MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: gti265 on July 07, 2011, 10:28:50 pm

Title: lightwieght batterys
Post by: gti265 on July 07, 2011, 10:28:50 pm

hello all,

has anyone on here put a lightwieght battery in there gti??

im trying to find one but cant

thanks
tom

Title: Re: lightwieght batterys
Post by: Top Cat on July 07, 2011, 10:47:11 pm

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,30068.0.html

in here somewhere.  :happy2:

Title: Re: lightwieght batterys
Post by: Hurdy on July 07, 2011, 10:49:18 pm

Varley Red Top
Braille
Odyssey

 :happy2:

Title: Re: lightwieght batterys
Post by: Sie on July 08, 2011, 04:40:07 pm

I've got a redtop 25 in mine. About £108 of eBay.

Sie

Title: Re: lightwieght batterys
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on July 08, 2011, 04:42:07 pm

Quote from: Sie on July 08, 2011, 04:40:07 pm

I've got a redtop 25 in mine. About £108 of eBay.

Sie

Relocated to boot with fitting bracket or just in place of oem batterry?

Title: Re: lightwieght batterys
Post by: Sie on July 08, 2011, 07:53:17 pm

I cut down the original battery tray and left it there also gave room for my catch can. Car isn't progressed that far with my mods and performance to worry about balancing out some weight.

You can just about see it on the pic.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fv450%2FSie214%2F23cea6e3.jpg&hash=2a422b7b6bebbff81ceef327f4047173ddd23ec0)

Sie

Title: Re: lightwieght batterys
Post by: the bruce on July 08, 2011, 08:58:03 pm

http://audittmk1.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html

 :happy2: