GearHd6

Interstate Megatron, just installed em, love em. $80 a piece you can't go wrong.

01RamCTD

About a year ago I thought there was something seriously wrong with my truck.
I'd already went through the lift pump/iP deal, and it wasn't a good feeling.
Thank God it was only the batteries!
I replaced them with Staabs a little bigger than stock.
I USED to be a big Optima fan, but no more.
I have 2 vehicles that sit around all winter, the Optimas were great for them.
I don't know what happened, but in the last 3 years I've had to charge the Optimas just like a normal (cheaper) battery. They don't seem to hold their charge as long as they did when they first came out.
The main reason I still have one in my Charger is that the batt is in the trunk & the Optimas don't gas hydrogen like a wet cell.

barngal6

[QUOTE=PaulDaisy;1871095]I personally installed the 65 size batteries at a Walmart Supercenter. . At that point they brought out two 65s, put them on the tester. One was not fully charged, so they took out the third one and tested it too. ]

Well, in the interest of time and convenience, I went to WalMart and bought my batteries

I know they are a good value, I just hope they run strong ....
I just don't want to be stranded with an 8 ton load or with horses.

So I put in 65's..BUT the Wal Marts in my area (Sacramento, CA)
said they would only waranty the Nxxx smaller battery listed in their
book for my 98.[/B]

Sooo I bought the 65s and took them home to install, now she fires right up, but if they fail I'll need to take themin and say they were on my 2002 Dodge, since that year calls for the 65s..bummer, but I wanted the extra cca

They were a little tight for my battery box, but i managed to squeeze them in and they are tight.

The batteries I was replacing were Optimas, they got 5 years of life...
I've never had great results with Optimas, I won't fork out the money for them again.

Wouldnt mind trying Odessys, but not for the money, unless my WalMarts turn out to be junk.

Don Baggett

I have bought a number of batteries from Walmart, that I just picked up off the shelf and paid for, then took it home. They never asked me what I was going to put it in, and on the occasions that I've had one go bad, they've never asked me what it was in. It may be different in different areas.

MikeBC

I just last week put in 2 seconds from a local discount battery store, $30 each and they are great. These things have no name or sticker on them, but who cares, they start the truck right up!

barngal6

Don,
That's what i ended up doing--just picked them up off the shelf and put 'em in.
And when I take them back if they need to get checked, I know i'll have no problems with the warranty, etc.

But I just can't drive my truck back in and have them checked--in my area, they will tell me that they couldn't warranty those batteries in my truck.
So I just need to remember not to drive them in, but to take them in...
and if they ever ask what i was driving, it was 2002 ...

Dr. Evil

Not an 02...the 02 still takes a Group 27. 03 and up take the Group 65's.

PaulDaisy

Looks like it all depends on the people working at the automotive department. Like I said, in Walmart I went to they were only happy to help me set up larger batteries, said, of course bigger'd be better. Never questioned the warranty.
-P