4th Gen import Battery

ek_dave · Post by **ek_dave** » Thu May 16, 2013 1:40 pm

bb1boy wrote:Take your car to Honda, they will have a big stock of batteries, one will fit in the tray with the correct poles and amperage etc - that's how I got my latest one and it was £60 with a 3 year warranty.

already been to honda, one on back order till august (honda pollokshaws) another say the battery is discontinued (Western Honda)

Post by **indigolemon** » Thu May 16, 2013 1:45 pm

ek_dave wrote:Already been to honda, one on back order till august (honda pollokshaws) another say the battery is discontinued (Western Honda)

Whaa?

Were they drunk when you went in?

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Thu May 16, 2013 3:05 pm

OMG it's just a battery, there are loads that are suitable and will fit.. what's up with your Honda dealer? Oh yeah, drunk...

Post by **Merlin** » Thu May 16, 2013 3:08 pm

More likely the Honda parts guy was too busy trying to work out the difference between his arse and his elbow.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Thu May 16, 2013 7:17 pm

euro car parts have it in stock in Glasgow for £74.40.
If you go there and the reg on your one doesn't call up the right one, use the reg off my UKDM (in my avatar).
EDIT: you can't read it in my avatar

check on my build thread linked in my sig.

(They seem to have learnt that their system called up the wrong battery on JDM ludes, because the reg on my JDM one now doesn't call up any battery, whereas before it did - the wrong type)

ek_dave · Post by **ek_dave** » Fri May 17, 2013 4:08 pm

so i went to my local SRS and even though the correct battery in the system wasn't big enough amp wise, i mananged to get one for £38 woot.

Also to add to the Honda dealer debacle, i had a phone call this morning from the dealer, Honda prelude JDM batteries are now discontinued and Honda will no longer supply the part.

thanks for all the advice. I will hopefully get it up and running and start posting pictures of the car.

Post by **Merlin** » Fri May 17, 2013 4:16 pm

ek_dave wrote:Honda prelude JDM batteries are now discontinued and Honda will no longer supply the part.

This wasn't answered directly in the thread but JDM and UKDM use the same battery right? I have swapped batteries between my UKDM 5th and JDM 4th without issue

Post by **vanzep** » Fri May 17, 2013 10:42 pm

they are the same and are directly interchangeable

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sat May 18, 2013 12:08 pm

Yep. That's the way I understand it, so I was completely confused why different batteries were being called up for JDM / UKDM.
Especially when the JDM batteries have the terminals the wrong way round

Can anyone shed any more light on this?

Ailfenergy · Post by **Ailfenergy** » Tue May 28, 2013 8:54 pm

Would I benefit from using bigger battery if I have quite powerful amp? As far as I remember my battery is 70ah. What if I put 80ah instead? Would it harm anything?

Has anyone tried one of these thingies?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BOSS-AUDIO-3- ... 19cdcc7584