A cautionary tale. I posted this up on faceballs but I think its important to keep useful information here so people can find it later.
So I suffered the consequences of letting a workshop who really should know better replace my battery for me. A place that knows exactly how my car gets driven thinking that an absolute POS battery was going to be good enough.
A day at Wakefield Park and next minute battery acid is all over my engine bay, the paintwork is completely ****ed and the acid had started melting my fuse box. Seriously the damn fuse box was turning into a black liquid goopy mess.
Luckily I was able to pull everything apart, strip the paint back and respray it. The repair actually looks pretty damn good and the color match was very good for an off the shelf product. But **** knows whether this shit is gonna corrode further in the future. Acid got in every little gap you can imagine and cleaning it up was not easy.
****en povo spec Lion piece of shit. I bought an Optima that hopefully handles stuff a bit better. A lot of guys have bagged the Odyssey one for being unreliable and causing electrical glitches so I just went for the option that should be as tough and reliable as they get.
The funny thing is I raced with the OEM battery for years and never had any issues at all. So there are some traditional batteries out there that are ok, but I am never getting a wet cell battery again.