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dan89XJ
September 25th, 2009, 14:21
Anyone know of a good place to buy an exide orbital battery for a good price ?
Rod Knee
September 25th, 2009, 14:37
I got a blue top blemished for about 80 bux on ebay. Used only for quality control testing at the factory. works great.
dan89XJ
September 25th, 2009, 19:29
I checked out ebay.. they got a few BIN's with $35-55 for shipping.
dan89XJ
September 26th, 2009, 14:51
TTT

Napa sell them for a decent price ?
noutlawjeeper
September 27th, 2009, 19:14
Auburn Car Repair sells exide. 939-5019
ECKSJAY
September 27th, 2009, 19:25
Auburn Car Repair sells exide. 939-5019

You know he's in Oregon, right?
dan89XJ
September 27th, 2009, 20:53
Yep, I'm in the Salem, Oregon area..
hards91xj
September 27th, 2009, 20:55
You know he's in Oregon, right?
What`s wrong with driving 300 miles round trip to get a deal on a battery ? Oh and paying 10% sales tax..wouldn`t you ?
noutlawjeeper
September 27th, 2009, 21:11
You know he's in Oregon, right?
:yap: I thought it was a different guy. Should've read more first.
ECKSJAY
September 27th, 2009, 21:18
:D:D
Love2Ride450
September 29th, 2009, 11:38
In my experience, the Exide Orbital is a POS! I have seen more defective than good. I work at a NAPA, and we sold (past tense) those to a few now unhappy people. Just my opinion. We have some really good deals on the Optima's right now though. Napa just started buying them direct a month or so ago, and now we sell them very competitively. Red top P/N is "N993478RED" and we are selling them for $159 exchange. I can't say whether your local NAPA will have them at that price or not, but if they use NAPA's "West Coast Pricing" they will!
Vince
September 29th, 2009, 12:32
I bought two Exide Orbitals, one for me, the other for my wife. Hers died at 12 months, mine at 14 months. I still have them in the garage for testing light bulbs and using as weights. They seem to charge OK and deliver 12 volts but they just won't crank.

I now use Odyssey PC1200MJLT batteries and they have stood idle for six months over a Utah winter and started our Jeeps first time in the spring. I bought my last one from NAXJA SoCal member Grant Curtis (GCurtis).
dan89XJ
September 29th, 2009, 18:13
Guess I read good reviews only. I've heard bad things about optimas.. that quality has gone downhill since they are now made in mexico. I may spring big bucks for a re badged odyssey at sears.. 200 bucks for a big one and 4 year free replacement.