New Battery

[Tangoed Nova]

I need a new battery can anyone tell me what the best battery is that i can get as i have had so many

[Riggy]

tbh you shouldnt be able to tell the diff mate


unless you have a massive ice install then a yellow top would be best


why have you had so many ?

do they die on you - is your alternator charging properly

[Tangoed Nova]

tbh you shouldnt be able to tell the diff mate


unless you have a massive ice install then a yellow top would be best


why have you had so many ?

do they die on you - is your alternator charging properly

In the past yea

well i have fitted a new starter motor, a new alternator and a new battery today

but the new battery in the wrong one as the connections are the wrong way around

[Stuart]

just get one from halfords... OK they are twice as expensive as most plaecs but you can just keep taking it back and swapping it for 3 years if you keep the recipt.

[NOV4_SPORT]

coool i dindt know that, it would be like new for old nice.

[Stuart]

its only a mask for the problem though...

i had a 106 kill its battery twice in 3 months... turned out to be the alternator was fooked.

[m.d.]

ive never paid more than a tenner for any of my cars, jus go to a scrappy and get a second hand one, they will test it for you, then just take it home, leave it on charge over night, and whack it in the car,

i always get big diesel batts of im running any sort of install, and they will fit in a nova battery tray too

[Jack]

^ yup, both my novas ran of derv batteries from the scrapyard no problems :lol:

As said, check for the cause of the problem though, which is most likely the alternator being knackered

[scott.parker]

i always get big diesel batts of im running any sort of install, and they will fit in a nova battery tray too

I had to upgrade to a 2ltr astra D van batt on mine,as the old battery just died very quick affter a few months of tuning the xe over :roll:

Scott

[Mike]

Halfords batteries are a complete rip off! Me and my cousin had to buy a new battery for 318 BMW on boxing day, and they charged him ?60!

A phone call to BMW this morning and a genuine BM battery from them was only ?45 + vat!

Anyway, if you buy a new one, check what week it was charged. The halfords one's have a sticker on saying something like 'charged, week 41' or summit.

If its say today you buy, and its says charged week 10, it'll be an ancient battery from back in Feb/March time and prolly dead!