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RFF 10-15-2005 02:31 PM

Looking for a yellow top.
 
OK so the battery that came with my car (which has served me well) I think is started to go out. I left my car sitting up for 2 weeks during the hurricane now I'm having hard time keeping the battery at a full charge. With the winter months approaching I doubt my battery will make it. I can get one from work for cheap but I feel like going the yellowtop route. Problem is I'm having a hard time finding one that can fit in the tray and the ones that can fit are top post only (I want to keep my side post). So far I have found this to be the closest battery I can fit in the tray. Anyone happen to know the biggest battery you can fit in an LT1 tray? Yellow Top

archemedes 10-15-2005 05:19 PM

that's the one I have in the bravada, they call for the same battery.Our local oreilleys had them, but advance was cheaper (and in stock when I got there, oreilley wanted me to go to teh warehouse)

Bernotas05 10-15-2005 07:11 PM

They are great battery's i have one in my bronco and the deep cycle works great i drain it the the ground at partys listening to music then it allways still fires right back up. We sell them at advance auto way cheaper though.

RFF 10-15-2005 10:59 PM


Originally Posted by Bernotas05
They are great battery's i have one in my bronco and the deep cycle works great i drain it the the ground at partys listening to music then it allways still fires right back up. We sell them at advance auto way cheaper though.

Hmm how much does that yellow top model go for at Advance? If it is worth it I will buy it at advance.

RFF 10-15-2005 11:14 PM


Originally Posted by archemedes
that's the one I have in the bravada, they call for the same battery.Our local oreilleys had them, but advance was cheaper (and in stock when I got there, oreilley wanted me to go to teh warehouse)

Sweet I was just curious if that battery would fit. The Super Start batteries they are for my car at work are way smaller and do not have near the CCA.

Bernotas05 10-16-2005 12:50 AM


Originally Posted by Rockford Fosgate Fan
Hmm how much does that yellow top model go for at Advance? If it is worth it I will buy it at advance.

If i remember corectly i paid 100-120 for it with my 20% discount. I will check tomarrow morning at work to make sure.

archemedes 10-16-2005 01:12 AM

seems like it was around $150 or so ( it was in spring)

DC755 10-18-2005 11:55 AM

You might want to check the yellow pages for a battery supply house. I have one in my town they are a sort of WD for batteries. I bought a red top optima that had both side and top post's for around $60 bucks. I just asked the warehouseman if they had any "blems" he hooked me up. The battery had some scratches in the top and side. But performes perfect.

RFF 10-22-2005 02:43 PM

O'reilly sucks plain and simple, my job cannot get a yellow top in to save it's life. The only way we can get one one is to do a special order and then it is like $5 cheaper then going to advance (I do not get to use my discount). Oddly enough their is a red top battery in the back that we keep in stock.:confused: The red top has more then 200 cold cranking amps extra when compared to the yellow top and has a higher reserve. It seems that the red top is actually a much stronger battery ($20+ cheaper too) it just doesn't work as a deep cycle. If I have no choice I will just get the red top, college is about to start back up and I don't feel like being stuck in the parking lot with a dead battery.

BTW I checked for a WD all around, no such luck in my area.

archemedes 10-22-2005 07:55 PM

the red top if discharged completely will not fully recharge usually, it doesn't have much more capacity from my experience


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