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Old Jul 15, 2006 | 03:48 AM
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Default Got Me An OPTIMA BLACKTOP!!!!

Not Really...

Just slightly modified a Yellowtop to blend in a bit better... ( I hate Yellow )

Just a good bored to the death mod...


Old Jul 15, 2006 | 04:02 AM
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I'm gonna be an idiot and ask what the lil pinkish purple ZEX box is. BTW, very nice, flows with the engine better. Do those batteries really perform better?
Old Jul 15, 2006 | 04:32 AM
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Old Jul 15, 2006 | 04:49 AM
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yeah... any difference from the battery... does it weight alot less? anything?
Old Jul 15, 2006 | 04:52 AM
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Your lack of taste for yellow is disturbing.............
Old Jul 15, 2006 | 05:27 AM
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That "blacktop" looks clean. I like it. I"m guessing that is paint right?
Old Jul 15, 2006 | 05:29 AM
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ok? so he's a black man.
Old Jul 15, 2006 | 05:52 AM
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I'm as white suburban as they come... LoL... Just a BSP fan and try to keep everything as clean as possible... The Battery actually weight much more.. which sucks, but I'm planning on adding 1200 watts to the back, so I need something a little more rugged than my stock... my strobes also drain the heck out of my stock battery at shows as well, so I was hoping for a little more life out of this one...

Above is right... The purple box is the ZEX industries Nitrous Control Setup...
Old Jul 15, 2006 | 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by OldYeller
Your lack of taste for yellow is disturbing.............
Old Jul 15, 2006 | 07:04 PM
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i need one of these and glad you painted it, thats what i plan on doing too! I didnt want it to stand out!
Old Jul 18, 2006 | 05:07 AM
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Originally Posted by OldYeller
Your lack of taste for yellow is disturbing.............
i fully agree 100% with you brotha....but never-the-less...it woulda looked goofy in his bay...
Old Jul 23, 2006 | 07:38 PM
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What model number does our car take from optima. I tried running a search on their website and they don't recommend anything for the tC. Also wear did you buy yours- online, parts store?
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 12:00 AM
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Yeah I've heard about these Optima batteries but how much more better than it is compared with the stock one?
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 04:09 AM
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same here, I've heard that the Yellow's are only good for shows where you need to keep audio on with car off. I need some sort of upgarde though because my stock battery is dying on me already and Im going to be adding tv's soon... any take on the Yellow's?
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 04:15 AM
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Still Died.... but lasted 8 hours with everything going at 106 degrees... so... better than stock I'd guess... had to get jumped and idled for about 30 and was good to go for the other 3-4...

They liked it at the show...well, as part of the whole... came away with 4 trophies.
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 04:35 AM
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I have bought red tops b 4 just cause I want no yellow. Yellow works for some but not me.
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 04:38 AM
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Whats the difference b/t the yellow and red? And what is the model # for the battery.
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 04:43 AM
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I searched for it here somewhere.... try the words optima size tc in the search forum... the yellow top is more audio focused, the red top is more starting in all temps/conditions focused.
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 04:51 AM
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Alright. Thanks.
Old Jul 24, 2006 | 05:46 AM
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Paint the red positive terminal cover black too



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