What kind of battery should I get?

 

96 CIVIC BTW.....

 

Modified by CardDealer at 2:40 PM 11/16/2006

 

Optima Red-top of appropriate size would work nicely

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optima part info:
YEL51R 500 51R

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by schlit &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">My consumer reports rated the Wal-Mart Everstart pretty high. That's what I've been using.</TD></TR></TABLE>ive been using the one designed for a lawnmower for over a year now, it weighs in at 12.5lbs and has 10 more ccas than what the starter needs. much better than the 32lb. stock battery and much cheaper than the 'race' batteries. mine cost $25 i had to get creative with the terminals, but it is still a clean and secure setup. it saved more weight than the carbon fiber hood that i had too.

if your into systems and bling though, dont listen to a word i said.

 

Ghetto

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by thisisntjared &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it is still a clean and secure setup</TD></TR></TABLE><TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by scuzz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ghetto </TD></TR></TABLE>???? i guess you would have to see it to believe it, but when i pop the hood for tech, it passes. the terminals look more solid than oem. also, when people look under the hood they notice the ground strap, not the battery.

 

I like the idea.

I was just messing with you.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by scuzz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I like the idea.

I was just messing with you.

</TD></TR></TABLE>alright its hard to tell if the thumbs up is sarcastic or not on the web whenever i say walmart battery people always give negative feedback. its my fault for assuming that though.

i really should take a picture some day....

 

Yeah, I looked on your carweb site and saw no engine bay pics.

Nice car though. I like 'em clean looking like that. Plus, my first EG Si was that color. The EG Si I have now is black, nice but not as pretty of a paint job. It'll soon be going to MACCO to get a cheapie paint job and clean up.

 

so a red top will fit? does it have to be a 51r? im not into "bling,bling" i just want some bang

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by badream20 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so a red top will fit? does it have to be a 51r? im not into "bling,bling" i just want some bang </TD></TR></TABLE>just go to walmart and see what you can do to make it work. assuming you have a d series, just make sure the battery you get has more than 220ccas

you can go to the home appliance section, take a scale to the automotive section, then weigh each of the batteries even. it just takes a little fudging with the terminals if you get something thats not designed for a car.

there is no need for race batteries or the optima/hawker whatever. those things cost 3x the amount and do the same exact thing.

scuzz: thanks for the compliments on the car i try, but i definitely wish my hatch was black....