My xb has 37k miles and my battery died.

Does anyone know if a yellow top will fit in there?

If not, any suggestions on a similar performing battery to the optima? Planning another system and want to take some preventative measures

Thanks!

 

yep i have one in mine got audio or video stuff?

 

Sweet!

Does it fit without a problem? Like drop in and go? I have a feeling I'm going to go to pepboys or other similar auto parts store and have to install it there. My car will need a jump in the morning to get it started.

Amazon said it wouldn't fit.

I will be doing audio stuff

 

Fits fine, a must have for audio equipment. Have mine for over a year and running lots of stuff off it.

 

the battery will fit, just find the correct orientation of terminals

 

sounds good. Thanks guys

Is it normal for my battery do die so soon?

 

Do you listen to your music with the engine off or leave your lights on a lot? If so then yes. If not, you may want to check for parasitic draw. Also, I would try a DieHard Platinum from Sears. Its an Odyssey battery in a different case, and Odysseys are reported to do very well.

 

I have no idea what parasitic draw is.

 

yellow top d35 i assume? great battery!

 

Parasitic draw = current draw from something when the engine is off. Can be caused by something grounding out somewhere. Results in dead batteries.

 

Go yellow top you can run them things under the water. Nuff said for me to want to get that battery lol

 

It varies depending on several factors. The #1 reason is heat.

 

So I went ahead with the yellow top optima. The only issue with the installation is the fact that the optima is shorter than my stock battery. Meaning that the clamp wont secure the new one in place. I think I may just place a block of wood in there to make up the difference in size.

Any other suggestions?

 

Some of em have a spacer that snaps onto the bottom. Should've come with the battery.

 

Yeah that's a good point. Looking at it now, the plastic piece that was covering the terminals would probably fit on the bottom nicely.

anyways, here's what it looks like so far:
(the guy at autozone put it in for me because my car wouldn't start without a jump and they wanted the core)

 

Just to clarify, parasitic current draw is both normal and necessary, it's just a question of how much.

 

Fixed

 

Nice!

 

@buickid
I saw that you're a Fi guy... I'm planning a semi-stealthish build (mostly to save space for hauling ____) Do you have any experience with the Fi q12? I'm thinking of running one of those in a fiberglass enclosure similar to that JL situation. Probably going to power it with a AQ1200d and an HC800 in the back. If you don't, that's totally cool too. I just like talking audio!

jl box
http://mobile.jlaudio.com/products_s...hp?fit_id=1611

 

looks clean! if i may ask what was the cost?