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09-24-2012, 01:26 AM
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 Drives: IOM/IOM 2LT Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Toronto
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Optima Battery
Hey Guys,
Didn't know where to post this... Anyone changed their factory Battery to an Optima one? Mine is officially toast now! If so what model Optima did you use that fit well? Thanks in advance! |
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09-26-2012, 10:12 AM
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Drives: 2 SS/RS Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Fort Worth, Tx
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I was wondering the same thing. I just searched Optima's website and they don't list anything for the Camaro.
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09-26-2012, 10:31 AM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro SS 2SS Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Cypress, texas
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Not worth the money! Have had two in different cars and once the loose a charge, their a pain in the ass to charge up and get to hold it
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09-26-2012, 10:52 AM
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09-26-2012, 09:18 PM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro RS/SS White Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Pearland, Texas
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3x things suck. Went through 3 of them in my Hawk. Replaced 2 of them all under warranty 3 time I said give me something else. Got a Bosch and 0 issues in 5 years.
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09-28-2012, 06:42 AM
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Helping Build America
Drives: 2010 2SS/RS,LS3 2013 Duramax 3500HD Join Date: Aug 2008
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I had a red top in my Colorado that only lasted 3 years and 10 days. Autozone replaced it free. The new on got drained somehow and I had to reconditon it with a charger but still works good. It didn't help at all for stereo power. Alternator is only good way to help there, unless you want to rock without the engine running. Then consider Kinetik.
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09-28-2012, 05:14 PM
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Drives: IOM/IOM 2LT Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Toronto
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It's weird some people love the optima's and some people hate them...
I hate my current battery cause I can't even grab a coffee without trying to find a downhill I can bump start it on! Some good news for everyone is that I found a newer battery from ACDelco that I'm gonna try (it's on order but if it starts the car that will pretty much win me over at this point, I put gas in with the car running today!). Its an ACDelco 94RAGM (Absorbed Glass Mat). The factory one is a 94R6YR (6 year warranty which isn't valid unless you buy the battery outright, otherwise it's only warrantied for the bumper to bumper period which sucks cause I deem this dead way to early in my own opinion. So it's a spillproof battery with the same technology as the Optima's (no spiral core). I can't find too much information about it but the CCA look to be at 800 instead of 720(which is what the sticker on my current battery says) and based on it's size I'm expecting it will have a similar reserve capacity. So my original plan was to find the biggest ugliest battery that I could replace this with, but apparently the Camaro Guys were looking out for us and put one of the biggest batteries regularly available in the car. I think the original battery has a reserve of 140min, it's pretty hard to find anything that would outpace that. So alas, I'm going to try this new ACDelco, it should be able to take some more deep cycling then the regular one and at least I know for sure it drops right in to save on some bracket modding and I think it has a vent tube too, but who knows! Hope this helps someone in the future... |
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09-28-2012, 05:19 PM
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Drives: 2012 2SS/RS Convertible Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: SoCal Baby...
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why is your battery FUBAR? are you running a high end stereo?
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09-28-2012, 05:36 PM
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Drives: 2013 Victorty Red Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Altoona, PA
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I have one in my Trailblazer, no problems for 5 years of having it.
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10-01-2012, 11:45 AM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro SS Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: MI
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Did you ever figure out if the new battery exceeded the specs of the old battery? Do you mind saying what you paid for it? When my OEM battery dies I would want to replace it with an AGM battery but I've not seen any in the correct size.
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10-01-2012, 02:31 PM
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Drives: Tahoe Z71, Race cars Join Date: Aug 2010
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Installing car stereos and motorsports for many years, and installing dozens and dozens of them, I can say that the Yellow top is much better than the Red.
I even have 3 Yellows in my trucks's stereo that have been going for @ 10 years now.
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10-01-2012, 06:22 PM
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LocoBee in da RGV
Drives: '10 Custom RY 1LT, '14 BlK SS/RS Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Raymondville. Texas
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Walmart is the way to go!!!
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