Optima Battery question?
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riceandpho
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red top - starting battery
yellow - deep cycle
blue - deep cycle, marine with wing nuts to use on the terminal also,
blue and yellow is mostly the same thing.
stick with Odyssey Batteries
they are the main battery company, optima buys them and relable them with a 100+ dollar extra tag. plus the spiral cell on optima has less power then odyssey.
yellow - deep cycle
blue - deep cycle, marine with wing nuts to use on the terminal also,
blue and yellow is mostly the same thing.
stick with Odyssey Batteries
they are the main battery company, optima buys them and relable them with a 100+ dollar extra tag. plus the spiral cell on optima has less power then odyssey.
riceandpho
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ODYSSEY Batteries - Official Manufacturer's Site offical website. and u can buy these on summit, ebay, jegs i think, but i think i got it off summit pc1700mjt fits fine in 3rd gen and 4th gen.
camdz
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Everywhere Im looking shows the Odyssey being much more expensive. Are they any better? I can find Optimas locally and usually at a discount.
Wow.
You did at least get the color coding correct.
Odyssey and Optima are only the same in that they are "acid free" batteries. Odyssey appears to be owned by Exide currently. Optima is owned by Johnson Controls. Optima is their own manufacturer and was acquired at some point by JCI. I don't know if Odyssey was stand alone and acquired by Exide or if its simply a brand/division that Exide created for the AGM market.
The 3rd main US auto battery maker is East Penn. It's pretty much a given that any battery you buy in the US is made by one of these three OEMs and badged per a particular vendor's requirements.
Die Hard Platinums are/were rebadged Odysseys...reportedly sometimes available for less $$$ than the Odyssey equivalent. Lower level Die Hards could be JCI, Exide, or East Penn depending on who won the last contract bid.
-Brent
riceandpho
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since when did exide makes odyssey? odyssey is still under enersys, i think exide buys from them and put there lable on too. i knoe for sure stinger, kenitik, xs power, all those car audio battery are all rebage odyssey with a heavy price tag. just shop around and u might be able to find something simular. i knoe i bought a kenitk from audio savings and it was the cheapest price i can find. got a hc800 in the trunk, close to a honda size battery, but if only i can buy another pc1700mjt ill throw it in the trunk for good.
Pharaoh9969
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Still hav my original OEM battery. (Panasonic)???
Have over 139,000 miles on my 2004 4 Runner and the battery is still kickin. I know I need to replace soon. Bought in Dec of 2003 and still workin. Can you believe it??? Oh and by the way I live in hot Tampa, Florida.
Have over 139,000 miles on my 2004 4 Runner and the battery is still kickin. I know I need to replace soon. Bought in Dec of 2003 and still workin. Can you believe it??? Oh and by the way I live in hot Tampa, Florida.
MikesToy
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Yeah, i believe it. Bought mine in May '03 and it's still working. BTW, i live in cold Colorado where we get from 30 to negative 15 degrees.
BigTires74
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Any chance that they sell motorcycle batteries as well?
I just recently replaced mine. I had 120k on my 03. After doing some research on the batteries listed above, I bought a platinum Die Hard unit at Sears since it rated the best. Dummy me. I could have simply filled up the battery with some distilled water to bring it back to life. I didn't realize that it was simply low on fluid until the mechanic removed it.