Swapping battery cables from 02-04 C5Z
03-02-2015, 12:27 PM
#1
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Swapping battery cables from 02-04 C5Z
Good afternoon guys. I was thinking that during my cam/head project that I would replace my battery. I had to modify the existing battery cables in order to hardwire my battery tender into the cables. I was thinking of changing from the PITA side-post battery to a top-post. I know 04 Vettes have top-mount cables. So is there any special way to swap the cables from my 02 for cables from an 04? I haven't had a chance to trace them out yet. Thanks for any help.
03-02-2015, 06:19 PM
#2
Burning Brakes
IIRC you just need to get the cables and swap them. should be a direct swap. pretty cheap and gets rid of the terrible side post design. I have not done the conversion myself as i have a 2004 C5, so you might want to look into it before getting all the way in and finding some differences that the '04+ cables dont accommodate for but looking at pics of the Old and New design it looks to be a easy swap.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...or-2001-a.html
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https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...or-2001-a.html
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Last edited by RedZMonte; 03-02-2015 at 06:23 PM.
03-03-2015, 08:34 AM
#3
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Is there any way you could snap me a picture of the connections? I'm a little leery of the clamping that is used... I've heard bad (also good) things about them. I'm just so sick of having a side-post and having to be a contortionist to get the cables loose.
03-03-2015, 10:59 AM
#4
Le Mans Master
The idea of top posts is good and in my opinion better than side posts. The OEM clamps for the top post style in the C5/C6 are a piece of (you can fill in the rest). With that said, if you go to a top post design you can remove the OEM clamps and replace them. Or, just do it once the OEM ones start giving you issues which may happen sooner than later.
03-03-2015, 12:14 PM
#5
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
The idea of top posts is good and in my opinion better than side posts. The OEM clamps for the top post style in the C5/C6 are a piece of (you can fill in the rest). With that said, if you go to a top post design you can remove the OEM clamps and replace them. Or, just do it once the OEM ones start giving you issues which may happen sooner than later.
03-03-2015, 12:23 PM
#6
Melting Slicks
why not just swap to a battery that has both top and side post like an optima? you can connect it with the factory cables and have the top post for your charger, jump starting or any thing else you want to connect
03-04-2015, 08:29 AM
#7
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Because I hate the side-post design and want something different. I had to buy aftermarket battery bolts to mount my charger and I had to modify the boots on both cables. They've been a PITA ever since and are even causing charging issues with the car. I bought an Optima with top posts only, so that's already been decided.