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Rifleman WI
05-18-2011, 11:25 AM
anyone know of any local shops that carry or could order a 35R battery? Autozone was confused when my dad asked them about it, Farm And Fleet only carry the 35, and Advanced Auto wants like $210 for them.. My WRX takes the R because Subaru set it up with the posts reversed.. and i don't want to extend the batt. cables. ill look around and try to make a few calls, but i appreciate any help.. thanks guys.
03CVLX
05-18-2011, 06:36 PM
You could try Remy Battery on 43rd and Lincoln in Milwaukee. They do alot of work for the dealers too. If they don't stock it I bet they could get it.
Car Guy
05-18-2011, 06:45 PM
I can assure you from a few personal and many second hand experiences the red top Optima is vastly overrated and not worth the money, go with the yellow top......
Korndogg
05-18-2011, 06:47 PM
Red tops do indeed suck
Rifleman WI
05-18-2011, 08:39 PM
You could try Remy Battery on 43rd and Lincoln in Milwaukee. They do alot of work for the dealers too. If they don't stock it I bet they could get it.

theirs are listed as backordered online..
what do you guys suggest for a good battery, the cars a DD so i dont need anything crazy. i just picked the Optima because ive seen alot of other Subi owners use them and we use them in alot of our vehicles out here. the OEM Subaru battery sucks. thanks again for the help guys.
FoxStang
05-19-2011, 02:00 AM
theirs are listed as backordered online..
what do you guys suggest for a good battery, the cars a DD so i dont need anything crazy. i just picked the Optima because ive seen alot of other Subi owners use them and we use them in alot of our vehicles out here. the OEM Subaru battery sucks. thanks again for the help guys.

Probably has something to do with the fact that the OEM Subaru charging system sucks...
Rifleman WI
05-19-2011, 03:51 AM
well, i found a few yellow tops for under $200, what do you guys think? i was also thinking of going cheap, Autozone has the Duralast golds for $110, any one have luck with those?
jamestown478
05-20-2011, 12:43 AM
walmart battery, swap them out every 2 years and its all good.
Rifleman WI
05-20-2011, 02:10 AM
walmart battery, swap them out every 2 years and its all good.
i ended up having my dad just pickup a Duralast Gold, should be good for a few years.. thanks for everyone's help.
KidCougar
05-23-2011, 02:34 PM
hahahah get a ford motocraft battery, mine is from 1997 and has 262,000 miles on it and sits for winters and fires my car rite up..lol..but ya, redtops are no better than anyother battery.just my experiances.Go yellow!
Haulin' Oates
05-23-2011, 02:48 PM
All the optimas are junk now. Buy a diehard platinum, which is built by odyssey.
badass88gt
05-23-2011, 04:14 PM
hahahah get a ford motocraft battery, mine is from 1997 and has 262,000 miles on it and sits for winters and fires my car rite up..lol..but ya, redtops are no better than anyother battery.just my experiances.Go yellow!

Original battery? How do you know how many batteries have been in the car before you owned it?
KidCougar
05-24-2011, 12:39 AM
Original battery? How do you know how many batteries have been in the car before you owned it?

because the manufactoring dates matched from mycar to the battery, and these cars came with that exact battery from the FORD plant.I was amazed my self, some guy at autozone had pointed it out to me..
Rifleman WI
05-24-2011, 01:15 AM
picked up a Duralast Gold.. well see how long it lasts..