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Offline james2

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Dead battery
« on: 29 June 2009, 15:10 »
Does anybody know what the strange cloth thing is that covers the battery is for ,as i have rip it all off and hoping its not to protect the battery from the heat of the engine ... hoping it just protects it from frost ..as i have a dead battery and just got a new one for £100  :undecided:
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Offline Ben_1uk

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Re: Dead battery
« Reply #1 on: 29 June 2009, 15:52 »
Cloth thing..? Underneath the plastic battery cover???


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Re: Dead battery
« Reply #2 on: 29 June 2009, 15:59 »
cloth thing that covers the battery :undecided:
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Re: Dead battery
« Reply #3 on: 29 June 2009, 16:04 »
battery blanket.. protects it a little during winter..

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Re: Dead battery
« Reply #4 on: 29 June 2009, 16:46 »
why did you rip it off? just pulls off easily  :huh:

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Re: Dead battery
« Reply #5 on: 29 June 2009, 16:48 »
it looked manky  :grin:
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Re: Dead battery
« Reply #6 on: 29 June 2009, 17:48 »
ah there a load of rubbish mine got removed when i uprated the battery :)

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Re: Dead battery
« Reply #7 on: 29 June 2009, 18:35 »
Does anybody know what the strange cloth thing is that covers the battery is for ,as i have rip it all off and hoping its not to protect the battery from the heat of the engine ... hoping it just protects it from frost ..as i have a dead battery and just got a new one for £100  :undecided:

£100 for battery?  :huh:  :shocked:

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Re: Dead battery
« Reply #8 on: 29 June 2009, 18:46 »
could have got an uprated one for 150

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Re: Dead battery
« Reply #9 on: 29 June 2009, 18:53 »
could have got an uprated one for 150

Dont need to unless you want more speakers and amps than pimp my ride.

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