Well, Dad got this really cool new machine for SnapOn to sell, so he was running around playing with it on all of our vehicles. It is a complete batter/ignition/charging system tester that fits in your hands. :) Very cool!

Anyways, it showed that my battery only has 450 CCA of it's rated 650 CCA available to it still. :( It didn't surprise either of us since I have run the battery to dead so many times because of my bad blower motor control module.

So.... what'cha got for ideas? :) I don't mind filing the battery tray or anything if it is required to make a fit.

What is the best battery out there that will fit a C4. Prefereably something with both top/side post terminals to make jumping easier. :)

 

I had an interstate since the car was purchased back in 1996. I had to replace it this past summer....not too bad,and it never let me down. I was in a rush to get the car up and running(it had just gotten off the truck from LPE this July) so I went with an Auto Zone/Duralast. So far so good. Lifetime warranty,and around $60-$70 I think.

Good luck.

 

I've had good luck with Interstate...

 

I sure like my optima battery. They have less liquid in them. The battery place said it wouldn't fit but it fit just fine after clipping the small plastic gussets out of the battery tray.

 

I am pretty sure the Duralast Gold has a 3 year free replacement, then 5 year prorated based on the original date of purchase.

I really am not too sure the dual post is a good idea with the frame support brace right above the + terminal. I was going to get a 75-Gold series when I had my 20% discount, but by the time I left, they only made a dual terminal and I was thinking, for the reasons described above, that this would not work out.

I have had a few problems with Sears and their warranty :( I bought one at a store 4 hours away. It tested fine on their tester but bad at 3 other places. I had to fannangle with them to get another one under free replacement (only 1 year and 2 months old). Then, after 2 years, that battery is shot. I go to a different Sears needing it replaced (they verify it is bad this time) and only have my original paperwork and the testing paper work from the day before I got the new battery. The guy said I needed the paperwork from the day later, when the battery was swapped, and I didn't have it. He called the other store and they verified on their computer that the battery was replaced but when the guy got off the phone, he said I needed the paperwork. WTF? He had just been told by the other store (and if their computer system was hooked up to any kind of reasonable database, could have verified it for himself) that it had been replaced. Now, I have that bad battery sitting 4 hours away, another junk battery sitting in my car that I have to take out and trickle charge every night (live in an aptment), and am going to only get 30 bucks out of the Sears DieHard GOLD because it is 2 months over free replacement.

I gotta go buy a new battery today at AutoZone because I know their warranty policy, felt confident selling their batteries (Johnson Control) and know that I won't get screwed again.

Sorry I went off, but when people mess around with me when my money is at stake (college = little cash flow), I get a little urked.

Best 'o luck, -Matt-

 

Your battery doesn't need replacing. True , its capacity is diminished, but not to the point that it should be replaced.

 

No, but if we get a few nice 10 degree days, it will be dead soon when I go to crank it over. :)

 

my battery says Nascar Select or something like that, its a very good battery too. I usually say Die Hard or Interstate is the best tho

 

Go with Interstate price per lb. they are the best thing going. You can pay a bit more for an Optima, go with a Red Top unless you are running a mongo stereo system... Multi amps, 50 speakers, etc, then go with the Yellow Top. Exides and their look alikes are total trash. I went that route on a cheap car and after 5 batteries in a year, I said forget it, no lifetime warranty is worth being stranded for. Did a little investigating and found some interesting facts. I can go into it, but basically Exide bought the farm, so why bother.
I have used Interestate batteries in every car for the last 15 years, and not once have I had a problem with them The longest I had one in a car was 5 years and the engine died, but the battery was still good. Never had to worry about a warranty because they don't need it... what a concept.

 

I'd go with the Optima...best battery on the market! :cheers:

 

Don't buy an Exide. :U

 

The Optima batterys are really good, and they have both top and side terminals.