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Old 09-25-11, 07:20 AM
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my positive post is corroding,cleaned and applied dielectric grease buy doesnt help.must have a leak around the positive post so its time to change the battery.i am thinking of the optima yellow top battery.does anyone have that battery installed?what battery do you have and would you recommend?thanks jimps i have the lexus battery in there now.
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I use a standard Toyota battery. I've heard good things about the Optima but not good enough to spend the extra $ 80 it costs when a standard battery will last fine for 5 years. If money is no object, get the Optima. I'm a firm believer that you get what you pay for.
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I replaced mines with a autocraft gold
brand advance auto sells.it has 700cca and 875ca. Its been doings its job well for 2yrs so far. When my old battery went up all electronic were acting funny in my car too.
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i put in the optima yellow top in.ordered it at advanced auto online and got 20% off .it was $179 otd.it is smaller then the lexus battery so you will not need the cover around the battery.
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Any chance to get a 20% discount on one of those batteries would help persuade me to get one as well. You must have caught them at a good time cause they normally are not on sell. You may want to rethink not putting the battery cover back on, it keeps the battery from getting wet.
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Diehard gold been good for bout 80 k/ 3 years.
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AC Delco Professional. 50 month free replacement warranty. It's the best replacement warranty in the industry. It's on the expensive side at around $109.
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Interstate. TOTL.
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i would really look into "super start AGM batteries" you can buy them at any Oreilly Auto Parts, might be a order only item but its the best. FULL JELL battery. thats what i would put in my car.
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The best battery, which will fit perfectly, is the Interstate MTP-24F. Used by StanVanDam and many other folks on the board. Cost in Brooklyn, NY was $121.99 plus tax of $11.89. FTW
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^^^
What he said. I got the same one.
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Mine just died and I went to Kirkland from Costco for $66.99 and 680 cca. Seems to start up fine and runs good. 3 year warranty.
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Honestly if your not running any aftermarket electrical items that pull more amperage from your system most any standard battery that fits will be fine. Otherwise I would look into a deep cycle battery with a lot of reserve capacity like an Odyssey/Hawker, Kinetic, Optima or XS Power.
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