What stores carry stock batteries

[xxxotic]

My battery appears to have died.

I went to Pep Boys and Advanced Auto and they dont even have Lotus in their catalogues. The person at Advanced auto had a battery that was the same height and width as the stock one, but it was about an inch longer. It looks like it will fit, and has a higher capacity. But someone made a post about an Interstate battery that was a little bigger and it came loose and wrecked their rear clam.

I doubt Sears would have them either. From what people say, the stock ones tend to leak, so I was thinking of getting an Odyssey, but I am afraid I will have to order on line and wait for it to show up, and then order a sector 111 bracket to hold it down, so it might be a week in total. Wont this cause my alarm fob to reset to the default values, since I currently have the battery out of the car.?

Has anyone had any luck finding a regular replacement battery or is everyone going with differrent ones instead?

[ZAMMY1]

mine died the other day.
i put an optima red battery in. it's just about the same size,(just a trifle bigger) and the cables were ok to fit, the standard is a reverse location on the plus and minus.
it was a lot heavier and cost more, but a tow job would be a big PIA.
the optima comes with a pair of clips so i could use the stock hold downs. (very important!)
advance had it in stock, and it improved the starting, too.
maybe not good (weight) for racing but great for street.
i didn't put the plastic cover back, it isn't necessary.
sam

[TheViper]

Ditto..great minds think alike
Got Advance to match the best Internet price I could find.
I managed to replace the plastic cover.
Mine died with the alarm on and proceeded to loose some programing.

Originally Posted by ZAMMY1

mine died the other day.
i put an optima red battery in. it's just about the same size,(just a trifle bigger) and the cables were ok to fit, the standard is a reverse location on the plus and minus.
it was a lot heavier and cost more, but a tow job would be a big PIA.
the optima comes with a pair of clips so i could use the stock hold downs. (very important!)
advance had it in stock, and it improved the starting, too.
maybe not good (weight) for racing but great for street.
i didn't put the plastic cover back, it isn't necessary.
sam

[qball]

If you want to come to Orlando, you can have your choice of an Exige S battery, or Elise Battery.

Both of mine were removed virtually new

Sitting on a shelf in my garage.

[Bane]

The stock battery is a giant POS in my opinion (although I could be a bit biased...)

It's not designed for performance driving (WTF), it's heavy, and it loses a charge too easily.

I went with an Odyssey PC625 and have never looked back. It's saved like 20 lbs, holds a charge longer, and isn't prone to damaging your car.

[tandemracer]

I found an Odyssey battery in stock at the local Batteries Plus store.

Now I have a stock Exide battery in Nashville - free to a good home.

[xxxotic]

I went to Costco and they had the Optima Red Top 75-35

I think The Viper said he got a 75-25 when I called him after seeing his post, but the 75-35 fits and seems to be the same size but is about 1/4 longer in but their is no way to get the cover on. I even tryed it to see if the cover would fit on top when the battery eas out of the car and it just a tiny bit too small.

The original battery had a recessed area that the cables laid on top of, but the new one is flat so the cables make it about 1/4 higher in total and I placed the new battery so that both post sides face towards the middle of the car, inside of having them towards the fender. This way it will be easier to jump start the car since it was a pain to do it when the terminal posts were hidden in the back. Also there is a place to add extra terminals on the side of the battery that faces the center of the car, so it will be easy to hard wire in a portable air compressor or other 12 volt device into the trunk in the future.

It has about triple the CC amps so I doubt I will have any problem with it not being able to start the car.

Just a reminder if you have the Blaupunky LA radio- The little SDcard has to be put into radio, since disconnecting the battery makes the radio go into anti theft mode and not work.

[TheViper]

Tom,
Yes, I have the same 75-25 Red Top, there is no 75-35, and the plastic cover just fitted.
Michael

Originally Posted by xxxotic

I went to Costco and they had the Optima Red Top 75-35

I think The Viper said he got a 75-25 when I called him after seeing his post, but the 75-35 fits and seems to be the same size but is about 1/4 longer in but their is no way to get the cover on. I even tryed it to see if the cover would fit on top when the battery eas out of the car and it just a tiny bit too small.

The original battery had a recessed area that the cables laid on top of, but the new one is flat so the cables make it about 1/4 higher in total and I placed the new battery so that both post sides face towards the middle of the car, inside of having them towards the fender. This way it will be easier to jump start the car since it was a pain to do it when the terminal posts were hidden in the back. Also there is a place to add extra terminals on the side of the battery that faces the center of the car, so it will be easy to hard wire in a portable air compressor or other 12 volt device into the trunk in the future.

It has about triple the CC amps so I doubt I will have any problem with it not being able to start the car.

Just a reminder if you have the Blaupunky LA radio- The little SDcard has to be put into radio, since disconnecting the battery makes the radio go into anti theft mode and not work.