Hi,

How do i remove the plastic cover and the car battery? How much does a battery cost at the dealership?

theres a clip on the side of the tray.

There are two clips holding cables. I too would like to know what tool to use to unclip those clamps before removing the battery cover.

When I changed my battery I could not for the life of me get those clips unclipped. I just couldn't figure it out, I couldn't see it properly and the release mechanism didn't seem to want to do anything no matter how much I played with it.

Eventually, I forced it open with tools and completely mangled it. After replacing the battery I just threw that stupid cover in the trash.

pretty much how mine went lol

I had the dropouts at Advance Auto change my battery and they had ZERO issues with the cover.

what cover?

i just used a philips head screwdriver and played around with the clip. it takes some effort to get off. once it does tho u just slide the stupid thing off.

You sound like a snob calling auto zone workers dropouts, in fact i can name few dropouts that are millionaires now days that have accomplished more in life then you ever will. To the op it takes some time to play with it to come off just like binary jay said.

You needed dropouts to do it for you, what does that say about yourself? :P

It very simple, there was A DIY on this a while back.

I end up taking it to the dealership to get a factory battery for $135 with installatiion. My car still had an original battery on it making the thing 5-6 years.

i just replaced mine at my local auto parts...they even installed it....put a Optima Red top size 25....I thought there would be a little more "Crispness" to the car, did not really effect anything. My old car i had changing out the batter helped the car turn on faster and just felt a little nicer overall.

If my battery takes a crap on me im getting lexus battery and that is what i would suggest to moat of you.