New Battery suggestions?
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Topic: New Battery suggestions?
Posted By: 1UZFE
Subject: New Battery suggestions?
Date Posted: October 29, 2003 at 12:14 PM
hey everyone,
i'm in the market for a new battery for my 1993 LS400. i'll have a small system in the trunk and i'm gonna ask people at the "clublexus" forum which they recommend and hopefully one will cross-reference.
so that's it really. which battery do you recommend?
thanks,
d
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Posted By: fuseblower
Date Posted: October 29, 2003 at 12:35 PM
What kind of system do you have. You might be able to use a regular battery. AMP, RADIO, SUB etc...
Posted By: 1UZFE
Date Posted: October 29, 2003 at 12:55 PM
just a simple 12"JLw4 with a 150W lightning Audio amp.
Posted By: Ketel22
Date Posted: October 29, 2003 at 6:45 PM
kinda under powering it arent ya? i think you should have no problem just using a standard battery
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Posted By: Ishinc
Date Posted: October 29, 2003 at 7:59 PM
hey, i'm a member of clublexus too! what a small world. my battery just died and i changed it to a red top optima. a oem lexus battery is about 80 dollars so i just spent alittle more for a better battery. i hear nothing bad about these batteries and it's supposed to last longer. you might be able to get a good price at costco.
Posted By: wvsquirrel
Date Posted: October 30, 2003 at 3:41 AM
An Optima Red top is a good battery to go with. ------------- Squirrel
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Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: October 30, 2003 at 8:25 AM
I would suggest a Hawker Odyssey battery https://www.odysseyfactory.com/ody_why.htm they manufacture all the batteries for Stinger https://www.sounddomain.com/shoplist~b~Stinger~t~Batteries as well as the military. Since Optima was bought out by Interstate a few years back I think their quality has gone down hill. If you put the 2 manufactures side by side and compare specs on the batteries the Hawker comes out on top.
Posted By: premieravp
Date Posted: November 03, 2003 at 1:31 PM
bberman1 wrote:
I would suggest a Hawker Odyssey battery https://www.odysseyfactory.com/ody_why.htm they manufacture all the batteries for Stinger
https://www.sounddomain.com/shoplist~b~Stinger~t~Batteries as well as the military. Since Optima was bought out by Interstate a few years back I think their quality has gone down hill. If you put the 2 manufactures side by side and compare specs on the batteries the Hawker comes out on top.
It's funny, but SOund domains own rating system has the Optima rated higher than the Stinger. You can beat Optima dollar for dollar. If you are going to listen to your system a lot with the engine OFF, go for the yellow top, otherwise get the red top. OE Toyota batteries are small and made strong enough for ONLY OEM 100% factory cars.
Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: November 03, 2003 at 2:14 PM
Premieravp is correct, follow his advise on which battery to choose.
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Posted By: bberman1
Date Posted: November 03, 2003 at 2:57 PM
Premieravp you might want to read car sounds review of the two batteries (Stinger) https://www.carsound.com/reviews/power/Power2dB.html (Optima) https://www.carsound.com/reviews/power/yelltp.html But disregards to what the reviews above say, if you compare specs between the two battery the Stinger/Hawker will give you the most power.
Posted By: superstreet786
Date Posted: November 03, 2003 at 6:19 PM
You can probably use a regular stock battery for that
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