Ive got an Optima D34 Yellow Top from my old car not being used, havent actually tried fitting it, so you think they'll fit??
Try it out! Take out the stock battery and the plastic tray (plastic tray also supports the positive terminal cable, but I don't think you'll need the support. Put in a flat piece of plastic to spread the weight and then put the D34 in. Take pics too!
Best would be to have the 34R though (but that's the redtop, not in yellow).
I have always used Exide batteries and never had a bad experience - have used Exide Orbital deep cycle batteries in my SPL/SQ excel with great success and they hold voltage really well but unless your giving your electrical system a real thrashing then $300 is better spent elsewhere....
Exide Evolution is their top line common retail battery and has nice capacity and freatures and the Premium line is designed to OEM standards and isn't too bad either if u just want to chuck another in - Looking at $125 & $89 repectivly at KMart... My parent's cars run one of the above batteries each and havn't had a problem...
You are better off getting the Exide Evolution IMHO for the extra $30!! Just make sure the posts are around the right way
Optimas are more expensive because they use gel acid instead of liquid acid.
Comparing the YT D51R to the equivalent Exide evolution E370C, the optima has more cranking amps and higher reserve capacity while having the same weight.
Optima Yellowtop D51R
CCA (cold cranking amps): 625 at 0ºC, 500 at -17.7ºC
RC (reserve capacity): 70 minutes
Length: 236.5
Width: 128.6
Height: 227
Nom. Wgt: 11.8 kg
well the gold and acdelco batteries are the same cca or very close to i'm quite sure.
the only difference then is gold is 36months warranty and acdelco/honda is 30 months, BUT, even being 6 months different, most batteries out there only carry a 12 month warranty.
you have to buy it from a honda dealer to get the 30 month warranty though, if you buy else where it's 1 year.
Originally Posted by aaronng
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