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Optima Red Top Battery Install, # 9 of 10


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Optima battery installed in stock location. Positive/negative posts are at the same stock locations.

When I tried the OEM horizontal clamp down bracket on the Optima battery it just didn't fit. It was too small. Luckily, I was able to use one of the 8 in. bolts (see previous picture) that I bought as a makeshift horizontal clamp. It had a loop at the end that I used for the stock vertical hold down bolt (which was just long enough to reach). Also, the 8 in bolt was long enough to go into bracket that the OEM horizontal clamp down bolt went into.