recomended replacement battery please

[MRK25T]

My battery died today so I need a new one.

Any suggestions what I should get?

Mark

[akeenan]

i forget the brand i bought but i know its suited for a truck! def go for a sealed battery though

[HEL-RZA]

if you can find it get a POPE car battery. they are hand made and last forever. my dad put one in his sigma when he first bought it and it lasted longer than the car. now its in his commodore and its still going. i just recently put one in my R32 and had no problems.

just my 2c.

[MRK25T]

This morning I went and bought a large 11 plate battery to replace the tiny 9 plate one.

Took an hour to get it to fit because the connections where too large for the power cables connectors.

Starting the car has improved 100% and i'm very happy.

Mark

[JimX]

When I got my Skyline I went to put the big spare V8 Commodore battery I had leftover from my previous car but found that it wouldn't fit the factory mounting mechanism. Does anyone know if there's an easy way to get a bigger battery to fit? A different clamp seems to be the way to go, but I've got no idea where to get it from or what size I should use etc.

[MRK25T]

I needed to get a larger clamp for the battery I got this morning - the little one wouldnt span the width of the battery.

I might take a pic of the battery if my gf is at home so you can see what I put in.

Luckly I have a auto electrician friend who did it for me and he had a clamp was able to fit (with modifications).

It will be interesting when I install my amp after my uni exams, the power connecter thing was a very tight fit.

How does everyone check the water levels in their battery, it looks like the only way is to take the whole thing out?

Mark

[akeenan]

just make another clamp i used a piece of wood and i also had to sit the battery on an old bit of rubber instead of the tray that it used to sit in apart from than mine cranks over nicely!!!

[MRK25T]

Did the power cable grounded in the boot reach?

With mine the original battery had the cable very tight which wasn't good. It now has some play in it.

Mark

[akeenan]

it did but just