You can find good prices on yellow tops if you search around. I think I picked mine up off of ebay. Had one in the maxima. That bad boy was so nice I didn't even need a cap for my stereo. The red top is great for cranking and stereos as well. The yellow top just has a little more of the deep cycle factor to really handle the heavy use for extended periods of time.

 

What particular batteries are you guys referring to?

 

optima

 

got my nifty shifty boot

 

When are you gonna install that thing? I need to figure out how to pull this center console off so i can paint it lol i'll help you out

 

i can help you pull the center console off if you want! im off tonight and this weekend let me know.

 

Awesome, i'll get in touch with you

 

Pull!

Seriously, it's all about very carefully pulling

 

I just broke off a bolt that holds the heat shield on the passanger side to the (whatever it's connected to!)

I was going to just take the heat shield off after that but that top forward bolt is pretty impossible to get to without some serious takin apart stuff. So now I have a rattle in my engine bay until I get that situated. Maybe the broken off piece will vibrate it's way out of the mount.

 

Optima Battery quality isn't all that great, and if you're wanting a performance battery for audio demands I would go with something else.

http://www.shurikenonline.com/

http://www.kinetikaudio.com/2009/default.asp

 

Will were you running an independent battery with all of your audio?? I am needing one for purposes of Audio and all the lighting mods I have...

 

I wasn't using a second battery.

I would only recommend a second battery if you were running your stereo with the car off for extended amounts of time. Just adding a second battery to have is just another load on your electrical system. It will not improve the performance of your car while it's running. What you really need is just a higher output alternator, Chris.

 

alright cool. yes I already ordered the higher amp alternator..just waiting on it right now. 220amp

 

Beyond the stereo, what lighting is drawing more on your system? LEDs are less of a draw... confused

 

LED's maybe less of a draw but at the end of the day the amount of LED's I have installed on the car..........if I turn my volume up over 20 my headlight LED's Start pulsating....while driving....same goes for interior LED's when turned on....I know its my alternator because I ran the system at a constant VOLUME 30 at my buddies shop...we took there Battery charger while the car was running and cranked it up to 225 and sure enough the pulsing stopped....removed the battery and almost immediately he started pulsing...the car actually would idle alot better when the charger was connected which shows me maybe I need to add in my grounding kit back to the car after the wire tuck.

Each Headlight: 63-LED array along with Turn Signal 48- LED's.
Each Clearcorner: 27 White LEDs - 60 Amber LEDs for turn signal
Each License Plate housing: 96 combined total LEDs

Whatever the LED's now for the interior.......