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Old 12-24-2005, 04:09 PM
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Question Well time for New batt and Cables....

My battery is old, and messed up, my cables are super corroded...

I think im gonna get an Optima (what color top? Id like yellow cus it matches could I go with that? ) also where would be a good place to order it?

also where can i get quality battery cables with out spending a fortune?


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Old 12-24-2005, 04:14 PM
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www.50resto.com for cables
www.ebay.com for yellow top

look on optimas website for the size you need. you could use yellow but i recommend red. yellow is for a continuous current draw, not a hard quick current draw like starting your vehicle. red is for the hard quick starts.
 
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Old 12-24-2005, 04:24 PM
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would anything be in danger if i used the yellow top
 
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Old 12-24-2005, 04:28 PM
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other than shorten the life of the battery... no. you may have trouble starting it in the cold weather because thats not what its designed for.
 
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Old 12-24-2005, 04:30 PM
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dammit and i live in CO...screw it ill just get red


and on 5.0 resto, the cables are 155 bucks and theyre just OE, is there better than OE cables?
 
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Old 12-24-2005, 04:40 PM
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well, i went to the optima website, and i cant figure out which batetr will fit my car...??? :surrender
 
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Old 12-24-2005, 05:00 PM
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Paint it yellow or get a yellow battery box to hold it.
 
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Old 12-24-2005, 06:29 PM
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LOL if you go red, you can be ronald mcdonald...
 
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Old 12-24-2005, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by madmatt
LOL if you go red, you can be ronald mcdonald...

LOL thats great.....pop the hood and go where the hells my Happy Meal.
 
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Old 12-25-2005, 08:18 AM
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That would look sweet.
 
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Old 12-25-2005, 11:42 AM
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I ran a yellow top on my S10 and never had a problem.

Yellows are good if you have big stereo systems.
 
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