optima battery

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:53 pm

im looking into getting an optima battery for my car and im curious as to which one i need to get. i know NOTHING about batteries.

can anyone reccomend which one i need to get?

i was also thinking about gettin one for my audio set up as well, does anyone know which one to reccomend for that?

Frizbe · Post by **Frizbe** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:53 am

yellow top. Thats what I've heard and that will even work for your system too!
1 battery to power all > 2 sperate batteries.

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 10:48 am

i'm pretty sure the yellow tops are meant for audio set-ups......deep cycle, which means that they can go dead and recharged a whole bunch of times without causing damace to the cells.

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 11:11 am

linkinevo wrote:yellow top. Thats what I've heard and that will even work for your system too!
1 battery to power all > 2 sperate batteries.

either way, im just gonna keep 2 sep batteries b/c w/o another one in the trunk, im just gonna have an empty hole and i cant redoall the fiberglassing just to close a battery hole up, not to mention rewiring LOL so even if i dotn raelly need it, im gonna go w/ 2 sep optimas

DJ CptnCrnch · Post by **DJ CptnCrnch** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 4:13 pm

i thought they didnt fit in the battery tray...i remember i saw something on org about having to cut the tray or something.....correct me if im wrong

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 7:35 pm

i dont read the .org, nor do i feel like searching on there when theres like 15 million diff. articles to go through. call me lazy, but oh well. i just figured someone on here had to have one of these batteries, im not that concerned w/ the rear battery for the audio stuff at this point, but i need to know about the front battery. on the form ive got these are the choices for the yellow top:

34/78 dual terminal
34 top post only
31 stud
31 sae
51
51 reverse terminal
75/25 dual terminal
35 reverse terminal

and for the red top:

34/78 dual terminal
75/25 dual terminal
34 top post only
34 reverse terminal
35 - top post only
25 - top post only

i never realised there were so many choices for a battery, and i have no clue which one i need

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 12:42 am

i can't recall off the top of my head but i think i have the 34/78 dual terminal red top optima. I had to modify my battery tray & i made a strap for it too

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 12:48 am

i like the little flames on it

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 1:53 am

flammer....j/k

i'm likeing your car more and more with every pic you post

what kind of alarm you got?

SupaDawg · Post by **SupaDawg** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:09 pm

CrucialNeon wrote:i can't recall off the top of my head but i think i have the 34/78 dual terminal red top optima. I had to modify my battery tray & i made a strap for it too

dude, i love it. I need to do the same... picked up a debranded optima last weekend and noticed it's oversized.

scneonchic · Post by **scneonchic** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:58 pm

i ended up requesting a red top like the one you posted, crucial, and deep cyle yellow top. ill probably just go w/ the deep cycle yellow bc of the audio and everything, but hey if i can get both...then im not complainin...hahaha!

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 6:54 am

Relocated mine to the trunk

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Wed Aug 17, 2005 5:49 pm

I bought the Red Top for the Intrepid. Kinda' did the same as A&W Neon except that I used a 2" wide 4mil. thick ballistic-nylon strap with brass inserts for the factory screws. Filled in the factory tray with a piece of high-density insulation foam (like THICK Dynamat). Tightend her up and she aint moved since. Optima's make my car run better too, it's pretty cool.

lethalp1mp · Post by **lethalp1mp** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 2:53 am

I used the 75/35 with side and top posts in my 2001 R/T. I cut the strut facing side of the tray lip and used the factory hold down hardware. You have to put it in with the side posts facing front, unless you want to redo the battery cables.

I also grabbed the same for my 2002 R/T, but I mounted that a bit different...