Fitting battery tray to GU 2005 3.0L

The TJM product looks really easy to fit- I made my own tho because the price is horrendous in my view

Yep, the TJM one was very simple

I fitted the ARB tray and found it reasonably easy.

My only concern is the air intake pipe going into the aircleaner box. Watch out you don't break the seal where the pipe connects to the inner guard. It is not held by a clamp and I had lots of trouble with the MAFS afterwards because of dust.

Just fitted an ARB tray........ The only tricky bit is one bolt goes through the side wall of the engine bay. You have to remove the grill, and headlight assembly on a 2005 model to access the cavity behind this to tighten the nut up.

I'm in the process of fitting a Pirahna tray. Very simple - no complications in my 2004 model. With the help of a mate we are fabricating an additional support for the inner rear of the tray as I want to fit an AGM battery and the higher weight (30Kg) has me a little nervous on corrugated (like Cape York) roads.

Piranha make a good product- try to stay away from any powder-coated brands, as first chip in pc will allow spilt acid underneath, and it's all over from there

I've commented several times recently on various other POSTS on here, that I now recommend people avoid placing the 2nd battery in a tray under the bonnet of Patrols (probably be the same for some other makes as well).

My problem became apparent when I decided for another, totally unrelated reason, to move my 2nd battery to the cargo area of the Patrol. It now resides in a spot right behind the cargo barrier (it's a 120a/h Fullriver AGM, weighing 35kgs). The previous battery (a N70ZZ) was in the tray....Pirahna I think it is.....and when I removed it, I found that 4 of the 5 captive nuts that the tray used as it's anchor points, had broken away from the bodywork of the Patrol.

I do plenty of corrogated tracks and they certainly DO take their toll on the very thin body metal which manufactures use these days.

Good luck

Roachie