looking for a ne battery had the optima yellow top but I understand that are now made in Mexico and quality is down, Sear near me doesn't carry the diehard platinum only the gold. odes seem like the way to go but getting $$$$. By the way I look dup exile PL pure lead battery with 1000 cca and it was $432. so any idea what other might be a good choice?

 

I do believe you can get it cheaper at Amazon. Unless there is some reason you need all these CCA, a Optima red top would do just fine. I use the Die Hard Platinum myself.
I can't attest to the quality of the Optima, but they were on par with the Die Hard years ago. I did hear that the quality of the Optima has improved in the last year or two.

 

Interstate AGM is good-to-go, highly recommend

 

I was in your situation last week. My OEM battery died at work. I went with Odyssey Extreme 34r PC1500. Paid $230 at 4WParts. I probably could have found cheaper on Amazon but the jeep is my daily driver and couldn't wait.



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My $120 Walmart battery is doing just fine. What is the benefit of spending double the price?

 

I had bad luck with a red top optima a couple of years ago. Mine is not really a daily driver and that seemed to be an issue for the red. I was listening to the stereo one day while working in the garage, it was playing for about four hours and sucked the battery way down causing it to shut down, although it did start. The battery never seem to recover after that, I even bought a CTEK charger. After that incident if the jeep sat for a few days it would have a scary very weak sounding start. With a few times needing a jump, I traded it in, under warranty for a yellow top. The yellow has done fine and hopefully it will last, probably won't go this route again.