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Battery suggestions - 4.2FSI
Hi chaps
What are your recommendations for a new battery? Any good places to buy? Cheers Christer |
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Depends on the spec of the original battery - if it's 110Ah I'd stick to oem and push for the best price you can get from TPS. I bought one for the S5 not so long ago and none of the other producers were offering a battery with the right spec and the price difference was less than 20 quid
You'll need access to vcds to code the new battery to the car
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As ECP has 25% off as of now, I'd buy the Bosch S5 from them for £117
http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/ac...008&0&cc5_1026
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After a disappointing experience with a Varta i1 - a couple of years ago in an emergency, I went with a LION AGM from ECP.
It was £134 with a voucher code and it is much better and takes deep discarges that the A8 does from time to time in it's stride. This battery is £128 now with the HOLIDAY25 code. http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Au...65a45bd&000020 I used the coding 000915105CE which is for 95Ah AGM - not sure if earlier BEMs accept this code but mine (2006) did (got the code from a later model with stop start). Only thing I might add is buy one locally so you can return it yourself if there is a problem, otherwise you risk having to post a 20KG battery which is classed as hazardous and costs about £60 unless you have an account with UPS or similar. Of course they will probably say no fault found and you will have to pay postage back to you or tell them to stuff it. Last edited by snapdragon; 24th May 2016 at 05:44 PM. |
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I've always used either Varta or Bosch batteries, they've been excellent on all my cars.
I currently have a Varta i1 in the Audi. |
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Yuasa battery on mine, the biggest that will fit, been great and due to lack of use recently, it can be a month or more and it'll still start up, it's also been discharged a couple of times and been fine with it, think the specs are better than most and cheaper too.
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My thoughts are that OEM (Dealer/TPS) will come with a 2 year warranty, and that can sometimes be difficult if not "professionally installed".
Most 3rd not OEM suppliers you will get ~5 years warranty, including ECP and Halfords, if you get the right spec you will be fine. Of course I expect the life of the battery will be 5 years and a day in any case |
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Thanks guys, I have seen the ECP discount - the recommended one from them when I enter my car details is LION - which I didn't know - I usually buy Bosch.
Appreciate the replies, I will need to get my mechaincs to do the coding anyway so will ask them what their best price for Bosch S5 is and take it from there. Christer |
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Just to add I've got a Yuasa in my D2 from halfords with 5 yr warranty but i have a trade card so got a chunky discount. That only requires a 95Ah which is readily available. Nobody I'm aware of does a 110Ah if that's what you have now, except the OEM. From memory our OEM battery is Varta manufactured
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you shouldnt need to change the coding, just use the drop down to pick the battery make or the nearest you can get and the Amps, but change a digit on the serial number so it recognises its a new unit
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