anyone know a good prices for optima batteries? my battery died on me.

 

costco y0!

 

battery bills in mapunapuna

 

Optima Red Top...~ $125 (I think)...my stock sti battery died after 1.5years...but I have an Audio/Visual system that likes to drain it...no problems with the Optima Red top...

 

battery bills i think i paid 109

 

not that I want my battery to die any faster...but at least I know a cheaper source...only thing is, my battery died suddenly...I was lucky Sears was nearby and had it in stock...saved my butt...got my kids to karate on time...

 

Costco got good prices,..used to be like $90, but I think recently it went up to like $100-$110,...Also, clean your terminals and battery clamps once in a while with wire brush and terminal cleaner spray, and use protectant spray if you got it,...

As for draining the battery, if you got stuff like brighter headlight bulbs, run fogs all the time, stereo, amps, or anything else that will suck up battery power, make sure you're getting more than 12.5 volts with the car running (13-14v is really good with the powers sources on) and these sources on,..

On my previous DSM, I got a 90 amp alternator compared to crappy 70 amp alt. OEM to be sure I got good recharging capabilities,...aftermarket even had a +100amp alt available,..Dont know what Subies have OEM, but Im sure there are more powerful ones you can get...

 

thanks all im going to head to costco right now and if not probably sears.

 

damnit i bought it from costco but the positive wire cant reach do i have to buy another battery?

 

The STI alternator is a 90A unit, the WRX and RS have a 75A unit. This is on 2004 models at least.

 

red tops....I remember now...the guy told me I was lucky, because there was a certain sized Optima Red that would fit..and he had it...

Sorry, I forgot about this...they have all different sized ones at Sears....yellow and blue tops as well...

 

For the military types, I picked up a red top (Model 35, I think it's 800CCA) at the NEX for $99 just a couple weeks ago. I actually picked it up for the Mustang, not the Subaru. I did notice that there's a similar sized Model 75 that has the terminals reversed - maybe you got one that's opposite of our normal setup, wrexpert?

Pat Olsen
'97 Legacy 2.5GT sedan

 

Yea,...References say to get the 35 model Optima for a perfect fit,..

BTW,..came home from Costco today at Nimitz side and got the last Optima 35 battery they had,..Was $102,...Sorry,...

Kevin