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IROC-stangs
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 Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:59 am Post subject: battery |
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| hi im needing a new battery and does anyone know if any come with a lifetime warrenty? i was going buy a cheap one from shucks or something but then by the time i start driving i would probaly need a replacment and was going throw in a higher quality one. but if there are any of the higher quality ones with lifetime warrenty that anyone knows about let me know. thanks. |
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aaron_sK
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:19 am Post subject: |
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AFAIK nobody lifetime warranties batteries anymore. To much chance of losing your ass.
I have run both the Exide Orbital and the Optima RedTop, I have abused them both horribly, and been very pleased by both.
The Red Top sat all winter in the Monterey, then had to crank way to much due to a bad pickup coil, but took it like a champ.
The Orbital sat on the shelf at Schmucks for like a year before I got it. I've run it completely out of charge, bump-started it, and kept rolling several times.
I have heard bad things about the new Optimas (made out of the country, quality control in the trash, ect.) but mine is an older one, so I couldn't say for sure. |
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IROC-stangs
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:23 am Post subject: |
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| aaron_sK wrote: | AFAIK nobody lifetime warranties batteries anymore. To much chance of losing your ass.
I have run both the Exide Orbital and the Optima RedTop, I have abused them both horribly, and been very pleased by both.
The Red Top sat all winter in the Monterey, then had to crank way to much due to a bad pickup coil, but took it like a champ.
The Orbital sat on the shelf at Schmucks for like a year before I got it. I've run it completely out of charge, bump-started it, and kept rolling several times.
I have heard bad things about the new Optimas (made out of the country, quality control in the trash, ect.) but mine is an older one, so I couldn't say for sure. |
ok that sucks i think i might just stick with geting a cheaper battery for now since it really isnt driven. |
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iansane
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:43 am Post subject: |
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Make sure to disconnect your battery if the car sits for awhile. Or invest in one of those battery tenders.
My schucks orbital battery finally took a dump after the bodyshop left my door ajar for two weeks when they had it. I picked up an optima to replace it. (I liked the red to match the car  ) and toasted it within a few weeks. Second one is going well I think.
I've got video of the optima steaming.  |
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aaron_sK
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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| IROC-stangs wrote: | | i think i might just stick with geting a cheaper battery for now since it really isnt driven. |
You're thinking about this backwards. You want a good battery in a car that sits, it will have a better chance of surviving.
That said, if you just want to get it running, go to your local yard and see if they have any remans. Or if you guys have Budget Battery stores down in Oregon, go there. |
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IROC-stangs
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 1:54 pm Post subject: |
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| aaron_sK wrote: | | IROC-stangs wrote: | | i think i might just stick with geting a cheaper battery for now since it really isnt driven. |
You're thinking about this backwards. You want a good battery in a car that sits, it will have a better chance of surviving.
That said, if you just want to get it running, go to your local yard and see if they have any remans. Or if you guys have Budget Battery stores down in Oregon, go there. |
ok i just need it to be able to start for now and dont have to keep charging it. thing is you have to be 18 to go to an u-pull it |
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Twilightoptics
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 2:58 pm Post subject: |
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Weird. Thought it was 16. Never noticed any signs. I know I was in them at 16!
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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Well now everyone knows who to look for when their car doesn't start the morning of the dyno lol
Been thru Interstates, napa, schucks, exide, and 2 optimas (first one would not hold a charge at all from brand new......
The interstate or the Red second red top seem to have been the best to batteries.
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IROC-stangs
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Twilightoptics wrote: | | Weird. Thought it was 16. Never noticed any signs. I know I was in them at 16! |
hell im not sure thats what a friend told me. do they require id? cuse im 6ft tall and 220lbs and most people think im about 17 (im 13) |
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IROC-stangs
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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| izcain wrote: | Well now everyone knows who to look for when their car doesn't start the morning of the dyno lol
Been thru Interstates, napa, schucks, exide, and 2 optimas (first one would not hold a charge at all from brand new......
The interstate or the Red second red top seem to have been the best to batteries. |
lol it sucks being 13 and cant drive anywhere when you know how. (long story) will the higher end batteries last longer then the cheaper stuff or about the same i just need something in here for now and replace when i start DD'in it. |
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aaron_sK
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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| IROC-stangs wrote: | | most people think im about 17 (im 13) |
Can you grow a beard? 
Seriously though, I have never been carded at any junkyard ever.
Hell, when I was a kid my Dad used to take me out to A1 in Parkland (doesn't exist anymore). I was maybe 12, 13. No one gave a cr*p. |
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IROC-stangs
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| Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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| aaron_sK wrote: | | IROC-stangs wrote: | | most people think im about 17 (im 13) |
Can you grow a beard?
Seriously though, I have never been carded at any junkyard ever.
Hell, when I was a kid my Dad used to take me out to A1 in Parkland (doesn't exist anymore). I was maybe 12, 13. No one gave a cr*p. |
haha nope luckily i somewhat got a mustach lol. hell i just got done talking to a lady about her 88 camaro and even after about a half our of talking to her and when i said i was 13 she said she though i was 16 or 17 |
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| Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:50 am Post subject: |
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I have had an Interstate battery in my car for the last 5 years and it has never given me any problems. Thats about 2 years longer than any battery i've ever had! Of course now that i've said this it will die next week
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| Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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| IROC-stangs wrote: | | Twilightoptics wrote: | | Weird. Thought it was 16. Never noticed any signs. I know I was in them at 16! |
hell im not sure thats what a friend told me. do they require id? cuse im 6ft tall and 220lbs and most people think im about 17 (im 13) |
Your friend is wrong. I've been going to LKQ since I was 16.
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