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Old Sep 2, 2014 | 08:38 AM
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I know its been beat to death, but my battery finally crapped out the other night. I run a decent sound system and a front mount turbo (a lot of heat), so what is a good battery that I can get and also possibly move to the rear in the future?

I had a Duralast in it since 08 and it was good till about 2 years ago when it started having bad cells.

Like mentioned above I want to eventually move it to the rear.

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Red or yellow top?
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FWIW i went ahead and picked up a Red Top and used a $50 online coupon at Advance
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Red or yellow top?
How often do you drive it? I got a red top before realizing that my car sits in the garage for long periods of time. (I should have gone yellow - but so far, so good, on the red.)
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Yellow here. No problems, I play my stereo LOUD for long periods of time off the battery when working on it and never drained it yet.
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I drive it about 2-3 times a week. Its not a daily but i drive it on the weekend and to the store every now and then
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