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Title: Batteries
Post by: bae146 on January 07, 2007, 07:29:46 PM: So where is the best place in town to pick up a good battery? I was at Wal Mart tonite and found an energized batt for 95.00 Six year warrenty 3 years free replacement 795 CCA. Or should I go with the Red Top optima for 200 bucks? I need to get one before thursday as we are supposed to plunge into the deep freeze and my employer is to cheep to supply plugin's,(among many other things) :roll:

Oh yah for a 95 yj with a winch!!!!
Title: Batteries
Post by: BlackYJ on January 07, 2007, 08:23:35 PM: I did not see the need for an Optima so I went to Crappy Tire and got one of their better Eliminator batteries with 875 CCA for like $100, but it was on sale. Anyways, the warrenty works out to about the same as a optima
Title: Batteries
Post by: cLAY on January 07, 2007, 08:26:54 PM: If you can swing it go with the Optima. If not see if you can the lip off of one edge of your battery tray, this will let you run a physically larger battery, I used one from a Ford pickup, Sears Diehard Gold 1000CCA. I've done this with both my XJ and ZJ.
Title: Batteries
Post by: dunl on January 07, 2007, 09:16:29 PM: Not too hard to mod the PCM out of the way to run a longer battery....

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Title: Batteries
Post by: Jasona666 on January 07, 2007, 10:35:55 PM: definatley say yes to the optima......just made my startin experience so nice...walmart has them the cheapest...and or Costco
Title: Batteries
Post by: Mudhawg on January 07, 2007, 10:53:56 PM: ill go straight to optima... 40 bucks cus the battery may have a slight dent or scratch in plastic... cant sell it so they mark as a BLEM... usually 40-50 bucks
Title: Batteries
Post by: Vinman on January 07, 2007, 11:34:01 PM: Quote from: "Mudhawg"
ill go straight to optima... 40 bucks cus the battery may have a slight dent or scratch in plastic... cant sell it so they mark as a BLEM... usually 40-50 bucks

Where are you finding BLEM Optima's for forty bucks?
Title: Batteries
Post by: shibby on January 08, 2007, 06:59:38 AM: Costco has some pretty decent batteries also, and usually around the $50-$60 range. I've used them in my last couple cars. The one I put in my sunfire 4 years ago (owned by my room mate now) is still runnnig strong.

Plus, they offer a pretty decent warrenty on them (3 year replacement if I can remember correctley)
Title: Batteries
Post by: BlackYJ on January 08, 2007, 07:21:11 AM: The optimas sold are Costco and Walmart are of a lower CCA rating than the more expensive one, something like 720 vs 800 CCAs.
Title: Batteries
Post by: shibby on January 08, 2007, 08:18:05 AM: Must depend on the battery then, cause the last 2 that I bought from there were 830 or 840 CCA.
Title: Batteries
Post by: Jasona666 on January 08, 2007, 12:09:09 PM: the one i bought from walmart was 1000 cold cranking amps with a 800cca ratting its the biggest red top from what i can find...
Title: Batteries
Post by: Mudhawg on January 08, 2007, 03:42:13 PM: Quote
Where are you finding BLEM Optima's for forty bucks?

my buddy went to Interstate Battery's on barlow... he told me he paid 40-50 bucks... i wanna pick up a red top for my zuk
Title: battery
Post by: bae146 on January 08, 2007, 08:16:48 PM: Well I bought the one from wallmart. 800 CCA's. Has an energiser bunny on it. :lol: For 95 bucks it will probably last the rest of the jeeps natural life. Thanks for the input everone. They did have lower cca versions with less warrenty for 69.00. I was going to go to costco but the membership is due so I would have had to pay and additional 50 bucks to renew........ So bring on the crappy cold weather and we will see what this battery can do.