Peppler33 Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Just got a 95 ES a week or so ago. Its a sweety, black with black interior! Its got 81,000 miles and the battery (Lexus badged stickers on it) is bad. I took it in to Autozone to get tested and it was only registering 10.3-10.6 volts. Great excuse to buy a new Optima Red Top (I have one in my wifes 3000GT). Anyways, this Lexus seems to do their positive/negative on different sides then most cars. The cables don't have a lot of slack to them so they just make it to the posts when the posts are closest to the firewall. The deal is the negative is closest to the driver side and the positive towards the passenger. The RedTop Optimas at Autozone only had the Positive on the drivers side. Am I missing something? What model do you use? I don't think it will reach if I just turn the battery around so the posts are towards the front of the car. I did a search a barely found a place that sells a R34/800R at http://www.batteryweb.com/optima.cfm. This looks like what I need, but most places don't stock this. Before ordering, I want to make sure this is the right size. Thanks for any input!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdotcomer Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Good questions, as i was wondering if I could get install an optima in my '98. Those are the best battery's you can buy in IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppler33 Posted April 9, 2004 Author Share Posted April 9, 2004 Did some more research (man, nobody has said model XX is a direct fit), and it seems that the 800R orange top is the one that will fit the best. Anyone running an orange top? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKperformance Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 It is a waste of money to get a red orange or blue top. The best is the Yellow and it works amazing in both of my cars. I replaced the battery wires to the starter and the main ground when i chanegd mine to make sure i had no problems with wire length as the stock ones are a bit short when swapping them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppler33 Posted April 10, 2004 Author Share Posted April 10, 2004 OK, I believe that they don't make the orange tops anymore as they are all red now. I got the 34R (R= reversed terminals) and installed with a great fit. I had to cut a piece of wood to put under the Optima as it is a bit shorter. The top holder has maybe 1/8" of extra space, but when tightened down it doesn't move a bit. Sweet :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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