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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 10:32 PM
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Im not sure how mixing the starting battery and the deep cycle would work.
 
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 11:04 PM
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The red tops are worth it just to get rid of the damn battery corrosion problems.


There's a guy in local here in Phoenix, he sells reconditioned red tops for $100 straight. I just got mine and was all excited, then I took it out of the back of my Toyota and promptly dropped it from 5 feet in the air. I put a dent in my brand new red top...


Still works though.
 
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 11:12 PM
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I just had this conversation with a friend regarding the corrosion issue. The drivers side battery and cables are shot. So I think the red tops are sounding better and better.
 
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 11:13 PM
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Infidel on DTR claims that one of his red tops is MISSING part of the CASE and it still works great
 
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 11:16 PM
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If you want the biggest, baddest, kick *** batteries money can buy - check these out:

ODYSSEY Batteries

Could get a group 31 and forget about the second battery.
 
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 11:34 PM
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Correct! You can't go wrong with odyssey batts.
 
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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 12:31 AM
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I have had 3 red tops and 2 were great and one lasted 4 months. the bad one was in a stock wrangler put in a cheap wally world battery to see if jeep was problem and it's been 3 years with no battery issue.
 
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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 04:19 AM
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I got both yellow tops,and hav'nt had a problem.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2008 | 04:44 AM
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runem' wet dry cold hot and upside down optima batteries best you can buy!!!! dual red tops here never had prob out of optima
 
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Old Oct 22, 2008 | 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr. Evil
Yeah, no we dont have Autozone anywhere - but I would have been open to the discount.

I did buy the Red Tops but havent installed them yet. I have a custom setup and am needing to replace my terminals and some cable lugs so its not quite as simple as changing out the batteries..
FYI,Wal-Mart sells optima batteries.
 
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