New Battery to buy - Any Ideas

[Teasy]

Going to treat my car with a new one for Winter as mine is the OE and is now approaching 8 years old, fancy a super dooper Bosch from Eurocarparts for £85 ish, any other recommendations for a high performance battery ?

 

[LEE69]

Make sure you get the correct one from euro car parts always worth double checking with their online chat thing.
I got mine from there earlier in the year for around £50, there are generally discount codes floating about.

 

[thomasa]

I got a new battery for my ibiza from eurocarparts few weeks ago - £70 with discount
Bosch S4 096 in my case - 4 year warranty - %15 discount at mo
Tom

 

[LEE69]

Code for my Leon was 444770750 1 Exide Excell Battery 075 3 Year Guarantee

 

[MPJ88]

I just had to buy a new battery, picked one up for £55 with 3 year warranty from local vag parts place. Halfrauds were £90-£120

 

[Zipcode]

so, i'm also looking at replacing my battery, been meaning to do it since last winter! Just trying to figure our what is the best to go for. Don't want to spend more than £70-£80
1 question though. if your cars been mapped, will this be effected when you disconnect? If so can it be turned back on with vag.com? And if yes is the answer, anyone nr silverstone with a vag.com??

 

[LEE69]

No the map is fine on our cars if the battery dies/ gets replaced.

 

[Ronin225]

When i come to replace mine i will be going for an Optima yellow top, not the cheapest but very good
Drycell battery giving very high CCA and excellent ability to deep cycle

 

[Zipcode]

i had the optima yellow top in my old corolla, and it was awsome! Cant recommend it enough. i was running 2 comp 12" subs, 2x monoblock amps, a 4 channel amp ,20 farad cap and that never gave me any issues.

 

[Zipcode]

oh, and thanks Lee!

 

[Joeb]

ronin/zip

any ideas where to get the yellow top for a LCR?

 

[Ronin225]

Have a google as they are quite common and prices and sizes of them vary

 

[Zipcode]

yeah, def check which size fits as they vary greatly!
have a look on tayna.co.uk, some good options on there.

 

[Joeb]

thanks lads

searched some other threads and exact size of original is 278x175x190mm

 

[thomasa]

Regarding battery sizes 096 is the size in the last post. Eurocarparts have changed the part to 100 now. Its the same dimensions but 15 shorter/lower/smaller
I bought a 100 size bosch s5 - 4 yr warranty- £80 72ah 740cca or the s4 096- £70 with discount.
Tom

 

[Joeb]

thanks for the info.

still fitted ok etc??

 

[Joeb]

actually, you got an ibiza
are battery sizes different from leon's to ibiza's etc?

 

[M20FES]

Recently bought a new on for my Leon fr TDI

Bosch 12V Silver Car Battery HSB096.

AH Value: 77
Bench Charge: 6.0 Amps
Dimensions (LxDxH): 278x175x190mm
Guarantee: 5 Years
Startup Power: 780 Amps
Type: Silver
Weight (kg): 18.65

 

[thomasa]

From last post batterys are same size 096 or 100.
All fitted spot on
Ps last post sounds like an s5 096 bosch- warranty is only 4. Years
Tom

 

[M20FES]

From last post batterys are same size 096 or 100.
All fitted spot on
Ps last post sounds like an s5 096 bosch- warranty is only 4. Years
Tom

Yes it's a Bosch s5 silver 096. Exact same dimension as original but is a 5 year warranty

http://www.racshop.co.uk/car-battery/product/bosch-s5-car-battery-096.html

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_734753_langId_-1_categoryId_165762