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Jeepers & Creepers' heavy-duty battery cables
By Jason
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Installation
date: 5/24/01
Let's
face it, the factory battery cables are OK at best; they get
the job done, but they could use some help. Jeepers and Creepers
out of San Francisco saw this as a place for improvement and
came up with the beefiest battery cables you'll find anywhere.
Made of 2GA, 4GA, and 6GA welding cable, these things are huge!
Each cable is wrapped in a neoprene jacket that is oil and solvent
resistant. Battery cables were on my list of electrical upgrades,
so I thought I'd give J&C's cables a try. I also opted for
to upgrade the terminals (which are military spec) with some
quick release cam-bolts.
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Original
developed for TJ's, J&C has come out with a version of the
cables for XJ's. The install was pretty straight forward, just
unbolt the old cables and bolt up the new ones. On the XJ, the
cables bolt to the block near the coil, to the starter, and to
the relay/fuse block. A couple of minutes was all it took to remove
the OEM cables (which looked pretty wimpy compared to the huge
cables from J&C).
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The new cables
went in without a problem. Since they are a much larger DIA, they're
not quite as flexible as the OEM cables, so I couldn't route them
the same way as the originals. This wasn't a problem though, it
just meant the cables ran a slightly different way. The secondary
OEM positive cable has a double-bus connection on it. These are
hard to come by so J&C used a section of flat aluminum bar
to tie the two terminals on the relay/fuse box together.
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Add some
corrosion proof battery washers and the final product looked pretty
good. The quick-release bolts make it handy to disconnect the
cables when working on the Jeep, and it makes hooking additional
wiring to the battery quicker and easier as well. J&C claims
less drain when all the electronics are on, faster starting times,
brighter lights with their cables. While I can't say my headlights
looked any brighter (that'll get taken care of in another upgrade),
starting time did seem to improve. Overall I'm very happy with
the setup and would highly recommend the quick-release bolts for
the terminals.
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