New Optima Red Top

[JeffBoyette]

Had some wicked corrosion on my battery terminals so i broke bad and got the optima red top yesterday. Love the battery but the cables, terminals hold down box, pretty much everything but the battery looks so plain and dull. Any advice on how to liven things up around this expensive a$$ battery?

 

[Yellow venom]

Did you get the polished aluminum Optima batt box cover?

 

[portlandsrt]

Kinda funny but it turns out that one of the shops that sells the polished battery bracket was literally a mile away from my house... Went in and dropped $70 on a polished box cover and another $130 at Costco on a red top.... The polished cover is beautiful... Mirror finish. Also paired with polished digital battery terminals. I'm so excited for my engine bay to be complete next Tuesday...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching&viewitem=&item=370037432987&_trksid=p3907.m32

 

[Yellow venom]

Kinda funny but it turns out that one of the shops that sells the polished battery bracket was literally a mile away from my house... Went in and dropped $70 on a polished box cover and another $130 at Costco on a red top.... The polished cover is beautiful... Mirror finish. Also paired with polished digital battery terminals. I'm so excited for my engine bay to be complete next Tuesday...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching&viewitem=&item=370037432987&_trksid=p3907.m32

Digital polished batt terminals? Your gonna have to post some pics of those! Sounds sweet!:rock:

 

[portlandsrt]

Digital polished batt terminals? Your gonna have to post some pics of those! Sounds sweet!:rock:

Everything will be complete next Tuesday! Don't worry,,, I'll post pix. I've sunk a little over $3K in the past month into aesthetics for my engine bay.

 

[Yellow venom]

Everything will be complete next Tuesday! Don't worry,,, I'll post pix. I've sunk a little over $3K in the past month into aesthetics for my engine bay.

It doesn't take long to rack up,thats for sure!:rock:

 

[JeffBoyette]

Did you get the polished aluminum Optima batt box cover?

Give me a line man, where can i get it. sounds sweet. But will it looked odd with nothing else in the bay polished

 

[portlandsrt]

Give me a line man, where can i get it. sounds sweet. But will it looked odd with nothing else in the bay polished

Click that ebay link above... They are really well built and look fantastic..
One nice thing about our engine bays is that they are really nice looking stock... Just keep it clean under there and I'm sure that the bracket won't look out of place with nothing else polished...

 

[Yellow venom]

Hey Jeff ,If you don't like the look of it polished you could always powdercoat it??

 

[portlandsrt]

Crap! I just found out that I got the "wrong" Red-Top Optima battery... Just talked with my install shop and they said that I got a red-top made for a Honda. I had no idea that there were multiple red-tops out there... Crap. Gotta go back down to Costco and trade it out... Anyone know the specific model number of the red-top I need by chance???

 

[portlandsrt]

Crap! I just found out that I got the "wrong" Red-Top Optima battery... Just talked with my install shop and they said that I got a red-top made for a Honda. I had no idea that there were multiple red-tops out there... Crap. Gotta go back down to Costco and trade it out... Anyone know the specific model number of the red-top I need by chance???

I'll answer my own question here... Looks like I need a Group 34...

 

[tidnab]

can you confirm group 34???
costco?? best price??

went to start the tank today... no go.... tank?? my ass

anyway i needs a battery asap... :burnout:

thanks

 

[04 SRT 10]

Portland can't wait to see under the hood BLING...Waiting for pics bud...

 

[MYTRAM]

Yes, PICS Please!!

 

[SrtBrad]

can you confirm group 34???
costco?? best price??

went to start the tank today... no go.... tank?? my ass

anyway i needs a battery asap... :burnout:

thanks

I have a red top for you if you like. Free for the tank.

 

[portlandsrt]

Yes, PICS Please!!

Here is the best pic I have so far. A few things have changed since the pic was taken. I have a chrome master cylinder cover on now along with a chrome overflow tank that should be installed soon...

 

[portlandsrt]

can you confirm group 34???
costco?? best price??

went to start the tank today... no go.... tank?? my ass

anyway i needs a battery asap... :burnout:

thanks

Yes, group 34.... Costco definately has the best pricing on optimas.

 

[tidnab]

thanks 4 the info... that engine bay looks sweeet :rock:

 

[MYTRAM]

Looks awesome! Can't see it all, but it doesn't even look like a battery location in that pic.

 

[SANCHOBA]

very nice portland...this is where i picked mine up at


http://www.batteriesareus.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=28