Battery jacket/blankets

[BigTartanJudge 0]

Afternoon all,

 

Has anyone purchased in the past or more recently, one of the plastic fabric battery jacket/covers/blankets ?

 

I realise that the OEM one are probably now obsolete, but I seem to remember that there was one still available from another VW model that fitted just as well as the OEM one ?

 

Can anyone shed any light on this ?

 

Cheers

Edited March 9, 2013 by BigTartanJudge

[Harrier 1]

I fitted one from a Vauxhall Astra,fits just fine

[BigTartanJudge 0]

I fitted one from a Vauxhall Astra,fits just fine

 

What age of Astra etc. harrier, does it fit well and have you got any pictures of it fitted ?

 

Cheers

[BigTartanJudge 0]

Anyone know of which other jackets would fit the C ?

[robrado974 1]

Very interested in this too , something ive been needing to sort out for a while

[Harrier 1]

This is what i have from an Astra,around 2002 i think,got it from a breakers yard

[Jim Bowen 1]

I notice my battery is covered in water when it rains or I wash the car.

 

Seems to channel water down the wing and onto battery.

 

Is there meant to be something to stop this. When I got the car the bag was all damp and rotten so I binned it.

[davidwort 0]

That's a Corrado feature :)

shame a mk4 full casing doesn't fit.

[VWVW 1]

I notice my battery is covered in water when it rains or I wash the car.

 

Seems to channel water down the wing and onto battery.

 

Is there meant to be something to stop this. When I got the car the bag was all damp and rotten so I binned it.

 

The way to stop getting a wet battery jacket is to use a thin piece of draft excluder (the ones with adhesive backing already)along the whole length from top to bottom where the water would run down the wing. I ve done it for both sides and have never had a wet engine bay when it rained. I saw this technique on Chris storm vr.

Edited March 19, 2013 by VWVW

[Idlewillkill 10]

The way to stop getting a wet battery jacket is to use a thin piece of draft excluder (the ones with adhesive backing already)along the whole length from top to bottom where the water would run down the wing. I ve done it for both sides and have never had a wet engine bay when it rained. I saw this technique on Chris storm vr.

 

Interesting........ any chance of a picture or two please?

[davidwort 0]

It'll still spill over when you wash the car though, be better to have proper protection of the battery, and the jackets help in winter.

[VWVW 1]

Interesting........ any chance of a picture or two please?

 

see post number 22 pic. You can see the brown colured draft excluder. I know I could not find a black coloured one at the time.

 

http://the-corrado.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=45108&d=1299442414

[sankysvr6 0]

see post number 22 pic. You can see the brown colured draft excluder. I know I could not find a black coloured one at the time.

 

http://the-corrado.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=45108&d=1299442414

 

Does that actually work?

 

Might have to try that, just a shame of the colour of the tape.

[Jim 2]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Single-Sided-Foam-Tape-Black-10mm-Thick-x-12mm-Wide-x-7m-Long-/181100682962?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Decorative_Accents_LE&hash=item2a2a711ed2

 

:)

[Idlewillkill 10]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Single-Sided-Foam-Tape-Black-10mm-Thick-x-12mm-Wide-x-7m-Long-/181100682962?pt=UK_Home_Garden_Decorative_Accents_LE&hash=item2a2a711ed2

 

:)

 

That will do lovely, ta. :thumbleft: