grogy Custom Title Time!
1,000 posts · joined Aug 2007 ·
hi, any recommendations for a a very good car battery, for my vw. thanks greg
best battery
helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body
7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
Part no 3372 for a standard battery or part no 3552 for a premium battery
Those part numbers are used by roadside services RACV RACQ RAA NRMA etc.
Ours is 5 years old now, and still fine.
This is a recessed post battery as used by many European branded and manufactured vehicles including BMW, Porsche, Mercedes, Citroen, Fiat, Lancia, Vectra etc.
The reason for recessed post being very important with a Beetle is that if someone sits on the back seat and the battery is too high, the metal springs can touch the battery terminals. This can then start the fibre in the seat to catch fire.
Those part numbers are used by roadside services RACV RACQ RAA NRMA etc.
Ours is 5 years old now, and still fine.
This is a recessed post battery as used by many European branded and manufactured vehicles including BMW, Porsche, Mercedes, Citroen, Fiat, Lancia, Vectra etc.
The reason for recessed post being very important with a Beetle is that if someone sits on the back seat and the battery is too high, the metal springs can touch the battery terminals. This can then start the fibre in the seat to catch fire.
waveman1500 Also rides a Honda
1,346 posts · joined Dec 2009 ·
Exide Premium batteries all come with recessed posts, so you don't have to buy the expensive European sizes. They've performed really well for me and have lasted for at least seven years so far. The best part is that K-Mart stock them and therefore they're really cheap, I'm pretty sure that mine was less than $100 at K-Mart.
wild baja Casual Dubber
26 posts · joined Sep 2011 ·
I recently got the century H/duty DIN53 500CC rated flush top terminals fit under the back seat fine i my 69 baja. available in left and right hand terminal orientation DIN53R & DIN53L. I got one of each for a dual battery setup. just need to square out a corner in the floor pan to fit them both on the right side.
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69bug Officially Full-On Dubber
300 posts · joined Jan 2012 ·
Whats the biggest size that fits in the well?
And in regards the recessed post my bug still the the battery cover set up from stock? Is that rare?
And in regards the recessed post my bug still the the battery cover set up from stock? Is that rare?
1969 1500
barls Administrator Causer of Chaos and Mayhem
9,473 posts · joined Jun 2004 ·
got the same in the bug but only one. works well.wild baja wrote:I recently got the century H/duty DIN53 500CC rated flush top terminals fit under the back seat fine i my 69 baja. available in left and right hand terminal orientation DIN53R & DIN53L. I got one of each for a dual battery setup. just need to square out a corner in the floor pan to fit them both on the right side.
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helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body
7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
Ours is 500CCA.69bug wrote:Whats the biggest size that fits in the well?
And in regards the recessed post my bug still the the battery cover set up from stock? Is that rare?
Our Beetle has a cover on the battery. Probably not that rare.