New battery

[dldjros69]

Well the time has come. My oem battery is shiitting the bed. Its been 3.5 years/27,000 miles. So tomorrow ill be purchasing a new battery. Im either going to get the "red" top or the "yellow" top optima line. ($180 or $220)

Red or Yellow? and why?

Im leaning toward red

[nismogxs21]

damn ur battery died already???? honestly i dun kno s*** bout batteries tho... sorry i cant help

[dldjros69]

Not yet. Its still alive. Ill be shocked if it starts tomorrow on my way to advanced auto. These oem batteries r trash, others have failed sooner.

[bembol]

My OEM lasted longer than yours @ 80k/km but it FAILED my three times and the last few months it struggled starting.

I replaced it when it failed me back in November morning and it wasn't even that cold up here.

I went it Red Top because of the Cold Cranking Amps, makes sense since this was my problem with the OEM and I'm running stock Audio System.

[Viper5000]

stock audio system: red top
modified audio or s***-ton other elec.: yellow

[dldjros69]

Yup total stock audio. Cool ill save 40 bucks.

[srwong]

i got yellow top here. also have a system. =)

[thisisjun]

i heard red tops are better if you have a system and such. yellow tops are just better oem replacements.

[BzOaY]

my oem battery never crapped out but i just wanted a new battery and went with the red top and has yet to fail me, im running my 2 tens on it and the other morning it was like -10 degrees here and it started right up like it was 80 degrees out

[SHIFT_COUPE]

Your battery had a good run! The one on my 08' Coupe lasted about 13,000 miles.

[Jman0711]

Kirkland Signature Car battery!!! I don't have one but their super cheap, have a long warranty,and all the specs match the optimas some even better. Plus Johnson Controls is the company that makes all of these batteries. They make the Optima, Diehard, Autozone, Interstate, Prostart and a few others... If you have a costco card i would consider them. Their also a consumer report best buy!

[DJ_B_Easy]

i heard red tops are better if you have a system and such. yellow tops are just better oem replacements.

My audio shop also recommends red tops for system, yellow tops for stock audio. They told me this 1 week after I bought my yellow top when installing my wiring (of course). Either way Optima is a great line, my yellow still runs 14.4 volts on average (car running) even with the system cranked. I usually hit about 13.8V at start up.

[dldjros69]

I went into advanced told the guy i wanted a red top battery and he said they were out of the. He tried to sell me the yellow top and i said that was to expensive (40 bucks more). He said if i wanted the yellow top he would honor the cheaper price. Woot got a deal! Thanks for the info guys

[D-Roll]

I went into advanced told the guy i wanted a red top battery and he said they were out of the. He tried to sell me the yellow top and i said that was to expensive (40 bucks more). He said if i wanted the yellow top he would honor the cheaper price. Woot got a deal! Thanks for the info guys

Good deal! I just went with the Gold battery from Advance Auto Parts.

[johnnir3volution]

Sorry to go off topic but, has anyone experience the engine oil smelling like gas? Some people on nissanclub are saying it could be the case of a bad battery?

[downedzephyr]

Your battery had a good run! The one on my 08' Coupe lasted about 13,000 miles.

i'm still using my OEM battery and i'm just about to hit 14k miles

[DiamondWVU]

I got a new battery when I blew my transmission at around 55,000 miles/ 3 years. Wonder how much longer it would have lasted. Congratz on getting a good deal.

[thisisjun]

speaking of this topic.. my battery died today... fml.. haha bad luck or what.. my car is at 20k miles now

[ea_da_king]

My oem battery died at freaking 400 miles!!!!! They replaced it under warranty then it died again soon after!

[DJ_B_Easy]

Wow my OEM lasted 45K 3 years...

[nismogxs21]

wowwww so many ppl had battery problems??????

im still on the oem battery & i have roughly 34k on my car in almost 3 yrs

[A_Hole]

I would suggest Red Top. I had one in my old truck 5.9L v-8 with MSD ignition, I had 4 10's behind the seat, 4 6x9's, two 3", 2 amps, and a disc changer. The Red Top never once even struggled and I had it for about 2-3 years.

[mmkeller]

wowwww so many ppl had battery problems??????

im still on the oem battery & i have roughly 34k on my car in almost 3 yrs

consider yourself one of the lucky ones.