![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m91aiCJDbnU/SOmid1G6DaI/AAAAAAAABRk/eTyJBlRzY_w/s320/01_ByeBye.jpg)
After work, attention turned to the seat boxes. Here are both racks and boxes, waiting to be installed:
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m91aiCJDbnU/SOmieRV-FlI/AAAAAAAABRs/VPZ_4Hhqf3A/s320/02_TwoSeatRacks.jpg)
But, before installation, we have one more hole to cut. Here is KatC making the first cuts with a cutoff wheel on the angle grinder (easier to make long straight cuts):
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m91aiCJDbnU/SOmiPWR9lKI/AAAAAAAABQ8/2d8WcZBi3YM/s320/03_Cutting.jpg)
She finished off the corners with a Sawzall:
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m91aiCJDbnU/SOmiPb3_eKI/AAAAAAAABRE/fZBNxDOi_UE/s320/04_MoreCutting.jpg)
Proud of her destructive abilities...
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m91aiCJDbnU/SOmiPkNSlEI/AAAAAAAABRM/bEcDMznW42U/s320/05_Cutted.jpg)
Here's the second rack test-fit in its hole:
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m91aiCJDbnU/SOmiPjenIJI/AAAAAAAABRU/ZTvRYrdZbx0/s320/06_TestFit.jpg)
After dithering for a while, trying to figure out how to get bolts in the very tight spots around here, I gave up and went for welding. I seam-welded above the frame rail, and then spot welded both inside and outside around the rest of the edges:
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m91aiCJDbnU/SOmiPvKRiyI/AAAAAAAABRc/omXoxeXip6Q/s320/07_Welded.jpg)
And, with that, the construction of the battery racks is complete!
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