Battery covers?

[Jim Bowen 1]

does anyone use a battery cover?

 

my car came with the battery in some little foam type bag thing which is really tatty now so i took it off.

 

i seen you can get stainless steel covers, but wouldn't this short out the battery? or i have seen carbon ones, but they all seem a little crap/tacky looking to me.

 

does anyone have any ideas or shall i just not bother with one?

[bananawhip 0]

I've got one of those real carbon ones off ebay, little bit boy racer but it matches my bmc so I hope I get away with it, looks much nicer then a bare messy battery.

[Yandards 0]

You can still get them from VAG, not the bag type ones but the black plastic ones that sit over the top.

[Kevin Bacon 5]

I'd just replace the jacket with a new one personally.

 

Not keen on the covers, they're look a bit cheap and tacky imo.....but they're useful for resting spanners on. How many people have shorted out their 17mm spanner across the terminals by mistake? I know I have several times :lol:

[Jim Bowen 1]

where do the bag type ones come from?

 

mine has a big hole in it, like something has melted it

[Kevin Bacon 5]

battery acid eats through them

 

The dealer sells the bags

[Jim Bowen 1]

battery acid eats through them

 

The dealer sells the bags

 

whats the betting they about £40 :(

[Yandards 0]

where do the bag type ones come from?

 

mine has a big hole in it, like something has melted it

 

They are OE fit items from VAG but I think they are obsolete now.