I recently installed a Mountain Off-Road Enterprises (M.O.R.E) Dual Battery tray in my 2012 JK with the 3.6L Pentastar V6. http://www.mountainoffroad.com/_e/J...tery_Tray_for_12_and_up_Jeep_Wrangler_JKs.htm
Here is a picture of the M.O.R.E tray with 2 Optima Yellow Top D34/78 batteries, test fitting before install:
The batteries are held down by a strap that uses a buckle to secure them as shown here:
I had my reservations about the strap system. However, after further thought, the straps should be just fine. They should never really have to hold down the heavy batteries, even when off camber, they won't have the tendency to pop upward. Big bumps shouldn't pop these upward much either, so unless you flip the rig, they won't have to do much. So, it does save some space, and prevents a conductive metal bar from running along the top of the batteries where it could potentially cause a short between the terminals.
Install requires quite a bit of work. You have to remove the old battery tray, and cut it down. Here is the tray installed, the TIPM is still in pieces:
Install requires that you cut down the factory bolts, wasn't a fan of this step, it was hard to get my sawzall in there and make the cuts without scratching up the tray, as you can see.
The old tray had to be cut off (this whole assembly is one big plastic piece that has the TIPM box, the battery box, and the intake box. You essentially cut off the battery box + expand some of the holes originally used to move it over a bit. It was a pain, you have to really cut as much as possible on the TIPM side, eventually it all bolts up. This is necessary to buy yourself as much space as possible.
Once you get that all worked out, you can re-install the TIPM and intake.
There were 2 plastic pieces in the kit, I assume they are to protect the batteries from the factory bolts that you cut down. I took additional steps using clear silicone to make it stick and cover the full bolt. Otherwise, its almost guaranteed they will fall off. I highly recommend that you do this.
Finally, with all that worked out, you can install the batteries!
Here is a picture of the M.O.R.E tray with 2 Optima Yellow Top D34/78 batteries, test fitting before install:
The batteries are held down by a strap that uses a buckle to secure them as shown here:
I had my reservations about the strap system. However, after further thought, the straps should be just fine. They should never really have to hold down the heavy batteries, even when off camber, they won't have the tendency to pop upward. Big bumps shouldn't pop these upward much either, so unless you flip the rig, they won't have to do much. So, it does save some space, and prevents a conductive metal bar from running along the top of the batteries where it could potentially cause a short between the terminals.
Install requires quite a bit of work. You have to remove the old battery tray, and cut it down. Here is the tray installed, the TIPM is still in pieces:
Install requires that you cut down the factory bolts, wasn't a fan of this step, it was hard to get my sawzall in there and make the cuts without scratching up the tray, as you can see.
The old tray had to be cut off (this whole assembly is one big plastic piece that has the TIPM box, the battery box, and the intake box. You essentially cut off the battery box + expand some of the holes originally used to move it over a bit. It was a pain, you have to really cut as much as possible on the TIPM side, eventually it all bolts up. This is necessary to buy yourself as much space as possible.
Once you get that all worked out, you can re-install the TIPM and intake.
There were 2 plastic pieces in the kit, I assume they are to protect the batteries from the factory bolts that you cut down. I took additional steps using clear silicone to make it stick and cover the full bolt. Otherwise, its almost guaranteed they will fall off. I highly recommend that you do this.
Finally, with all that worked out, you can install the batteries!
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