What battery do you have?
19 December 2010, 09:20 PM
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What battery do you have?
All,
Just to help people looking for a battery, its brand, its ID, its price and where you purchased it from (giving area etc) and for what car as there are some differences out there.
So I shall start with my new battery.
Car: 2003 STI Spec C (smaller battery type)
Price: £46 quid inc vat (collected at counter)
Make: Varta B31 Blue
Supplier: http://www.manbat.co.uk/distributors/?b=manchester
Location: Hyde, Manchester (though branches throught the UK)
So help yourself and lets make getting a battery and the right type easier for everyone
Tony
Just to help people looking for a battery, its brand, its ID, its price and where you purchased it from (giving area etc) and for what car as there are some differences out there.
So I shall start with my new battery.
Car: 2003 STI Spec C (smaller battery type)
Price: £46 quid inc vat (collected at counter)
Make: Varta B31 Blue
Supplier: http://www.manbat.co.uk/distributors/?b=manchester
Location: Hyde, Manchester (though branches throught the UK)
So help yourself and lets make getting a battery and the right type easier for everyone
Tony
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19 December 2010, 09:39 PM
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Good idea, here is my info. I added some comments that might help others etc.
Car: 2006 STI Spec D
Price: £58 inc vat
Make: Bosch S5005
Supplier: Costco
Location: Thurrock but lots of others in UK
Comments : Fits standard battery tray ( just ), sits lower in car, higher Ah than original item.
EDIT : Price was infact £58 not £55 , same as bern11 found.
Car: 2006 STI Spec D
Price: £58 inc vat
Make: Bosch S5005
Supplier: Costco
Location: Thurrock but lots of others in UK
Comments : Fits standard battery tray ( just ), sits lower in car, higher Ah than original item.
EDIT : Price was infact £58 not £55 , same as bern11 found.
Last edited by DT-SPD; 20 December 2010 at 11:38 AM. Reason: revise battery price
20 December 2010, 10:48 AM
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Car: 1999 STi Version V
Price: £88
Make: tba - normal sized car batt.
Supplier: RCM
Location: Hinckley, Leic.
Comments: Bought about a month ago. Recommended by RCM to be the correct application for my car. Has been working brilliantly in these sub-zero temps. Starts first time, every time - even when left parked up outside for days!! Can really 'feel' the oomph of the battery power.
Price: £88
Make: tba - normal sized car batt.
Supplier: RCM
Location: Hinckley, Leic.
Comments: Bought about a month ago. Recommended by RCM to be the correct application for my car. Has been working brilliantly in these sub-zero temps. Starts first time, every time - even when left parked up outside for days!! Can really 'feel' the oomph of the battery power.
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20 December 2010, 08:52 PM
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Car: 1994 WRX
Price: £4500
Make: Some Jap thing - normal sized car batt.
Supplier: Japan
Location: Far East
Comments: Was on my car when I bought it, hence the price.
Never had any bother with it, apart from having to charge it when my car had sat under a foot of snow for two weeks. Will have owned for 6 years in March.
Price: £4500
Make: Some Jap thing - normal sized car batt.
Supplier: Japan
Location: Far East
Comments: Was on my car when I bought it, hence the price.
Never had any bother with it, apart from having to charge it when my car had sat under a foot of snow for two weeks. Will have owned for 6 years in March.
20 December 2010, 08:55 PM
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Car: 2001 WRX
Price: £60 (£90 without trade card)
Make: Halfords Calcium with 4yr warranty - HCB005
Supplier: Halfords
Location: Nationwide
comments: direct replacement, no fitting issues, higher cranking current than standard battery, held its charge in the coldest weather incl 12 days last Jan when I went on holiday
Price: £60 (£90 without trade card)
Make: Halfords Calcium with 4yr warranty - HCB005
Supplier: Halfords
Location: Nationwide
comments: direct replacement, no fitting issues, higher cranking current than standard battery, held its charge in the coldest weather incl 12 days last Jan when I went on holiday
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20 December 2010, 09:20 PM
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Car: 2003 WRX
Price: £90
Make: Halfords Calcium with 4yr warranty - HCB005
Supplier: Halfords
Location: Nationwide
comments: direct replacement, no fitting issues, higher cranking current than standard battery. 4 yr warranty. Very impressed so far during this cold weather but then again it was new in October so it bloody should be good! LOL
Price: £90
Make: Halfords Calcium with 4yr warranty - HCB005
Supplier: Halfords
Location: Nationwide
comments: direct replacement, no fitting issues, higher cranking current than standard battery. 4 yr warranty. Very impressed so far during this cold weather but then again it was new in October so it bloody should be good! LOL
21 December 2010, 12:18 AM
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hi tony, i will get the specs of my recently bought battery when i did out the info but i went for a smaller sized battery like that on the spec c, how do you find it in these cold conditions? mines been a bit slower at cranking- not too much but this morning it was very lazy- mind you it was -11 all night!
21 December 2010, 03:45 PM
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Car: 2007 STI (Saloon)
Price: £115 inc vat
Make: Bosch Silver HSB075
Supplier: Halfords
Location: Belfast
Comments : Fits standard battery tray ( just ), sits lower in car, 600A starting power. Great starting kick - even in -10C.
I splashed out because I was sick of jump starting my motor. Even if the kids had been in it for 5 mins without the engine running and used the windows a couple of times.
This battery does not come up as recommended in the Halfords chart selector thing. I think that's only because the dimensions are slightly different to the standard part. However it fits a treat.
A warning for you guys regarding a battery site that ripped me off - "Performance batteries" @ http://www.performancebatteries.co.uk/. If you use the battery selector by entering your car model it returns batteries which are too physically large - certainly for the 2006/2007 STi. And once delivered and you find it a tight squeeze - they will not give you a refund / exchange.
Price: £115 inc vat
Make: Bosch Silver HSB075
Supplier: Halfords
Location: Belfast
Comments : Fits standard battery tray ( just ), sits lower in car, 600A starting power. Great starting kick - even in -10C.
I splashed out because I was sick of jump starting my motor. Even if the kids had been in it for 5 mins without the engine running and used the windows a couple of times.
This battery does not come up as recommended in the Halfords chart selector thing. I think that's only because the dimensions are slightly different to the standard part. However it fits a treat.
A warning for you guys regarding a battery site that ripped me off - "Performance batteries" @ http://www.performancebatteries.co.uk/. If you use the battery selector by entering your car model it returns batteries which are too physically large - certainly for the 2006/2007 STi. And once delivered and you find it a tight squeeze - they will not give you a refund / exchange.
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Battery died completely today. Wouldn't even jump start from my Legacy. At my last Subaru service they did tell me that the battery seemed low in charge and asked if I used it regularly. I said 45 miles everyday - never had a problem. I've been on holiday the last week and not used the car - and got a flat battery as a result.
Car: 2006 WRX SL wagon
Price: £89.20 (inc VAT)
Make: Yuasa Professional 005 (alt no. 65D23L)
Supplier: Dalrymple Service Centre
Location: North Berwick, East Lothian.
Mileage: 52,000 miles
Comment: price is the same as the Yuasa website.
Car: 2006 WRX SL wagon
Price: £89.20 (inc VAT)
Make: Yuasa Professional 005 (alt no. 65D23L)
Supplier: Dalrymple Service Centre
Location: North Berwick, East Lothian.
Mileage: 52,000 miles
Comment: price is the same as the Yuasa website.
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15 April 2011, 05:02 PM
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2002 sti
halfords hbc005 calcium 4 year warranty
retail £90 as above £60 trade
Makes a real difference in halfords if you can get a trade card. Not to difficult either to get.
halfords hbc005 calcium 4 year warranty
retail £90 as above £60 trade
Makes a real difference in halfords if you can get a trade card. Not to difficult either to get.
15 April 2011, 06:01 PM
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Car: MY07 RB320
Make: Bosch S5005
Price: £49.99
Supplier: Costco
Location: Cardiff
Comments: Excellent fit, just the Bosch has a lip at the bottom which is slightly oversize for the soft plastic tray that it sits on.
Make: Bosch S5005
Price: £49.99
Supplier: Costco
Location: Cardiff
Comments: Excellent fit, just the Bosch has a lip at the bottom which is slightly oversize for the soft plastic tray that it sits on.
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