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bing
03-07-2002, 10:01 AM
i think i really need to get one of these, but even when i shop for a newer slightly better battery most are too big to fit in our cars, s13.

where can you go to price these things and who makes good ones???

i know a few people must have them in their s13, where did you get it.

I dont want to relocate the battery to the trunk, i set up my stereo to maintain trunk space so putting the battery backthere would be counterproductive.

Thanks

junia
03-07-2002, 10:40 AM
you can fit the optima in the stock location

Da808aZnRaVr
03-07-2002, 12:58 PM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (junia @ Mar. 05 2002,12:40)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">you can fit the optima in the stock location</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
yep i got an optima blue battery in my stock location...optima batteries r beasts...car started up with no prob after sittin for a month while i was gone on break

sykikchimp
03-07-2002, 02:05 PM
Blue batteries are Deep Cycle. &nbsp;The ones actually made for cars are the red ones. &nbsp;The yellows are the high powered batteries for cars with lots of acc. stuff, like a HUGE system.

They are expensive though. &nbsp;At least $100 for any

Da808aZnRaVr
03-07-2002, 03:01 PM
</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (sykikchimp @ Mar. 05 2002,4:05)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">They are expensive though. At least $100 for any</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
hahah not mines...my optima was FREE &nbsp;<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

idunit
03-07-2002, 06:18 PM
The red top is the starting battery and the yellow top is just a deep cycle battery. &nbsp;The blue top is a deep cycle also but is actually thier marine series. &nbsp;Retail on them is $130, $180, and $220 respectively. &nbsp;On another note, you may want to check into batteries by stinger, orion, tsunami and westco they make the svr series batteries. &nbsp;The stinger and orion are the same battery with differnt stickers on them. &nbsp;The tsunami is the same as an optima. &nbsp;The westco just looks like a regular battery only it's &nbsp;a sealed gel cell with internal regulation valves. &nbsp;I have used all of them basically and here are my conclusions. &nbsp;The stinger makes an spb800, spb1000, and an spb1700. &nbsp;For the amount of power they provide they are very small in size. &nbsp;I was very happy. &nbsp;The optima's have a decent amount of power and are a little more common to get. &nbsp;But by far the best is the svr. &nbsp;These things just have balls to maximum. &nbsp;I have 10 of the 80-12's. &nbsp;This is thier next to the largest battery weighing in at 57lbs. &nbsp;Even running 2 1100 watt amps, neons, underbody neons and the the rest of my stereo components for hours the truck starts right up.

bing
03-07-2002, 09:57 PM
where do i go to get these things???

i would probably go with the lesser of hte three, i left my lights on a few weeks ago and my car is acting a little sluggish since....