Altering battery/storage bins
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From: Corrales, NM
Altering battery/storage bins
Hi all,
Anyone trimmed the bins for clearance?
I need to trim each side to gain clearance for a rear coil-over installation. Just a notch is needed approx. 1" deep and has a dia. of 3 5/8” I am torn between using an aluminum tube of the appropriate diameter with flanges on all 4 edges to fasten in to the bin. The other option is to lay up a fiberglass tube, trim to the size I need and then glass it in. The storage bin is glass but the battery compartment appears to be plastic. This seems to make the first option seem more viable.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Ken
Anyone trimmed the bins for clearance?
I need to trim each side to gain clearance for a rear coil-over installation. Just a notch is needed approx. 1" deep and has a dia. of 3 5/8” I am torn between using an aluminum tube of the appropriate diameter with flanges on all 4 edges to fasten in to the bin. The other option is to lay up a fiberglass tube, trim to the size I need and then glass it in. The storage bin is glass but the battery compartment appears to be plastic. This seems to make the first option seem more viable.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Ken
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From: Marietta Georgia
There was an article in Car Craft or Popular Hot Rodding (I think) about 4 -5 months back about a hot-rodded C3 where they cut the battery box and glassed it back in to fit the coil-overs. You shouldn't need to do it though if you can make your own bottom brackets and get them welded to the T/As. My QA1s are a tight fit, but the guy who did my conversion was able to get them to fit without any fiberglass mods. The mounting brackets were custom made and a lot of measuring and fitting was done.
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From: Corrales, NM
Hi,
The mounting bracket is not stock since the trailing arms have been eliminated for dual tube trailing links. Life is never easy. I am hoping that there will still be enough room for a battery. The plan is to notch away for clearance and then determine if the battery needs a new location or will still fit. The method for enclosing the bins is also undecided but sheet metal seems to be the easiest and most flexible in this particular case.
Thanks1
The mounting bracket is not stock since the trailing arms have been eliminated for dual tube trailing links. Life is never easy. I am hoping that there will still be enough room for a battery. The plan is to notch away for clearance and then determine if the battery needs a new location or will still fit. The method for enclosing the bins is also undecided but sheet metal seems to be the easiest and most flexible in this particular case.
Thanks1
