new battery needed - Optima Red Top? any help?

[CruizinKev]

like title says - I need a new battery for my 98 mustang (for the stock location).. thinkin about the optima red top...

which one I need (any part numbers)?

 

[killagt]

I need the part # also, cause advance auto part have $25 rebate right now. and I also have 98 gt

 

[LAFENATU]

Unless you have a huge radio system etc. There is no need for an Optima, just a waste of cash.

Just buy a gold series battery which is like $80 and be done with it.

 

[AaRoN]

You don't need a part #. Just buy a red top if you want one.

 

[eliyarbrough]

I bought a Red Top and it fixed me up! I didn't need a part #. There was only 1 model where I bought mine from. Sam's Club.

 

[vermilion]

red tops are for everyday usage. yellow tops are for deep cycling. high powered stereo systems that drain a battery fully on a heavy load. i see alot of threads where people have had bad ones. poop happens. i have a red top and its lasted me along time with a stereo system.

 

[94 DropTop]

I bought my optima for 25 bucks. otherwise i would have just gotten a normal one :dancing6:

 

[ripper]

Dont waste your money, put an autocraft in there.

 

[5.Woahhh]

Save weight, get a Dynabat.

 

[95SC]

Stay away from Optimas,I've had 2 of them before and they are junk.

 

[97stanger]

I have never had a problem with my red tops. Just be aware, the red tops are not "supposed" to fit our cars. I just had to cut off the battery tray that holds the battery on the bottom and it sets right in there

 

[95gtdrop]

i had to mount my optima red top on its side to fit the negative cable. i also had to relocate the ground wire. redrill a hole. took ten mins to install.
done

 

[ScottyDsntKnow]

I bought an $8 battery hold down kit to go with my optima, cut the tray a little bit and installed it with no other mods. It's a yellow top and it kicks ass. Everything the red top has plus deep cycling. I would never ever ever spend $200 on a battery if it wasn't deep cylcing capable.

 

[MCRPARTS.com]

We run a yellow top in the 92 it works great :thumb:

 

[$2BURN]

like title says - I need a new battery for my 98 mustang (for the stock location).. thinkin about the optima red top...

which one I need (any part numbers)?

Hey bud, what did you go with? I am having trouble with my Redtop.

 

[Addermk2]

^^^ most people will have problems with optimas in your cars as the new design for the cells cant deal with the high amp rate of charge that our alternators put out.

Optima actually put out a bulletin saying that the red top series battery should not be used in a vehicle with a alternator that puts out more than 110 amps. Optima batteries are supposed to be slow charged b/c of their AGM cell design. Over time, you will kill the battery and it will stop holding a charge. If you have a optima in your car that is older than 2 years, you should be fine. But if you replace it with a newer one (since the modifications) you are in a world of trouble.

With all that being said.... I run a normal battery in my car.

 

[94 DropTop]

Ive drained my red top down to nothing 4-5 times now and it always takes a charge back up. It was a used battery that came back as a return. Also Autozone has a better warrenty than advanced 3yr opposed to their 1yr. Plus you dont need a recept at autozone your shit is always saved. Advanced sucks.

 

[Addermk2]

hah... advance puts your shit in the computer too... but regardless, they both suck.... you just have retards working at your stores

 

[94 DropTop]

I actually have worked for both companies. and stuff in the advance computers drops off after 2 years and can only be looked up at the store you bought it from.