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wow.
i've been excited for alot of the projects i've done over the years here, and have had alot of fun doing so, but i gotta tell ya, this morning, when this package arrived, it was one of the best moments i've ever had while doing this stuff.

im excited to show you guys the first "offical" JDM Guy Garage Item (lol), our Optima Battery Tray / Relocation Kit.

a few pics of the Battery Tray itself:





i had a couple extra hold downs made:




The full relocation kit will include:

• The Battery hold down Tray, with hardware and made to fit Red and Yellow Top 35/75 and 34/78 series Batteries.
• High Quality 0GA Power and Ground Cables, cut to length, grommets to run it thru the interior plastics, and copper lugs soldered in place.
• Battery Terminals (Optional)
• Install Instructions

All the Customer will need to do is install the tray, run the wire, bolt the power cable to the positive battery wire in the engine bay, bolt on whatever battery terminal they choose (we can supply these as well) install the battery, ground it with the supplied ground cable, and make the connections.

The Tray by itself will run ~90$ shipped, the complete kit is TBA, im pricing everything out before i set the price.

thats pretty sweet dude, i like that alot!

installed the Aerocatch Hood latches today, fun project.

lots of pics.

yea dude, this way is WAYYYY cleaner than pins sticking out of the hood IMO, and more secure. they even have locking versions!

... thank god (for the tons of pics, I mean).

I have to attempt this feat sometime early this year and I'm scared sh!tless of drilling my ST205 hood... I couldn't imagine having to do it for a CF hood.

But I'm with you, Manny, I love the slick look of these types of locks, I can't wait to see the finished product on mine.

Are you going to drill out the remaining 6 holes around the perimeter of the locks too?

Another ???; whats the deciding factor for you where you mount the pins on the frame? Strength/Location? Look/Convenience? I know this was on a 5th gen hood, but the 6th Gen has too many bumps and curves in the area that should have the hood pins mounted...

I have an idea of where I'm going to mount mine though... I just hope the hood is forgiving enough to let me put them there.

i put the latches where jim wanted them, also where i thought they would work best.
i wanted to mount the pins in the radiator support like normal, but it dont work with these latches.
definetly have to drill the other 6 holes as well, ran out of garage time before i could, aerocatch supplies machine head screws and locknuts to hold them in, but thats not gonna work here, so i think im going to rivet them in place with aluminum rivets, and then paint the heads black.

Could you do me a favor, and somehow take a vid of you doing the rivets? Someone suggests using rivets, because theres no way I can get the lock washers/bolts to work either; but I have no clue how to do it.

If not, I understand... I'm sure I could youtube a demo or something.

Another ???; whats the deciding factor for you where you mount the pins on the frame? Strength/Location? Look/Convenience? I know this was on a 5th gen hood, but the 6th Gen has too many bumps and curves in the area that should have the hood pins mounted...
I have an idea of where I'm going to mount mine though... I just hope the hood is forgiving enough to let me put them there.

Also, do you think they'd look good on a 6gc...and how would you place them to go with the 6gc's hood?

It all looks really good thus far but i have to ask, why didn't you guys power wash/clean up the engine bay before the swap?

so can I ask you, why are you painting a CF hood?..

it looks amazing with the CF, it breaks the black up