Anyone seen these at the Wilson or Warden Costco lately?
Anyone seen these at the Wilson or Warden Costco lately?
Still running my 24F without a hitch after 3 years!
Was in a new Costco this evening and noticed that the 24F batteries are now $119.99. What really caught my eye however was new Kirkland AGM 24F batteries! Check it out below. Wondering if these new AGM batteries can be found at other locations as well. Only a $50 premium over the regular lead acid wet type
its time for the wifey's as well. Does this work on Gen 2's?
EDIT: Looks like it does... Jimmy is booked... did any of you guys use baking soda water to clean the ends and grease?
Last edited by Ogata; 11-03-2018 at 03:11 PM.
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Mechanic required to swap a battery?
Modifications? I've forgotten more than I remember. Click here for the list.
UPDATE: After about 3 years, my battery light suddenly turned on at a stop sign stereo was still on but fan was off. Restarted the car and all was well.
Brought it in to Jimmy and he found the battery at -16 might have issues starting. Thank goodness he is near a Costco was able to get it swapped out and now on one made this year.
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Last edited by Ogata; 01-25-2019 at 02:57 PM.
Hello, could someone confirm what kind of battery would fit/ I should get for my 2014 Mazda3 GT sport?
Thanks
Here's mine OEM Exide installed
7S POWER
It's not "OEM", unless it's a genuine part from Mazda
2005 Mazda3 SP23 hatchback (auto)
2016 Mazda3 Sport GT (auto)
Group 124R is lower and therefore lower the CG of the vehicle. This in theory should improve handling. I originally had wanted to go with the Gr. 124R, but HD didn't have one in stock. So, I went with the G24F for convenience. The Exide Gr. 124R is more powerful, 700 CCA 120 RC vs Gr. 24F 600 CCA 110 RC. To solve the problem of 11mm - 0.433"= 7/16"-0.4375" - gap when using Gr. 124R battery is, simply stick a 0.50" wide x xx" length x 0.50" thick or thicker black foam tape on the underside of the battery hold-down bracket.
7S POWER
OEM is Original Equipment Manufacturer
Bosch, Exide, Interstate, etc. are NOT OEM
Panasonic is an Original Equipment Supplier, which supplies to Mazda, the Original Equipment Manufacturer
11mm drop in battery height (probably weight too) should improve handling , but would you notice it at all ?
On that thought of dropping weight why not go with a Shorai Lithium battery ( 4.8 lbs) and cold cracks at 590, more than enough for 2.0L non sky
https://shoraipower.com/lfx36a3-bs12-p126 .
It's always better to have a lower CG than a high CG of a deadweight i.e battery. A horizontally stored spare tire has a lower CG than if it's stored vertically.
Having a Lithium car battery is way overkill. It would make more sense to have it in a race car because of the weight reduction.
In theory, lower CG improves handling.
There are different types of foam tape densities. Ever thought of foam tapes for P/U truck rear camper shell? One of those camper shells weighs at least 200 lbs. A Gr. 24F battery weighs roughly given take a quarter of that. So, using a medium to high-density foam tape will do the job.
Another method is to use a battery height adapter bracket from Gr. 34 battery. This plastic bracket is installed on the bottom of the battery to raise the height and close the gap.
If none of the above works, the threaded hold-down rod is long enough, so there shouldn't be a problem for the hold-down clamp bracket to drop 11 mm ~ 0.4375 ". If the hold-down rod thread portion isn't long enough then, grab a tap and rethread it.
Sorry, I don't smoke. As an Automotive Designer, I know one of the above methods work.
I work in the Automotive Design for 20+ yrs, and I do know what the OEM and OE stand for. ROFLOL
Let us concentrate on the Electrical parts. AC Delco, Bosch, Denso, Exide, Hella, Hitachi, Koito, Moll, Panasonic are just to name a few, are the OEM Tier 1 companies that Design and Manufactured parts for Mazda OE - Original Equipment parts. For example, Koito - Headlights, Panasonic - Battery etc. Once the OEM parts are approved by Mazda Design Engineering, the parts become OE parts. Take a look at Mazda OE brake pads. It has both OE and OEM printed logos and P/Ns on them. The OE parts, not the OEM, are installed in the production cars. Also, OE parts only are sold at the Mazda dealers, not OEM. However, since OEM parts are Mazda approved, so OE <> OEM parts are interchangeable. So, you can replace Mazda OE parts with any OEM parts regardless of who the OEM Co. is. To put it simply, you can replace a Mazda OE battery made by Panasonic with Bosch, Denso, Exide, Hitachi etc.
Canadian Tire, Die Hard, Everstart, Interstate, Kirkland etc. are Aftermarket part Mfrs. None of those companies design and manufactured parts for Mazda. Their parts aren't approved by Mazda. Btw, I have seen a brand spanking new Mazda at the dealer with the OEM Hitachi battery in the engine bay. So, Panasonic is not the only Mazda's OEM Tier1 battery supplier.
Correct on both.
TBH if you really going for a change in CG then slight changes in height and weight wont make much of a difference in CG. What are we really talking about is a 1-2 lb /11mm weight/height difference.
If it were 200lbs then you feel that in handling / braking/ cornering. Lowering springs would help drop the CG but ideally you would have to do a 4 corner balancing to get that CG at the center point
of the car and ultimately to that 50/50 front rear.
ok genius, since you want to split hairs: Bosch, AC Delco, etc don't supply batteries to Mazda, so they're not OEM or "OE"... Interstate, Kirkland, etc don't make batteries either, they're just brands made by Johnson Controls... regardless, they're not an "OEM" brand, or what people in the repair industry call: "OES" (original equipment supplier)
if you buy an OES replacement part, then you can say "OEM", but sometimes it's not really the same, as they're slight differences in the specifications, due to contractual restrictions between the OES company and the OEM... so, even though Canadian Mazda dealers sells Mazda branded replacement batteries made by Exide, calling your Exide battery an "OEM" is stretching it, as there's likely grade/spec differences
but by your logic, to say you bought some crappy tire Moto Master part for your car, and calling it "OEM" is absurd... if you bought a Denso, however, it might or might not be true
bottom line is, if you bought a part elsewhere than the dealer, and it's a brand of part made by a company that doesn't supply Mazda (whether at the factory level or dealer level), or is a part made by one of Mazda's suppliers but is not the same (supplier or spec) as the part it replaced/sold by the dealer, it's AFTERMARKET... not OEM or "OE"
do you walk around in sneakers and call them "nike" but they're something else?
G ~ MINI (10-16-2020)
Hey guys, I need to replace my battery... Anyone know if Costco still has 24F batteries? Or can suggestion alternate source?
2008 Carbon Gray GT Sedan 5 Speed