rivercat

i was just wondering what kind of battery you all are using, how much and maybe where you got it? i'm looking to buy a new one soon. i don't need anything to special, just something that can handle some small extra draws and the cold.... thanks

lee

a lot of people here use optima red and yellow tops. do a search to get more info on these.

Brendan

optima and exide are the best quality and then the rest are pretty much the same, but with different labels.

Sherpa

AutoZone's DuraLast Gold. Best price for performance value out there. It has a great warranty for not a lot of dough.

-S

89macrunner

if you dont have much of a stereo or a high performence engine an exide would be my .02

Jeffires

I run a winch, lights, stereo amp, and other stuff and I will never buy anything other than Optima. I've had a red top for four years now and never had a problem. I'd buy an Optima even for a passenger car or if I wasn't running accessories, just because of reliability. IMO, Delco maintenance-free is the worst battery.

birfieldwheer

Get an optima at costco
They are like $98- there

CMUpike

i was perfectly happy with my optima red top battery. i had a 1000 watt stereo system, and i didn't get any headlight dimming when the deep bass hit.

NathanBERG

I use an optima red top. Can't go worng with this battery! Besides I found one for 85 bucks!!

bike4miles

Get a red top with gold terminalls. This combo will give you the best performance possable and you will never have to clean your terminals again!


My red top:

Fink

Hey miles! That's exactly what I'm gonna be doin over spring break, rewiring my whole rig...fog lights, driving lights, system and battery terminals. What all do you have goin on there? I will be upgrading my ground and hot terminals and then running to a distribution block, maybe an aux. fuse box but I haven't thought about it yet.

Miles is right, rewiring it is the way to go!

Fink

bike4miles

Chris, -->I havn't re-wired the charge wire or main positive yet because it is so small and such a pain in the kester but I have done some major gournd wire upgrades. I ran several just to be safe. The 4g one in the pic goes to the block and I have since added 3 other 8g that go to the body/frame. Mabe when I do a motor swap I will upgrade the rest of the wireing. The 4g red wire is for my amp.

jimbo74

optima red top @ costco for $100

rivercat

sweet thanks for the info

Arnold

Another vote for a red top Optima. The one in my truck is nearly 11 years old and still going. If/when it dies, I'll replace it w/ another red top.

dragr1

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Optima red top.

sherri_girl

Exide Orbital

Fink

miles,

Thanks man, I will probably end up doing it the same way over spring break...what all would I need, like where should I get the terminals and all that stuff, I can probably get the wire from like Lowe's or use car audio wire or something right?

So does the terminal that you have for the ground have different slots for several different wires, as in like I can use the same terminal connected directly to the - post on the battery and just run different wires from there or do I need another spot to run the wires from? Thanks man!

Fink

ChickenLover

Another vote for Optima red. I use the Optima red 800u ($115-$135).