Deep_Blue
11-07-2005, 09:01 AM
Product: Optima Red-Top Battery
Place Purchased: Mr. Lube in Sherwood Park
Price Paid: $120 (At Cost b/c I worked there)
Application: Mostly Universal
Highlights: Looks good, doesn't seem to have the capacity to totally die
Caveats: Had to move the ground to install it, doesn't fit in the tie-down without some cleverness
Installation Time: 40 minutes b/c I was wrestling with the negative terminal
Installation Difficulty (1-10, 10 being difficult): 2; Pretty staightforward, but you have to wrestle with the terminals to get them on at first, particularly the negative one, I had to move where it grounds so it would go on, then you need to come up with a way for it fit in the tie-down. I stacked cloth underneathe it until it fit snugly in the tie-down.
Rating (1-10, 10 being best): 8
Additional Comments: It's a really good battery and it looks good, but it's not going to blow your mind or anything. The one thing that's amazing about it is it's ability to hold a charge. My alternator was dead and I had to keep charging this beast, but it hasn't died yet when lesser batteries would have been long gone.
Pic:
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b15/87supraturbo/PB064134.jpg
Cheers,
Tim
Place Purchased: Mr. Lube in Sherwood Park
Price Paid: $120 (At Cost b/c I worked there)
Application: Mostly Universal
Highlights: Looks good, doesn't seem to have the capacity to totally die
Caveats: Had to move the ground to install it, doesn't fit in the tie-down without some cleverness
Installation Time: 40 minutes b/c I was wrestling with the negative terminal
Installation Difficulty (1-10, 10 being difficult): 2; Pretty staightforward, but you have to wrestle with the terminals to get them on at first, particularly the negative one, I had to move where it grounds so it would go on, then you need to come up with a way for it fit in the tie-down. I stacked cloth underneathe it until it fit snugly in the tie-down.
Rating (1-10, 10 being best): 8
Additional Comments: It's a really good battery and it looks good, but it's not going to blow your mind or anything. The one thing that's amazing about it is it's ability to hold a charge. My alternator was dead and I had to keep charging this beast, but it hasn't died yet when lesser batteries would have been long gone.
Pic:
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b15/87supraturbo/PB064134.jpg
Cheers,
Tim