side.

I have a dumb question. I wanna move my battery to the driver side. But this bracket is in the way. Will it affect anything if i take it out?
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Old Aug 11, 2011 | 09:58 PM
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Re: Moving battery to driver side.

I actually had my battery on the driver side. No problems. Just remove.
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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 09:55 PM
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Re: Moving battery to driver side.

I have had a couple third gens without that bracket in place and I never had any problems.
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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 10:43 PM
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Re: Moving battery to driver side.

Move the battery to the right rear corner of the car. Left front is already the heaviest corner. Moving the battery back is equal to a 10-inch engine setback.
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Old Aug 13, 2011 | 10:59 PM
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Re: Moving battery to driver side.

I moved mine over there, no problems after removing that brace.
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Old Aug 15, 2011 | 10:50 PM
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Re: Moving battery to driver side.

Can't really move it back there. There are two 12 w6v2s back there... I Have another question, i made up an air intake. Im using a rubber 90, with the weight of it all, twists it down some. Wondering if most just let it hang and not worry about it?. Anyone had any problems just letting it hang?
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Old Aug 15, 2011 | 10:53 PM
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Old Aug 16, 2011 | 09:23 AM
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Re: Moving battery to driver side.

You should brace it, not the kind of thing you want to fall off.
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