Mk4 Roadster with IRS - Battery Box location options

Greetings fellow FFR builders,

Reaching out to see if anyone has suggestions or preferences about the location of the battery box. Since i have the 2015 IRS option from FFR, I was going to go with the FFMetal battery box but looks like that wont fit with IRS.
looking for options on what to do.

Mike

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Originally Posted by Puckboy

Greetings fellow FFR builders,

Reaching out to see if anyone has suggestions or preferences about the location of the battery box. Since i have the 2015 IRS option from FFR, I was going to go with the FFMetal battery box but looks like that wont fit with IRS.
looking for options on what to do.

Mike

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Relocate it to the front with Breeze option.

https://breezeautomotive.com/shop/en...-1-4-roadster/

+1 for Breeze option. Easy install with nothing in the way early on. You'll have a better idea where to route your brake lines with it installed as well.

+2 for the Breeze option.

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Originally Posted by Dondero14

+1 for Breeze option. Easy install with nothing in the way early on. You'll have a better idea where to route your brake lines with it installed as well.

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What he said.

So, I'm going to go a different direction, and suggest the Breeze battery box. :)

Greg

Need another Breeze vote to break the tie? :p It's a perfect solution. I think everybody knows by now the Mk5 (and the Gen3 Coupe before that) has the battery in the front. Good reasons to put it there.

Well, Looks like it's a close vote then! Can't argue with that lol.

Thanks to all who responded, (I'm sure I will have more questions.)

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Originally Posted by Puckboy

Well, Looks like it's a close vote then! Can't argue with that lol.

Thanks to all who responded, (I'm sure I will have more questions.)

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I've got the MK5 so my battery is already up front.
I must say my Breeze seat mounts I just mounted are a great addition too and his radiator shroud.

Alright, I'll be the odd man out and say, the Breeze mount is great solution. However, I did not go that route. Since I put a locking cubby in my back wall, I didn't want the battery in the way of that. I moved the battery over to the passenger side kinda under the rollbar (I have the passenger side rollbar). Fits well and I have made it easily removable when the time comes.

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Originally Posted by Wizbangdoodle

Alright, I'll be the odd man out and say, the Breeze mount is great solution. However, I did not go that route. Since I put a locking cubby in my back wall, I didn't want the battery in the way of that. I moved the battery over to the passenger side kinda under the rollbar (I have the passenger side rollbar). Fits well and I have made it easily removable when the time comes.

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I did the same, not because it's the best solution or anything, but because I'm a miserable cheapskate... :D

I used the kit provided hold-down, put a reinforcing piece of steel underneath the floor, put a piece of 3M rubber sheet underneath the battery and installed an Odyssey PC925 battery.
-Kyle

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Originally Posted by kgkeys

I did the same, not because it's the best solution or anything, but because I'm a miserable cheapskate... :D

I used the kit provided hold-down, put a reinforcing piece of steel underneath the floor, put a piece of 3M rubber sheet underneath the battery and installed an Odyssey PC925 battery.
-Kyle

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I think we share the same affliction. Hello fellow cheapskate.

Btw, that is exactly how I did mine. Great minds think alike.

I don't know if it's been mentioned but Breeze makes a nice piece.


:)