A couple months ago i found this site which describes how to clear out the second battery tray under the hood of the LR4.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/102180-clearing-d4-aux-battery-tray.html
That information, paired with the Traxide LR3 plug-and-play kit, gave me the desire to attempt to install a second batter in my LR4.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/verandah/62580-traxide-full-power-cable-kit-d3.html
I contacted Tim at Traxide and he was very helpful in giving me information to help complete this project. He shipped the package from Australia immediately and i had it in my hands in just a few days. I decided to go with the Optima Yellow top as the battery.
I did some of the work myself, but had the majority done at a local LR shop (Old English Cars, http://oldenglishcars.com/index.html). They made the finished product very clean looking. As you can see, we even got the original cover of the second battery tray to fit back on. And the install of the two 12v outlets looks factory done.
Using the instructions from the above sites, the install was pretty straightforward. So now, here is the finished product. I have two full-time power 12v outlets in the cargo area. They have been great so far for trails/camping (using for lights, air pumps, etc). I hope to get a fridge back there in the future.
Just wanted to let you guys know that adding a second battery to the LR4 is possible and i have had no problems with it thus far and it has been running for about 3 months now.
So here are some pics of the final install:
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/102180-clearing-d4-aux-battery-tray.html
That information, paired with the Traxide LR3 plug-and-play kit, gave me the desire to attempt to install a second batter in my LR4.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/verandah/62580-traxide-full-power-cable-kit-d3.html
I contacted Tim at Traxide and he was very helpful in giving me information to help complete this project. He shipped the package from Australia immediately and i had it in my hands in just a few days. I decided to go with the Optima Yellow top as the battery.
I did some of the work myself, but had the majority done at a local LR shop (Old English Cars, http://oldenglishcars.com/index.html). They made the finished product very clean looking. As you can see, we even got the original cover of the second battery tray to fit back on. And the install of the two 12v outlets looks factory done.
Using the instructions from the above sites, the install was pretty straightforward. So now, here is the finished product. I have two full-time power 12v outlets in the cargo area. They have been great so far for trails/camping (using for lights, air pumps, etc). I hope to get a fridge back there in the future.
Just wanted to let you guys know that adding a second battery to the LR4 is possible and i have had no problems with it thus far and it has been running for about 3 months now.
So here are some pics of the final install:
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