paint battery tray

[jonk8123]

My battery tray is all rusted and nasty, is it worth sanding it down and painting it? and what kind of paint would i use anyone have any recommendations i kno it would have to be hi-temp.

[mrjaydeeone]

I did this earlier this year. I happened to have the battery out since I was replacing it and I painted the battery tray along with the battery tie down. I sanded all the rust off. And I cleaned the tray well. And then I sprayed it with left over hi temp paint that I had from painting the backing plates when I did my rear disc swap. I just used flat black and it came out real good. And I painted the tie down with Aluminum hi temp paint and cleared that.

[pinoyesv6]

i did the same thing as jason but i just used whatever regular ole black paint i had at the time. i don't even think it was high temp paint but it came out looking good too.

[jonk8123]

i got a can of duplicolor flat black sitting in my garage would that work?

[pinoyesv6]

that should work just fine. just make sure to clean the battery tray thoroughly first.

[Ruslik]

yup
its a good thing to do sand it clean it and paint it with a couple of coats
just let it dry good

[guynlidia2006]

i took mine out and sanded it down and powder coated it xtreme chrome

[Stewi]

With all the effort inolved in sanding it then buying a can of $7 spray paint, you can get a brand new one for under $30.

https://www.mitsubishiparts.com/oe_parts_catalog.html

go under the body parts catalog, then electrical, then battery, then battery tray.

[guynlidia2006]

With all the effort inolved in sanding it then buying a can of $7 spray paint, you can get a brand new one for under $30.

https://www.mitsubishiparts.com/oe_parts_catalog.html

go under the body parts catalog, then electrical, then battery, then battery tray.

lol... everyone assumes replacement parts are a fourtune... but at least mine is chrome now...

[mrjaydeeone]

picture of said powdercoating @ guynlidia2006

[Ruslik]

^ post it here

[guynlidia2006]

hmm... need to take pics... i have pics of my rims i did today... and my wifes gas door.
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i310/guynlidia2006/trepchromecap1.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i310/guynlidia2006/05-25-08_1140.jpg

[jonk8123]

what color is the OEM one? mine is so rusted i cant even tell
by the way thanks for that site, i needed a hold down too.

[pinoyesv6]

mine was black. like the battery tie down.

[jonk8123]

is the hold down the right thing to secure the battery, Bcuz on the OEM parts site it shows a cover and a holddown do you need both? Right now my battery has nothing securing it down, so i need something soon.Do i buy the cover and the holddown? or is there something else i can buy to secure it?

[Stewi]

the cover is just a plastic shield meant to deflect heat and keep the hold down from digging into the battery, you dont really need that, but you need the hold down.