racehorse

I'm about to buy a new battery for my '08. What name brand do you recommend?

choppychop

Buy something that looks good in the engine bay as well as it being a good battery like interstate or a yellow top or AC Delco.

mlicker

AC Delco makes it look original. That's what mine was replaced with. I'll bet there are only a few manufacturers that badge them for different retailers. I just replaced an Interstate in my Tacoma with a NAPA. If I don't buy oem parts for any of my vehicles, I'll buy NAPA.

Good luck with whatever you decide.
Mark

Turbo6TA

If the black colored battery you buy has a big ugly sticker covering the top that says something like "AutoZone" or "AutoCraft" .... just pull the sticker off and you won't be able to tell it from an AC Delco (or anything else for that matter).

1bdvet

I have been using AC Delco for years!

pdisme

I'm partial to Interstate batteries because I've successfully made use of their warranty before and it was easy. Had one in one of my lesser-driven cars, I forgot to do the battery disconnect, so it drained completely and would no longer hold a charge, they warranty replaced it anyway. I've got a red top in a different car and no complaints, but I'm not yet convinced it was worth the price premium since it has not yet survived longer than any other battery.

bassman50

I like the Optima Red Top battery - - I had one a number of years ago in an Isuzu Trooper. It had lasted about six years and was still going strong when I sold the rig.

Steve

Rockgeezer

Have always had good luck with ACDelco in many years of vehicles including several Vettes so got the ACDelco 85PS for my 2008 at my local dealer. Had a $10 coupon so was $119.95 with old one. Neither super expensive nor super cheap but saw no reason to change based on many years of issue free use.

seijack

I vote for AC Delco, I just replaced the Original AC battery 8+ years old. $100 at the Chevy dealer!!

RocketDawg

Apparently battery prices at the different dealers vary all over the place. In this thread, I've seen $120 and now $100. When I replaced mine almost 3 years ago I called my Chevy dealer and an AC Delco cost around $180, plus they wanted $50 labor to install it.

I bought an AutoZone platinum battery.

Scuba Ghost

AC Delco or Interstate

Not So Fast

Platinum ?? You sure it wasn't the 85DLG ??
I looked and they don't offer the platinum for the Vette, at least it wasn't listed.
I have the 85DLG and will probably go with it again, fits nicely and has 2+ years on it.
NSF

Vet Interested

Do a forum search on the subject. You can spend hours reading the various opinions.

Eritosthenes

Choosing a replacement battery for your C6 is not a casual exercise. Be aware that there have been subtle changes in C6 engine compartments over the years that call for different battery sizes. Not only has the polarity of the posts swapped sides (left vs right positive), but the physical sizes have also changed for LS2/3 engines.

2005: Group 25
2006-2007: Group 90
2008-2013: Group 35

I wanted an Optima Yellow Top for my '07 vert Red. Unfortunately Optima doesn't make a Group 90 Yellow Top, but their Group 35 is only about a half inch taller and just fits under the cabin air filter cover. Measure what you have, and compare those numbers very carefully with what you want to buy.

RocketDawg

It's a DuraLast 35 AGM with 680 CCA. Not sure if that's the exact fit one called for, but the hold down works nicely. The cabin air filter is a little tight to get to but doable. My car is a 2009 base.

flyercatz77

I just use the Optima Red Top. Got over 4 years and still going strong when I traded my 04 and bought a new one for my 09 and it is still going strong after 1 year.

Jughead

I used Autozone for most of my cars including my C6, my 70 vette however has problems of its own and I recently bought a red top with top & side mounts.