What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

NO. Optima's reliability has been compromised. There is a ton of reviews on these batteries. Do a bit of research and it'l save you a lot of $.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/256964-optima-battery-took-crap.html

 

What are AGM batteries?

 

Thanx for the info.

 

Absorbed glass mat
AGM batteries differ from flooded lead acid batteries in that the electrolyte is held in the glass mats, as opposed to freely flooding the plates. Very thin glass fibers are woven into a mat to increase surface area enough to hold sufficient electrolyte on the cells for their lifetime. The fibers that compose the fine glass mat do not absorb nor are affected by the acidic electrolyte. These mats are wrung out 2–5% after being soaked in acids, prior to manufacture completion and sealing.
The plates in an AGM battery may be any shape. Some are flat, others are bent or rolled. AGM batteries, both deep cycle and starting, are built in a rectangular case to BCI battery code specifications.

 

Learn something new every day. Damn you!

 

The platinum batteries from sears are basically a rebranded Odessey 1400 and. Good choice.

 

Die Hard batteries are a product of Johnson Controls....more specifically "Globe-Union". Johnson Controls is the parent company. Johnson Controls also produces Maxx Start, Champion, Duralast, OPTIMA and about 15 other common brands.

 

I never said they weren't, and admitedly was unaware of this fact. Thanks for the info. Great catch on the "platinum" line.

 

How long have you had the Optima? Red top, Yellow top?
At almost $200 for the Platinum or an Optima I've learned my lesson the hard way and think that they may not be all that. Maybe in the more extreme climates of the upper N.E., or Canada and AK they are worth it.

 

Yeah ive heard bad things from Optima lately. And to top it off, the neg terminal comes out of my yellow top

 

just picked up a set of tinted tail lights. LED for only 150 shipped. Also got led license plate bulbs along with the third brake light

 

Im impressed with my red top..while wiring my lights i was constantly testing them out. To those of you unaware of my lighting thats up to 53 amps constant draw..

the red top was at 10v on my volt gauge on the stereo capacitor. Still cranked the motor right over.

However it did indeed die and needed jumped when i parked it out side.


i just bought a yellow top too almost bout the platinum..but just wasn't sure i could make it fit for my second battery..

 

I've had no issues with my yellow top thus far. Hope it holds out

 

Yea i wish i had gotten two yellows now knowing what i know about batteries. Due to them being deep cycle they will preform great in the cold and for high intense situations and can always recover well. Red tops don't recover that great from a deep draining.

of course hopefully the new alternator will help too.

 

That's what I just bought recently.

Great battery with the best warranty.

 

Looks good! First 99 ive ever seen with the newer bumper

 

Cleaned her, put stock grill back on untill i can buy a new one to put my grillcraft insert back in, Got new bumper fillers put in since i was missing one..