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go to a stereo place and ask them what is a good battery to get. You will be suprised that it is not always Odessey or Optima,

a few place i spoke to said get one that can charge a certain amount or allow so many discharges without dying and produces a certain ampage or something. Sorry I am not full bottle but apparently it can be a normal lead acid battery so you dont need to fork more than $100 for a mad replacement. I had an odessey and it went flat and then it didnt charge and was hopeless after that so yeah. but seriously the best advice i got believe it or not was audiocom fremantle the guy explained why the normal battery was good

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Originally posted by Nizmo

just changed mine :D

Haha dont go to marlows they dont know shit about skyline batteries.

i thought a bettery was a battery was a battery? whats the difference with skyline ones? do they come with rice or something? :D

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I went to Marlows, took my old battery to them and they said:

"That's not a car battery, that came out of a lawnmower"

I said:" I just took it out of my car"

They said: "Are you sure?"

Useless bastards, but I did end up getting a battery.

See'ya:burnout:

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My car hasnt moved in 5 days....thus, i havent driven it in that long.... coz my battery is upf*cked.... stoopid small jap batteries...

What did everyone else buy and where from ?

Do you need to change the battery terminals, as I noticed they are smaller on the jap batter compared to another battery i have lying around ?

Help!

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when i went in there saturday worksauto bentley seemed to have a stand full of them - if only i knew that before i visited marlows three friggin times in the one day!

Yes the skyline batteries are really tiny because they have to fit where they do :) So yeah the guys at marlow couldnt believe u can run a turbo car off that. Best idea is to take battery out and in with u - I tried to advoid doing that but yeah eventually took it in leaked all over the backseat of mums clubby oops.

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Originally posted by Nizmo

....Best idea is to take battery out and in with u - I tried to advoid doing that but yeah eventually took it in leaked all over the backseat of mums clubby oops.

if you didn't drive there sideways it probably wouldn't have leaked.. :)

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yeah true gotta stop the sideways thing but its the only time that car sees the top end is when i drive it - cant be responsible for cobwebs in engine etc now.

She hasnt noticed yet - luckily it was mostly dirty water. theres that much crap on the backseat i think im safe for a little while - and by then she'll forgot i even had it :)

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I got a Optima Deep Cycle Marine battery... Fully sealed any everything... puts out like 750cc @ 65 or 70 amp hours... Coz the battery is so big i had to do some cutting to the battery shelf and put the battery on its side and put bigger terminals on... The battery cost me $300 from Battery World from memory... Its damn good too, just as a test, while washing my car had my stereo cranked for 2 hours (very decent stereo system) and the car started beautifully afterwards....

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