Engine bay smoothed/Relocated battery


ross-gti

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So as above i am smoothing and wire tucking my bay. Welded all the unwanted holes and smoothed bits off but.... i have been looking at a few bays and you cant see the brake lines? How do they do this and where do they run them? Also another quick question is where can i buy a kit for relocating the battery to the boot? All answers will be appreciated :) cheers
 
I have done this, takes abit of time but the bay looks much better. Check out my instagram StevieG_dck20 for some pics.

To relocate my battery I just bought battery cable and the terminals. Place the battery where you want it, measure how long the cable needs to be, cut and crimp the terminals on. My fuse box is inside the car aswel so made new cables from that too the starter/alternator.

For the brake lines being tucked, I made braided lines off the master cylinder going to bulkhead fittings in the firewall. Then running inside the car there is copper brake lines going to a 'T' piece for the fronts. Out holes in the sides of the car through and joining where the oem lines meet the braided lines in the wheel well. For the rears a braided line comes off the bulkhead fittings to a wilwood adjustable bias valve by my shifter then to a 'T' piece where the rear seats are, and then through the rear wheel arches too the rear brake lines.
 
Cheers stevie. Seems like a lot more work than I thought! So might just leave it lol but the battery I will be doing and already done the fuse box
 
It is quite abit of work, easier with the dash and most of the interior stuff out of the way too
 
I have some cable for sale for relocating the battery ;)
 
I did mine aswell, depends how precious you are with the car?
Mines braced to the floor pan with 6 bolts.
 
If you have it like mine I could do it in probably less than 45mins. That's taking my time aswell.
 
What gauge wire has everyone used? this is the only bit I'm stumped on
 
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