Red or yellow? Battery help,please

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  1. topolino

    topolino Member

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    Hey!!

    Please could you guys help me which battery put in my car?

    which battery is best, Optima red top or yellow top?

    have in the car .. 2 Electric fans, roll control,electric cutout,regular sound system,powerjection3,xenon lights,...is all I remember now

    thanks in advance :thumbs2::thumbs2:
     
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    Yellow Top's is bigger/stronger than Red Top's
     
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    Both will do the job but the yellow has more cold cranking amps and more expense:)
     
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  4. Dave B

    Dave B I like Mavericks!

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    I have 2 reds, and am more than happy. I don't really worry about cold cranking amps since I don't drive my Mav's in the winter. :)
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    red top...here...:thumbs2:
     
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    scooper77515 No current projects.

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    Red is fine. Good warranty too.
     
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    I use a Red Top. Best purchase I've made on my car to date.

    In fact, I just accidentally left the lights on for 2 hours thinking I would be in and out of my friends house a lot faster than I was. Car fired right up!
     
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    scooper77515 No current projects.

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    I let my red sit for a year, and then it died. I took it back to O'Reilly and they gave me a new one.

    Keep a trickle charger on it if you don't drive it often. You can't just recharge the Optimas like any other dead battery. The way they are made, they don't send a signal to the charger to recharge, without hooking up another non-optima battery in line with them and the charger. Confusing, yes, but Cliff's Notes version is keep a trickle charger on them if you aren't driving at least once a month.

    But if you drive it regularly, no problems at all!

    Good investment.
     
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    Thank you all! All comments were very useful! The only bad news is:
    here an Optima costs at least $ 500 :eek3:..
    the good news is that my maverick will have the better battery! he deserves!:thumbs2::thumbs2::thumbs2::thumbs2:

    :clap::clap: Thank you friends!:clap::clap:
     
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    BTW.. I love this forum!!!!:burnout:
     
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    In Brazil Mavericks is a "he"? :rolleyes:
     
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    yes..general cars are "he" and trucks like f250,silverado etc.."she"..:D:D:D big trucks like semi.."he"

    unless if the car has a "female" name..
     
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    Lol.. glad we cleared that up. :) I was begining to think I would not be seen in a "semi" :whew:
    :rofl2:
     
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    LOL...but think about it .. not bad to be seen on a girl ..:bouncy: if you know what I mean..

    (I hope my english is correct)
     
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    Optima is not a favorite of mine, they seem to fail, just in my and dad,s experiances:tiphat:
     
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