Optima Battery help

FLAGMANBILL

FLAGMANBILL

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planning on picking up a optima battery with in a week or two for my car, and want to eventually use it on the car i am building. whats better a yellow top or red top? i found a red top with 800 cold cranking amps, and 1000 cranking amps. any difference in red vs yellow? i want a battery thats over kill for this winter but something that wont have a problem also being run in a race car. anyone have a part number? any complaints? 189 is a little bit of coin just to drop on a battery and i dont want to buy another one down the road. thanks, bill.
 
I use only Yellow Tops. I use them because they are the most expensive, so they have to be good. :lol: But seriously, for a A/V system pulling lots of power, Yellow is the way to go. For a "race" car, a Red is more than enough.
 
i just read optima's website and will be going with a red top. al, with all the audio stuff you did to your mustang, did you ever have a problem with them going dead? i know they have a very high recharge rate, but just hope all the hype is worth it.
 
FLAGMANBILL said:
i just read optima's website and will be going with a red top. al, with all the audio stuff you did to your mustang, did you ever have a problem with them going dead? i know they have a very high recharge rate, but just hope all the hype is worth it.
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Nope. And before the Cobra I had that same yellow top in my last Explorer...which was running over 4000 watts through it. Of course I had caps and bat caps, but the battery never took a shit due to the power being drawn.
 
Red tops are used in 90% of vehicles (high performance or OEM). Yellow tops are typically used in vehicles that require extra deep cycling (i.e. lots of AV equipment, hydraulics, winches, etc).

--Joe
 
I wouldnt buy an optima battery. Go to napa and get one of their dry cell batteries. One of the best batteries made hands down. Optimas are junk as far as I'm concerned.
 
cool well somehow i seem to be on a "ricer" path lol, my 88 hatch came with a cold air intake, a ricer shifter nob and now i am putting a optima battery in it. once i get pictures up you guys wont believe i STOLE this car for a $100. cleanest honda i've ever seen with roughly 100000 miles. good mileage and something that'll always start in the morning here i come...
 
had alot of problems getting them to warratny shit here at the shop, for something thats not going to be charged very often i highly dont reccomend optimas. EVERY single one ive used was junk after sitting more then 4-6 months, but i didnt care i didnt pay for them!
 
I went with the yellow top, because of the load of a giant electric fan, interooler pump, big fuel pump, electric water pump, etc. Plus at the track it doesn't run long enough to really charge the battery.
 
MystryGuy said:
had alot of problems getting them to warratny shit here at the shop, for something thats not going to be charged very often i highly dont reccomend optimas. EVERY single one ive used was junk after sitting more then 4-6 months, but i didnt care i didnt pay for them!
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so if i were to buy you a case or two of beers and some wings at bdubs or something could you hook a brother up with a "shop battery" that you dont have to pay for???:icon_mrgr
 
By the way, if anyone can warrantee mine **for free* which is a few years old, let me know. :D

**it's not going to shit due to usage, it's lagging a bit because I had it in the cold without a charger for a while when I had the Cobra stored**
 
i thought you could just take em back if they didt work. i plan on buying one from auto zone due to their "buy here, replace it anywhere" slogan.
 
FLAGMANBILL said:
i thought you could just take em back if they didt work. i plan on buying one from auto zone due to their "buy here, replace it anywhere" slogan.
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That's true...depending on how old they are and the code they have on them. I don't have a receipt for mine. I don't pay sticker for anything, ever. I bought the battery brand new with the plastic over the top of the bat for like $50-$75. I forgot, it was a while ago.
 
i used to be a optima fan years ago...but after i went threw 2 of them in the regal...i said fuck them...i dont drive the regal everyday, in the summer...but if i let that batt. sit for like a month....DEAD!!!! then i would have it "boosted"..still same thing....so went to murrays and bought one of there $90.00 batt.....it went dead once,and that was my fault, but as soon as i got it i gept checking its charge and after like 2 weeks it went from like 12.87 to 12.67...it has worked better than any optima i had in my car.


JACKO
 
Crazzy_Al said:
That's true...depending on how old they are and the code they have on them. I don't have a receipt for mine. I don't pay sticker for anything, ever. I bought the battery brand new with the plastic over the top of the bat for like $50-$75. I forgot, it was a while ago.
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come on coach, help one of your foot ball players out. could i get a hella hookup????:dontknow:
 
JACKO said:
i used to be a optima fan years ago...but after i went threw 2 of them in the regal...i said fuck them...i dont drive the regal everyday, in the summer...but if i let that batt. sit for like a month....DEAD!!!! then i would have it "boosted"..still same thing....so went to murrays and bought one of there $90.00 batt.....it went dead once,and that was my fault, but as soon as i got it i gept checking its charge and after like 2 weeks it went from like 12.87 to 12.67...it has worked better than any optima i had in my car.


JACKO
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You should have completly drained it dead and then put it on a slow charge. It would have been good as new. The Yellow Tops are meant to drain and recharge with no problems.
 
FLAGMANBILL said:
come on coach, help one of your foot ball players out. could i get a hella hookup????:dontknow:
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If I still had that hook-up, I'd help you out, but I don't, so I can't. Sorry.
 
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