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As above needing one for 106 not in any rush just seeing what's about must be cheap as I'm tight and skint

Make one yaself mate...I did it for about 15 quid

(30-03-2014, 09:12 PM)Piggy Wrote: [ -> ]Make one yaself mate...I did it for about 15 quid

Really? What size wires am I gonna need?

I would also like to know this. :-)

Just work out the gauge and order it by the meter on ebay...5ms is plenty for positive and a meter for negative/earth
Then the required solder on ends

Go to scrap yard
Pick up BMW rear battery leads
Pay £5 for them as "its just a bit of cable"
Run under car in copex to protect from element
Mount battery (ensuring its vented to outside)

Job done

Might be a daft question but why vented to the outside?

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What gauge will I need? Looking at 300amp one 40mm'2 that to thick/over the top

Coz a battery gives off nasty gas

just bought some cable to do mine 290 amp 35mm £20 for meters

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£20 for 5 meters

(30-03-2014, 10:29 PM)Teddy Wrote: [ -> ]just bought some cable to do mine 290 amp 35mm £20 for meters

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£20 for 5 meters

Is 35mm thick enough tho?

Properly depends how big u battery is reading on gti6 forums they run 35mm with out any problems just need to make sure u get a sold earth for it

get as big as you can afford

but as said, easy to buy by the meter and solder terminals on (solder like plumbing solder + blowtourch, not tiny little circuit soldering iron stuff) - welding wire is normally pretty good and flexible.

or set of bmw cables has got to be good.

also no one has mentioned putting a fuse in!

I've got a big 300amp fuse between the positive battery terminal and everything else, just incase it decides to short itself on its route to the engine bay.

Hmm a fuse! That's a good idea. Not got one on mine. I will get a breaker so can trip it to isolate battery

Welding cable

Lol, this is effort!! But you want thicker than standard as you'll get a voltage drop cause of the extra distance plus you'll need to solder and insulate the original wires to the ones your putting in to the back, always use a fuse or a short can start a nasty fire in a second, not nice when going down the motor way window open at 80!