Years ago I replaced my OEM battery hold down with an aluminum Neuspeed one and threw out the old one. I never had an issue fitting it over the Canadian Tire battery I always bought. But the new battery I just got from Costco has raised covers on it that won’t let the 2" hold down sit flat. SO I began to look for either a tapered aluminum hold down or back to OEM. I found some ebay ones and the OEM I’m sure I could find at a junkyard and restore.
But instead I’m going to try this; I went to Home Depot and got a 1/8" x 1" x 1" right angle aluminum molding. It comes in 8 foot lengths and costs about 13$. Here is what it looks like
http://www.homedepot.ca/product/metal-angle-satin-clear-1-inch-x-1-inch-x-8-feet/944287
I’ll cut it to the proper length and have it sit on the edge of the battery like the OEM does. Then drill a hold at each end, in the corner fold, for the threaded J bars to pass through and attach the wing nuts on top. The J bars will sit in the OEM position. I’ll taper the outside 90 degree angle a little flat where the wing nut sits. As a nice touch I’ll round off the edges and may polish it.
I’ll post pics by next week of the results.