Delco Battery Topper Resto

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I recently restored my battery topper to look more realistic than the way it comes from the repro company.

I noticed that the NOS batteries had the &quot;<span style="color: #FF0000">Delco Energizer</span>&quot; in red were the repro is just plain black and also i was not happy to settle with a Delco Eye that was a fake on the repro were the NOS ones are a real eye.

At a local swap meet i bought the real set of Battery caps with a real Delco eye. I cut down the Delco eye to fit on the topper so it would sit flat on the modern battery, i also added a strip of green painters tape on the modern Delco battery to give the eye that nice green color background.

Next i hand painted the embossed DELCO ENERGIZER letters on the topper along with the Positive+ marking. The Battery caps were all glued in with The Right Stuff gasket sealer along the sides as they are looser than the tight fitting repro caps.

Finally i bought velcro circles at the dollar store to insure a nice tight crab on the top of the modern delco battery and i also removed all the factory stickers along the side of the modern battery so all you see is black plastic.

The end result is amazing, a lot of guys do not even know it is a topper anymore!

See photos for before and after shots and how an NOS battery looks, as you can see my topper now looks more realistic!

You can do this for the side terminal topper or top post topper.