Nice. Another alternative is to flip it on its side. The stock harnesses still reach and then you have acess to the 2 set of posts for winch cables and aux relays. I will snap some pix soon of what it looks like. You still need the battery tray of sorts or a 1" piece of UHMW(cutting baord) material as a base but no welder required.P1michaud said:Thanks to BajaTaco's generosity, we have a write up on "Installing an Optima Red Top model 34/78 in a '99 Tacoma" that can be found
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I'm currious to see your set up. Good stuff, that's why it's good to post these set ups that way we can see what others have done.wisctaco04 said:Another alternative is to flip it on its side. The stock harnesses still reach and then you have acess to the 2 set of posts for winch cables and aux relays. I will snap some pix soon of what it looks like. You still need the battery tray of sorts or a 1" piece of UHMW(cutting baord) material as a base but no welder required.
I agree about sliding out. I actually used a generic tray for this Tacoma but on my 94 Toyota I went the UHMW route and used a counersunk bolt to hold it permanently. I have a welder to fab up brackets but I know alot of fellas don't so I threw out an alternative. I will get som pix this p.m.P1michaud said:I'm currious to see your set up. Good stuff, that's why it's good to post these set ups that way we can see what others have done.
Be careful of just using a piece of cuttiogn board or other similar material as a spacer. Baja Taco said this during one of our discussions: " I know of people who have tried this with disastrous results. Vibration will work anything like that loose."
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Here is a pix of the setup. There is a 1" tray underneath. The only wire to relocate or redo is the ground to chasis which is the jumper you can see on the lower left side(now it's the top)post. The original jumper is still attached to the negative lead. Both stock harnesses are uncut. Now I can run my amp/winch/headlight relay off the 2nd post.P1michaud said:I'm currious to see your set up. Good stuff, that's why it's good to post these set ups that way we can see what others have done.
Be careful of just using a piece of cuttiogn board or other similar material as a spacer. Baja Taco said this during one of our discussions: " I know of people who have tried this with disastrous results. Vibration will work anything like that loose."
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Excellent work wisctaco04! Thanks for sharing the pics.wisctaco04 said:Here is a pix of the setup.