OPTIMA...who has one?

[Paul]

opinions on it?
I've called a few places and nobody has one for my car. No redtops at least. They say that the mazda needs at least 520 cold amps and that all they have for me is a yellow top which puts out 750 cold amps.
so who's rocking a redtop? and who's rocking a yellow top?

also is it true that you need new battery terminals w/ yellow tops? i thought that i read that somewhere.

[KzA]

i have a red top....works nice

[joka1]

i have a blue top, i love it, i can sit and listen to my radio and it doesn't drain at all.

[dominoy2k1]

i have a red top.

[Paul]

do you guys have part numbers?
do you need new terminals for yellow tops?

[BlkZoomZoom]

I actually killed a cell in my optima. lol I went back to the stock battery.

[Captain KRM P5]

do you guys have part numbers?
do you need new terminals for yellow tops?

paul i sell the full line of optima batteries

[Paul]

paul i sell the full line of optima batteries
i know. but i just want more info on it.

[Rogue]

i was doing a search on optima batteries, and this thread came up. May help you.

Optima battery thread (http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=115141&highlight=optima+yellow+top)

[122 Vega]

I have a red top, bought it at Costco for $90.

Went right it, uses the same terminals. Reduced cranking time that's for sure.

Britt

[JCell]

35 red top for 100 bucks after core


works awsome!!! hasn't left me powerless once since i had it

[Katya4me]

I got a Yellowtop for the carputer. Went in fine when I got it about 6 months ago, no problems, we'll see how it starts up since I haven't driven the car in almost a month.

[Mr. Win]

did the same...


I actually killed a cell in my optima. lol I went back to the stock battery.

ive run a red and a yellow never changed terminals.

[Paul]

is it the red 38/78? something like that i think

[505zoom]

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=110018

[RyanJayG]

I have a NAPA rebadged Optima... got it for a 5 finger discount from work

works great

[Epidemic]

Had a redtop when I had my lancer with 2 L7's and 2 1000 watt amps..... LOVED IT

[Pmpkinhead]

I have the Yellow Top 34/78 with the Battery Cage (Billet Aluminum CNC machined) from E-Bay. The battery was 150.00 and the cage was 100.00. AWESOME looks and performance.

367 (mp3yellow

[Pmpkinhead]

The Yellow Top Optima died 5 years to the month I bought it! The online Advance Auto coupon saved me $50.00 off the new Yellow Top Optima and I just had to drive around the corner to P/U the "in stock" battery! Use the coupons!!! The new one was $170.00.

[JC-MP5]

My NA came with a Red Top. It's a big ole hunk of battery, but it works great and always has the powah to get me going. I personally wouldn't buy one though, there's plenty of other batteries that'll do the same job for less money.

[Pmpkinhead]

I know but I had to have yellow AND it had to fit in the custom battery cage ;)

[HighSpeed]

Working partime/fulltime at advance auto parts for 6+ years left a bad taste in my mouth with Optima batteries. It may be because they usually sit forever before someone actually buys one and by that point they aren't as good as they can be. I agree that you can get a similar battery for the same amount that is smaller and more compact. Then again, I use a car battery to start my car only, not really listen to music or push a system or anything like that.

[mattxhand]

I had a red top for a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG GG time. Best battery in any car I've had in ANY car I've owned

[bazooka joe]

well, had my frist one 3 yrs, second one not even 2 (case actually split open)...went back to a standard sealed lead acid

[SwirlFX]

Yellow Top, Love it!

[HKPRO5]

Red Top Its been about 3 years now. I love it!.