mikeho

There are stores that offer a "find the right battery for your car." I'd go find one of those and see. Honestly, I'm not sure how much you'd save at Costco/Sam's Club versus buying it online.

shaolin

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what kind of problems do you guys encounter when battery is getting weaker?

weenstan

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That stupid clip on the cover is retarded, mine was basically permanently attached took a lot of brute force to get it off lol.

Salduchi

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Funny thing i've noticed is every car I can remember having has always used a 10mm nut for the battery.

CWS

My battery is 5 yrs old, and never needed any water, yet. But, I decided to replace it while I have the time, instead of when I'm late for golf, or something else really important. Consumer Reports latest battery ratings rated an Interstate model best, but the Duralast Gold 24-DLG, above, is almost as good, and cheaper. I wanted to keep the plastic housing, and the Interstate is 11" long, where this one is 10.25", like the Panasonic it came with, so I went with the Duralast. Other dimensions were about equal on either of them.

I had a bit of trouble getting the top clamp back on over the plastic, so I cut a little of the plastic off, in the front, so the clamp is touching just the battery. Maybe I just didn't wiggle the battery/plastic enough to get it settled in good, but cutting the plastic was easy with a box cutter.

This is the first time I've ever replaced a perfectly good battery, and I feel great, knowing it's not going to die at just the most inopportune time.

P.S. I left the handle on there, too. No reason to remove it.

2IS 'R' US

Wow...I got so fed up after messing with the clips on the side of the cover for a while I just cut them off. Then zip tied the cables back on it

Squirrelz

The IS300 has the same battery layout setup as the ISx50's. I put an Optima Redtop in my IS300. Chucked the plastic surrounding the OEM battery, didn't fit. OEM battery lasted from 2002 when previous owner purchased it until ~90k miles 2010.

Gville350

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2006 350 w/ 32k...OE battery still holding strong with no signs of weak starts. I'll have to check the water level though soon...just to be certain all is well to get max life out of it.

flyfl1pguy

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So last Tues. my car needed a jump. After 5yrs of owning the car w/ 42K miles on it I think it it time to change the battery.
What do you guys recommend? I was thinking of optima battery too. ANy suggestions?

suka4thong

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my OEM battery crap out on me on 3rd yr. been running DieHard Platinum P6 for 2yr+ and still running strong!
wanted optima yellow top but found out red/yellow top got replace with DieHard Platinum P6 at sears because of defects.
also found out DieHard Platinum P6 is made by Odyssey!

kumquatism

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How the crap do you get the stupid plastic surrounding off? I tried for like half an hour to disconnect the positive cables from the plastic surround with no avail. It's so hard to squeeze in that little space...

MyIS350G

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couple clips on the side, one is metal

peteypablo

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Thanxxxxs!!!!

brociouz

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OMG, I had this same problem. I gave up after 10 minutes and just went to the dealership.

Do you use a screwdriver or something to release them? On the outside of the battery casing?

kumquatism

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I yanked the damn thing off. It pissed me off to no end