replacement batteries

[THE CLEANER]

Hi all, I am about to replace my batteries, just looking for some input. What is the best out there. TIA

 

[jwgary]

Yellow top Optima's have worked very well for me. I even took one of them out for a while to run my old 91 gasser and the truck ran fine on just one.

 

[JohnE]

Anything but Exide

 

[Soot4Life]

Try the Optima gels. Traditional liquid filled batteries can "burp" acid under the hood and down the fenders ruining the paint. I know... ..... it happened to me. After the repaint, the Optima's went in and no more worries about paint damage.

 

[EMDDIESEL]

I heard Red optimas were better unless you frequently runt he battery down? Yes, no?

 

[wcjp]

EMDDIESEL,

I hadn't heard that running down the Yellow top was necessary. The Red top is a starting battery. The Yellow top is only required for power hungry items. A winch, offroad lights or high compression engine would qualify. I have a Yellow top in my Jeep. I've drained it to nothing at least 10 times with no bad effects. Standard leadacid would've died by now.