lining for the battery tray?

[wibble_puppy]

guys when i put my battery in my lovely new repainted battery tray i want to line the tray to prevent any accidents damaging the paint (understatement )

I know Frost etc sell clever battery tray liner material but it's a horrid yellowy colour with printing all over it. I want mine to be nice and plain, and preferably black.

Any (reasonably sensible...) ideas as to what I can line the tray with?

cheers

wibble

[Onne]

I'd go for a rubber mat of some sorts. That looks quite neat and tidy

[wibble_puppy]

aiii, sounds grand. would i need a special sort of rubber, so it would be resistant to battery acid n stuff?

[jonathon]

Try 'Noise killer' they supply excellent sound deadening ,carpet and rubber mat products. Sorry do not have a number but will look tommorow if you get stuck. As Onne says go for a sized rubber mat, on both the back and bottom of the tray.

[Onne]

I use a normal one... there aren't any leaks with most modern batteries anyway, as they are sort of maintanance free, in other words the water doesn't need to be topped up.

[wibble_puppy]

cheers guys *goes off to Google "noise killer"

[Willie]

ONNE, a friendly warning, if your 'Maintenance Free' battery still has access to the cells then have a look. After a warning on this board I checked my Maintenance free cells and it took nearly 1/2 a litre to top
them up! I now check annually and the battery is now eight years old.

[Axolotl]

Just get the cheapest rubber non-tailored car mat you can find (Tesco's do them now for about 99p) and cut to size with big scissors.

[wibble_puppy]

cheers for the tip Axolotl so i don't need a special sort of rubber, then?

[Onne]

I fully agree with you Willie, I checked my old dead (so called) maintenance free battery.

That was ready to go BOOM, it was already a bit on the hot side (hot to the touch...) and I guess it also had a fair bit of pressure inside causing it to bellow.

[minor_hickup]

wibble, i used tool box tray liner for my battery tray. I know yours is already painted, but I stripped off the old gunk and re painted, the lining stops the battery damaging the paint as you drop it in.

[wibble_puppy]

wibble, i used tool box tray liner for my battery tray

Ah, nice one, it's non-slippy huh. Where would I get that from? Frost?