Which Battery?

[Scouse Lee]

Hi guys, well I'm slowly getting there with the SJ and I do mean slowly haha, seems every time I fix one thing another goes pop, batteries knackered now so I need to get a new one but heavy duty this time as I've got a few new spots on and will have the winch on soon........any recommendations? the engine is a Vitara 1.6 so obviously needs to be for that rather than an SJ 1.3, I looked at a Lucas 68AH one today but it's much bigger than the battery tray so would mean a bit of altering inside the engine bay or there's this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281095169079? ... 1423.l2649

need to sort it asap

cheers
Lee

[Edweird]

The engine makes little difference on which battery you get. On your old one it should have a number on it which refers to the dimensions of the battery and the size of the terminals. Mine is an 075.

[donkeychomp]

Take the old one to a motor factors and ask for the same size but beefier.

[Anton]

I *think* mine is a type 075 too, I got a 45ah version, instead of the 35ah one that was in there before.

If I ever get around to fitting my winch, I'll probably replace it with a 200ah lorry battery (I keep my battery in the back) but for now, the battery I have seems fine. There's very little point in going overboard with the battery, you're only going to have to replace it in a few years anyway.

[twiss]

its sometimes a gamble but if you can find an optima battery for cheap they are seemingly quite good!

i had a couple of £65 odd quid halfords batteries die, managed to get one of these for free and never put a foot wrong! if i had to buy another battery i'd be happy to pay £100 for one!

just only get ones that say mfd by optima



and not dist by optima like this
(mexican crap!)

[Edweird]

Don't get your batteries from Halfords. The 5 year warranty ones are the only good ones and they cost a fucking fortune. I got a battery for my SJ for less than £48 (when I returned my buggered calipers the refunded surcharge more than paid for the battery)

[mike harris]

Use banner unibulls. Very good battery

[turbo-tom]

Id use numax and probably nothing else.

[Scouse Lee]

Cheers guys, plenty for me to think about there.......the battery I've got on is a Drive Tec Heavy Duty Part Number 085, 330 cold cranking & 40 Ah, (not that it means anything to me ). I've just put it back on and started the old girl, took a bit but got there in the end so I'm not sure if this batteries ok or not really I'll just have to keep my eye on it, would still like a new one though.

[Edweird]

Well any 085 battery should at least fit.