Budget Battery

[PaulThompson229 10+ year member]

awesome, thanks a lot. is a NGT Extreme the same as the Deka?

Same batt, different sticker, that is all

 

[Mattd0344 10+ year member]

Same batt, different sticker, that is all

Nice thanks a lot, I appreciate the input. I live a couple miles from a CarQuest but like 40 mins away from a Deka retailer..so i might just go with the NGT Extreme

 

[tacovic 10+ year member]

i have a 06 civic as well and i got an exide orbital. great batt and very strong. runs my kicker zx1500.1 pretty nice. its a group 34. just take out the batt tray and you can squeeze it in there.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

i have a 06 civic as well and i got an exide orbital. great batt and very strong. runs my kicker zx1500.1 pretty nice. its a group 34. just take out the batt tray and you can squeeze it in there.

how do you hold the batt down?

and yea Exide Orbital is good too, have one sitting across the room from me right now. I think he wants to match a bigger batt for the back later on and i dont think they have a large batt like a G31

 

[cf2004 10+ year member]

are the Deka Intimidators AGM type batteries?

 

[tacovic 10+ year member]

how do you hold the batt down?
and yea Exide Orbital is good too, have one sitting across the room from me right now. I think he wants to match a bigger batt for the back later on and i dont think they have a large batt like a G31

i bent the tabs at the base of the batt tray so that the supports could be wide enough to fit around the new batt. i used the same prongs or supports or whatever you call them and then had some garage door metal material that i cut and already had holes in it so just bolted it down. the top brace from the stock batt is not wide enough to use.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

are the Deka Intimidators AGM type batteries?

http://remybattery.com/Departments/Extreme-Performance-Batteries/Deka-INTIMIDATOR-Battery.aspx

 

[cf2004 10+ year member]

sweet

 

[Mattd0344 10+ year member]

i bent the tabs at the base of the batt tray so that the supports could be wide enough to fit around the new batt. i used the same prongs or supports or whatever you call them and then had some garage door metal material that i cut and already had holes in it so just bolted it down. the top brace from the stock batt is not wide enough to use.

Cool, good to know. I figured I was going to have to do some modification being that the oem battery I have is just a tiny little thing.

 

[Mattd0344 10+ year member]

how do you hold the batt down?
and yea Exide Orbital is good too, have one sitting across the room from me right now. I think he wants to match a bigger batt for the back later on and i dont think they have a large batt like a G31

Ya I think I got my mind set on the NGT Extreme but I'm going to call the Deka retailer and see how much they charge then head on over to my local Carquest

 

[tacovic 10+ year member]

Cool, good to know. I figured I was going to have to do some modification being that the oem battery I have is just a tiny little thing.

ya just rip out all the plastic batt tray stuff and look at it for a second and you will figure it out. its not very complicated and very easy to do.

 

[Mattd0344 10+ year member]

i have a 06 civic as well and i got an exide orbital. great batt and very strong. runs my kicker zx1500.1 pretty nice. its a group 34. just take out the batt tray and you can squeeze it in there.

how much dimming do you get vs your stock battery?

 

[BigJoker 10+ year member]

Deka's are great batts.

 

[tacovic 10+ year member]

how much dimming do you get vs your stock battery?

the stock batt is nothing. lights dimmed when i was rolling down my windows. but now i get little dimming with my new batt. voltage is fine at full tilt with lights off. never goes much below 12 volts. i will be doing the big three soon as well so that should help as well.

 

[Mattd0344 10+ year member]

the stock batt is nothing. lights dimmed when i was rolling down my windows. but now i get little dimming with my new batt. voltage is fine at full tilt with lights off. never goes much below 12 volts. i will be doing the big three soon as well so that should help as well.

Ok cool, ya I have the big 3 done and have 0 gauge wiring throughout the whole entire car so I'm hoping this will get me by til I add a G31 battery in the trunk.