Long Travel BS Thread

Maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t see $500 of value in that kit. Looks like $80 worth of shit on eBay and a battery tray lol

 

Apparently my build thread is an advertisement for most of what you need @SoonToBeOn35s lol

 

Yeah I was thinking the same thing lol

 

It's because it's a complete kit. I'm sure you can save a little money piecing it together, but Sibi's gonna have a profit margin. At least that's a locally designed and made product. Hint hint @sicki

 

So how do you guys extended battery cables? Just rerun the whole cables or cut/splice and run extended cables?

 

On this page I listed all the links of parts I used for my battery relocate.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...s-cab-slow-build.264263/page-42#post-23337909

 

Ain’t nothing wrong with that. I pay for convenience, too. Especially if it’s something I don’t know much about or care to get into. The battery tray adapter is pretty neat. Easy way to get the new cables connected without hacking off factory stuff. Could mount some stuff to that, too.

 

The mount plate was drawn to have room for most fuse boxes and a Switch Pros. Their website should have CAD pictures showing that. Although they also posted pics of a modified install, not how it was intended and that can be confusing. I sell the mounting plate separately if you want to contact me directly.

 

Although I still haven't moved my switch pros over to it.

 

Contact me if you want to purchase the mounting plate separately and source the remaining parts yourself

 

on my list of things to add to the taco

 

I agree. Im retarded when it comes to electrical shit so kits like this help. But I was just trying to see what other people think/did

 

anyone done a stock frame notch to move shocks inboard for more clearance?

 

Yup.

 

Excellent! its in my future.

 

My preference is generally new cable runs. However, my truck is setup so that there is a stud junction in the engine bay making it easy to jump the battery from under the hood.

Ground I always just run a fat ground cable to nearest frame ground, then I beef up the engine ground and body grounds in the engine bay with new runs. But that’s just me.

 

What gauge wires are the stock battery cables?

 

I ran 2/0 Gauge Pure Copper Ultra Flexible Welding & Battery Cable from Windy Nation Inc

 

Some metric size between 6-8ga.

 

Make sure its pure copper and not clad aluminum.
You don't have to buy 30ft I had other projects that needed that wire

What I used when I put the battery in the bed

$255 1/0 Gauge 1/0 AWG 30 Feet Black + 30 Feet Red Welding Battery Pure Copper Flexible Cable Wire - Car, Inverter, RV, Solar

https://www.amazon.com/Welding-Battery-Copper-Flexible-Inverter/dp/B01MS90LET?crid=13203ZPXDCALY&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-cRqej0Cz7uQ3lQhjvo-6QMaDVfKe3LHmO6_dPMoVABDBDNPMmdAesuiJGhI56kVbk6mQo76c4k9PNozycx8cMKBXmDLZ98g9-kjVrbS1w_nsFaZZzFf0D83Qjh-jTaFyc664MeGMTJiW7OrW1wQ6c7OntyyKr4JY4ENIDEZlgW2kBLdzcVRFqkf9dETUFLK6KNoESEZKd_a6WboHZ9biFhJq1Zhbu-dfYQma2iRDjY.9V4GrJFxDrokcessuIqotIz8AVcrY1o-3ituQQ_NdhA&dib_tag=se&keywords=1%2F0+gauge+copper+wire&qid=1723816944&sprefix=1%2F0+gauge+copper+wire%2Caps%2C148&sr=8-3&th=1

TKDMR Copper Wire Lugs AWG with Heat Shrink Set,Battery Cable Lugs Battery Cable Ends Ring Terminals Connectors with Heat Shrink Tubing Assortment Kit (AWG 6 Kind Sizes, 130)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B082QYW64M?ie=UTF8

$27 iCrimp Cable Lug Crimping Tool for Heavy Duty Wire Lugs, Battery Terminal, Copper Lugs AWG 8-1/0

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017S9EINA?ie=UTF8&th=1