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02-20-2008, 05:41 PM
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Cobalt rear battery?
Hey guys whats goin on.
I havent been on in awhile ive been real busy lately.
So this guy with a cobalt comes in to my job with a flat repair and while im putting the spare back in i noticed this...
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l20/Issues198/00.jpg
now is a rear mounted battery standard on these cars or was this a custom job because the car seemed otherwise bone stock?
I dont see much of these cars so thats y im askin.
thanks
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02-20-2008, 05:43 PM
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looks factory to me...weird
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02-20-2008, 06:02 PM
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yea thats stock
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02-20-2008, 06:04 PM
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Looks factory to me also. As long as they replace it with the proper battery, it'll be fine. I know we had an early '90s Alfa Romeo in the shop at school a few weeks back, and that car had a trunk mounted battery as well.
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02-20-2008, 06:16 PM
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Chrysler 300's have the battery in the trunk as well.
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02-20-2008, 06:21 PM
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A lot of cars have that now. I can tell from all the times going to vehicle accidents or car fires and looking for the battery and finally finding them in the trunk. Its always been higher end cars like BMW's, mercedes, volvos, but now we find that to be the case in smaller cars were the engine compartment are really cramped.
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02-20-2008, 06:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast92RS
A lot of cars have that now. I can tell from all the times going to vehicle accidents or car fires and looking for the battery and finally finding them in the trunk. Its always been higher end cars like BMW's, mercedes, volvos, but now we find that to be the case in smaller cars were the engine compartment are really cramped.
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02-20-2008, 06:48 PM
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The bonniville SSEi has the battery in the back for weight distrabution
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02-20-2008, 06:54 PM
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factory, has the lines hooked up to the vent tubes, buicks had/have them under the rear seat
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02-20-2008, 07:18 PM
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Yes, it's factory.
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02-20-2008, 07:25 PM
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So does the Ion, as well as Corvette and the new Camaro.
A lot of cars do not come with spare tires now a days, so that is a lot of extra space, why not put a battery there?
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02-20-2008, 09:25 PM
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It's also not a bad idea because it keeps it away from the heat of the engine.
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02-21-2008, 02:01 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fast92RS
A lot of cars have that now. I can tell from all the times going to vehicle accidents or car fires and looking for the battery and finally finding them in the trunk. Its always been higher end cars like BMW's, mercedes, volvos, but now we find that to be the case in smaller cars were the engine compartment are really cramped.
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thats quite ironic cause a girl i'm friends with drives a cobalt and just got into an accident with it this morning...
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02-21-2008, 11:38 AM
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I have an SS Cobalt and my battery is not in the Trunk!!! I guess its a new option
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02-21-2008, 02:43 PM
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It looks factory. My moms 2002 Lincoln LS V8 has the battery mounted in the trunk.
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02-21-2008, 10:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by firebirdcrazy
I have an SS Cobalt and my battery is not in the Trunk!!! I guess its a new option
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thats weird because my 06 ss/sc has it in the trunk
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