1niceSi

My battery needs replacing asap...what do you recommend?

I know Costco sells Optima batteries (yellow top).

imported_loudsubz

optima yellow top

or the Orbital from CT

punkindrublic

mine went to the ****ter a few years back... i bought another honda one and no complaints since... i think there made by panasonic?

1niceSi

any idea on the price of an OE battery?

optima's are $209

imported_jaysi

I got motomaster with 2 yr warrenty, wa slike $90
no problems does the job...

Brett

you need one of them dry cell babies. then you could put her and in the trunk! Also i could run my sub for over an hour at parties with it and still start the car.

Gunmetalef

Whats so good about those optima battery's IF they stay in youengine compartment... the only plus side i know is that the can go on angles and inside your car

punkindrublic

$92 tax in... probably cheaper at parkway too

scarlemthug

id pick up an optima red top if you arent planning a big stereo.

bbarbulo

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I have a red top for the saturn...

Panasonic is the Japanese OEM Honda supplier, NOT for north america though.

Aaron got a new battery at Parkway, it was like $60 with the discount!!!! I vote OEM unless you have a particular need for the Optima. Actually, I'm not even using my Optima right now, the Saturn original is still good... it's a Die Hard Sears battery and that's what I use. I keep the Optima on a battery minder.

You can also order a mini dry cell battery from honda-tech vendor heel/toe. They sell them for $105 USD I think. Tiny lil *******

I vote OEM for pure correctness and price point!

imported_loudsubz

pure correctness LOL wtf is that

just buy a battery, as long as its CCA are high enough and the warrenty on it is good, its all u need.

bbarbulo

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that's it Matt, you're getting a next time I see you now go moderate your forum. there is at least a dozen threads I would have locked

it's means it the correct size, weight, CCA, and load on alternator. Sure other batteries may work, but you can't get any more correct than OEM. Would you put an e-bay battery into your cell phone? hellllll no! Only OEM batteries for the celly, same with my car. And it being cheaper than any other battery, it gets extra points!

imported_loudsubz

just because I use those dollar store batteries in my cd player doens't mean im any diff

now back to my forum, where i shall reside muhahaha

ok its not that funny

kwikb16a2

i have a red top in my car now that has 720cca, is that alright?

Gunmetalef

if you have a 1000w amp and original alternator is the battery still ok.. or should you get the optima one .. for cars w/sound systems they suggest

imported_loudsubz

optima is only good if you play your stereo with the car off for long periods of time

red90dx

original alternator from 1991????

wow, i would have alook at replacing that..

i have heard you can use the integra/prelude ones, that put out a little more current instead of going with a civic one unless your gonna spend the bucks on a unregulated unit.

bbarbulo

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optima has a red top, blue top, and yellow top.

yellow is the deep cycle which is good for using power with the car off. red is a high CCA starting battery... good for diesel cars that have high compression to overcome when starting. blue as I understand is the marine unit, also a deep cycle design.

see, the difference is that the high CCA batteries need very large surface area of lead to acid, so it uses a sponge type lead casting, meaning it breaks down easier. deep cycle batteris have lower CCA, but have solid lead cores so they resist breaking down when the voltage drops. therefore you can drop the voltage real low time after time and the lead won't break down. With a normal battery, dropping the reserves really low will cause the lead to fall apart and will kill the battery. our cars don't need high CCA, so it really doesn't matter which you choose.

kwikb16a2

good explanation bruno

1niceSi

Thanks for the input....I bought an OEM batter for $92 tax in.

I would have prefered to drive to Parkway and use my discount, but with the price of gas and the fact that I don't have a lot of time, I went to the local honda dealer.

OEM = perfect fit, everytime...and $100+ cheaper than a yellow top.