today at autozone the guy told me they dont make a yellowtop that fits the 02-03 lancer.....is that true or not cause i really want one..... theres gotta be one that will fit like a civic one or something

 

uhhh, lol... its a battery, as long as its top terminal, then it should work...

He is right, it does say the none will fit, but i've seen members here with yellow tops and red tops for that matter.

 

u can get them with the + and - reversed also like the stock batteries otherwise u have to try and stretch your + in place of where the negative is now

 

but the batterys are diff sizes.....im not sure which size will fit cause they dont make one that matches the size the lancer needs

 

as far as i know its the reg one they sell in the store... ive heard they came out with a new import battery which is even smaller

 

Go get a tape measure and find the one closest to the stock size. My battery is pretty damn big(2nd owner, dunno if Panasonic batteries are stock). I've got an optima redtop from my last vehicle (87 s10 blazer) just sitting in my closet because its so much smaller than the battery in my car. I would think that as long as you use the battery tiedown and are faily close to stock size it shouldn't slide around.

 

The Panasonic is stock. Some people have yellow tops installed. I do, but mine's in the trunk anyway. Personally I don't see why extending the lines would be such a problem though.

 

i never said extending the lines were a problem, its just that im planning on getting my next speakers fiberglassed in so theyre not so easy to remove and steal. it will also look better for shows.

 

I didn't mean for you specifically. But I don't see what the speakers have to do with the yellow top in the engine bay? Iono, man. Do you know anyone who has a yellow top? Maybe you could get the measurements online, take a peak at a friend's terminals, and see if it works?

 

i thought you meant for me to move it in the trunk, i guess not though. nobody around here has a yellowtop though, theres a few reds but i dont want one of those plus they make them in the stock size.....ill figure it out somehow, thanks anyways

 

No no, I just meant extending the wire or putting another 0 gauge from the terminal/distributor block so that it could reach the battery. for Trunk could be done too, but I know a lot of people don't go for that. I'd avoid the trunk if you're serious about showing/audio, but just purely asthetic reasons. Anyway, it may take a little work, but if the physical dimensions are ok, I'm sure you can make it work.

 

yeah ....ill find out soon and post my results

 

The new import size Optima came out with is for Hondas. I would try putting the fullsize in your car to see it works. They aren't supposed to fit Eclipses or Galants either, but I got them in mine.

 

its an optima red 35 that fits the evo not sure if the lancer is the same

 

yeah it fits the lancer to from what i remember but i dont think they make a yellowtop in that size