(T) Fiat stilo battery replacement

It looks like my battery is on it's way out. I need a cost effective replacement - I.e. cheap, but that actually works well.

As the stilo is rather picky about getting enough juice to start up with - unless you like the light show, I'm interested to know what battery rating people have replaced the standard one with, where they got it from, and for how much

I've been searching for this info on the forum but couldn't find it and thought it would be useful to have available.

Thanks

If your car is a petrol model then use the battery for the diesel car its a higher amp rating

its worth spending the extra money on the diesel battery , the bigger the cca the better

It should be at least 55a/hr,dont get anything less & make sure its a fiat original or varta battery.Anything less is waste of money & false economy.

Thanks for the help.

I forgot to mention, but it is a 1.2 petrol engine.

I got a fiat original (well it ended up being an alfa one, long story) from a fiat dealer and it worked out cheaper than a lot of places that I looked (def was cheaper than halfords), worth sticking to fiat originals for stuff like that.

I dont know if its just my car, but I seem to remember that the battery distribution panel on top of the battery had a red clip that located into two holes on the top of the battery, guess these might not be standard on non-manufacturer batteries, but im not sure.

Si

Yeah Si, same here - our FIAT dealer got an Alfa battery, and the price beat halfords (who wouldn't?) and lots of motor factors!

That little red thing will screw into most batteries; the one from my Stilo is missing anyway

i fink we could have guessed it would be missing from yours matey,


Si

Lol - ?

It was never there, I assumed it was the dealer I bought it from - the fact the old battery had "ROOPE - Saturday" written on it when I collected the car on Friday (hence when I went to get it it wasn't ready!) and the fact that the battery box was snapped didn't give me much confidence in their battery fitting capabilities!

Tut tut, some people eh?? My dad went to check over his new ford ranger at the weekend at a ford dealership and the stroy was much the same, work not done, not valeted, crumbs from someones dinner in the front (in a new car) and alarm and central locking system not set up correctly, lol

Si

Speaking about Bateries - Varta = Bosch = Motorcraft..they are all producet in the same factory on the sma line! So let just price speak ! :-P