Bryan,

I assume you have the swivel seats. It is very hard to find anything
that fit into the Vanagon battery box as it was design to fit the group
41 used in most Audi with no wasted space. Of all deep cycles Optima
comes closest fitting except the top battery post.

I lived with the starting battery for years and finally decided to make
the Optima fit.

http://gipsyflies.home.comcast.net/battery.htm

Please note that if you decide to cut off the top posts like I did,
don't do this to the starting battery because the rebuilt connection may
not have enough current carrying capacity to handle the hundreds of amps
requires to turn the starter. I strongly advise only do this mod to the
aux battery where you pull (or charge at) less than 50A max.

- Vince

http://gipsyflies.home.comcast.net
1989 Vanagon GL Camper
1993 Mazda Miata (for sale)
1996 Land Rover Discovery
2005 Mini Cooper S

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of bryan duggan
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 2:00 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Longer bolts for Alloys and Auxillary battery solutions?

Hi VW fans

I just put on some 15" SA VW alloy rims ("5 spoke").

With the rear drums in the back there is no way to get the lug nuts on
to flush. What has anyone on the list done for this?

Longer rear bolts? But where do I get them?

Can I drive with them tourqued down, but not fully flush?

Just finished getting a turn-key install on a 140hp Tiico. My Aux
battery was dead. Tried to find a deep cell to fill the back driver seat
battery box. No way. Are we resigned to wearing out normal car batteries
to have parked/camping power out put?

I have 2 amps, a woofer and 8 speakers total. I don't need to drowned
out the neighborhood with noise, just enough for the casual weekend of
camping.

Any Ideas?

Thanks,
Bryan Duggan
bduggan@mindspring.com

89 Tiico Westy "Taj"
86 Syncro