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Guys, R33s have the battery in the boot, R32s have it in the engine bay.

moo_r32, You don't really have any other choice but to run the power wire from the engine bay to your boot. Keep it on the other side of the car as your RCAs to reduce interference. Make sure you fuse the power cable not more than 30cm from your battery terminal too.

33s and 34s have em in the boot but 32s have em in the engine bay

I moved mine to the boot in my 32 wasnt too hard just have to run a very large cable under the car from the bonnet to the boot

you can get kits which come with all the terminals, battery box and cable etc

if you dont want to move the battery the best place to run the cable is down the drivers side under the carpet dont run it under the plastic moulding run it along the floor

33s and 34s have em in the boot but 32s have em in the engine bay

I moved mine to the boot in my 32 wasnt too hard just have to run a very large cable under the car from the bonnet to the boot

you can get kits which come with all the terminals, battery box and cable etc

if you dont want to move the battery the best place to run the cable is down the drivers side under the carpet dont run it under the plastic moulding run it along the floor

R34's have the battery in the engine bay too - well, mine is anyway....

  • 3 months later...

Yeah battery placement is weird, my SII R33 Sedan has the battery at the front drivers side of engine bay, and overflow bottle on the right hand side near air filter box. Im gonna have to run a power cable to my boot soon as well. Although with no battery in the boot that little shelf makes a nice spot to mount an amp and sub.

Running an earth back to the battery or to the chassi is 6 of one and half a dozen of the other. Easier to use the chassis but for mine I ran one from the battery. The biggest hassel is getting it past the engine bay firewall. Took me ages and a few attempts.

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