Optima yellow top battery mounting issues

Originally Posted by eastwest2300 Yeah, I was shocked to see it wouldn't fit, so what I did was, I pulled the optima out, and used a piece (1 or 2

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Optima yellow top battery mounting issues

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12-19-2015, 04:46 AM

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Originally Posted by eastwest2300

Yeah, I was shocked to see it wouldn't fit, so what I did was, I pulled the optima out, and used a piece (1 or 2 pieces, i forget) of the packing material (I'm not sure how you bought it, but when I bought mine the battery came inside of a gray cushioned box), and placed it on the battery tray then put the optima on top of that, and it mounted in perfectly.

I had this trouble when I installed a yellow-top in my 240Z. You can take the plastic cover that come on top of the battery when it ships and mount it on the bottom of the battery to increase the height.

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