Rams 0 Posted June 18, 2013 I'm looking at the battery re location and running a charge cooler in this area and I have a stupid question. Well I feel stupid asking it but hey o... As I have an updated head light wiring loom and couldn't live without it, once the battery is relocated which I need to research how's its done but are there connection points in the bay to pick up a live and negative or how does it work? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean_Jaymo 0 Posted June 18, 2013 The battery relocation should leave a positive location to tap into in the engine bay. Just connect the loom to that! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkFoster 0 Posted June 18, 2013 I've also been toying with the idea of moving the battery to the boot myself but not sure how best to tackle it. If you find any good guides I'd be interested to read more... M. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted June 18, 2013 I put my battery under the rear armrest. Who ever uses it anyway? :) As for the loom, nothing really changes. You're just extending the positive lead into the car and instead of a battery terminal under the bonnet, you just have a splitter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rams 0 Posted June 18, 2013 I see, there's another splitter that leads off to the new location... Got it. I will see what I can find out.... I've seen some tiny batteries but question how good they are as I don't use my car as a daily and sometimes not for a week or more. The arm rest is not a bad shout really, what about the spare wheel well? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VR6 Gar 10 Posted June 18, 2013 Mine is under the rear arm rest. Obvs a bit of a power drop between starter and battery so I use a solar trickle charger to keep it fully topped up. Use the thickest cable you can find to make sure you don't have any starting issues but with a healthy battery and alt you should be fine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seanl82 23 Posted June 18, 2013 Go to a breakers yard and rape a beamer of its battery cables. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stone0311 0 Posted December 17, 2016 Excuse the thread revival. Now working on this myself, have people put fuses/CBs at both ends of the battery cable or just the boot - I'm looking at 150A CB by the battery (need to check the amps) but there seems to be thoughts on both ends? Noted the beemer cable has neither but would rather be safe than sorry. Cheers Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean_Jaymo 0 Posted December 17, 2016 The beemer cable from an e46 is a bit short I found. I did put fuses at both ends myself. BMW large 150amp (I think) fuse just after the battery and then Golf mk4 fuse box in the old battery location in the engine bay. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stone0311 0 Posted December 18, 2016 Cheers Sean, think I'll do the same 👍 Sent from my E6653 using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
