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simple question guys, i just want some advice on a great battery for my 97sc300, i have HID's front and fog. i just want something powerful and reliable,
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Go to auto zone and get the battery that is rated the highest.
Personal experience with the optima battery is that they are over priced and suck.
Also I dont think HID in the low beam and fog lights will take up to much from your battery now.
Personal experience with the optima battery is that they are over priced and suck.
Also I dont think HID in the low beam and fog lights will take up to much from your battery now.
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I wouldn't worry about the condition of your battery to operate the HID's, I'd be more concerned with a larger alternator. But if you have an old battery and would like to replace it before winter time, by all means just get anything that is OEM spec or better. Just a quote note, Driftmotion has an awesome 200amp alternator.
http://store.driftmotion.com/static/...orovalplug.php
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Personal experience with the optima battery is that they are over priced and suck.
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Relatively HID's have much lower wattage and amp draw. Regular halogen bulbs have 55watts, so unless you got the 55watt ballast, it still wouldn't matter since it's the same as stock. People always say, if you're not gonna do anything out of the ordinary with your car like sound system that can demolish houses all you need is a regular battery you can buy from any auto store. Besides, there have been alot of negative reviews about the Optima's, I myself wouldn't want to be a person to write about it since they're pretty expensive. Get Duralast, they're DURAble and LASTs up to 5 years. LOL
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^^^^ it really depends where u live too though. optima are really good in the desert like az because its jelly not water. the water charged batteries only last a yr here in az because the water drys up by the heat. my battery only lasts a yr.
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dont go with a duralast battery from autozone. they crap out quick (at least in my experiences).. ive bought two of them for two different cars and niether one lasted over 8 months.. only positive i can say about it, is the warrenty.. they dont have a problem giving you a "new" one but its not worth being stranded and needing a jump..
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dont go with a duralast battery from autozone. they crap out quick (at least in my experiences).. ive bought two of them for two different cars and niether one lasted over 8 months.. only positive i can say about it, is the warrenty.. they dont have a problem giving you a "new" one but its not worth being stranded and needing a jump..
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I've had an AutoZone (Duralast Gold) battery in my truck for almost 2 years and it's been fine. My SC has a WalMart battery but only because I trailered the car into town after midnight and needed a battery to drive it off the trailer. The seller loaned me a battery only long enough to get it loaded ![Big Grin](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
On the plus side, at least WM does stock one with the terminals in the proper orientation. That can make it a huge pain to put an Optima in a Toyota product. I used Optima years ago but ditched them when their longevity went to hell. The only advantage to me is that a sealed battery will never have corrosion so the terminals & wires will last forever.
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On the plus side, at least WM does stock one with the terminals in the proper orientation. That can make it a huge pain to put an Optima in a Toyota product. I used Optima years ago but ditched them when their longevity went to hell. The only advantage to me is that a sealed battery will never have corrosion so the terminals & wires will last forever.
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After personal experience I found that HID's really messed with my power. I would turn them on and my RPM's would jump up 500+. I put my regular halogen bulbs back in and haven't had any issues. Obviously they suck for output but my car is running much better without them.