Battery Recommendation for Stock Daily Driver
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From: Ronceverte WV
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6
I've got a 65 series interstate in my XJ and I've had it for about a year in there. It was in my 93 5.0 V8 Cougar for around another year and I've ran in dead on more than one occasion in my cat.....good batteries IMHO. It costs $125 and the 34 series interstate I also have is 3 years old but its sitting on a battery maintainer ATM and Its ready to go when I need it. It was only $100.
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From: Sucka Free East Bay Cali
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
[QU I bought one 2 years ago that literally started the Jeep 12 times.
That's your problem. Buy a battery tender or something if your not gonna drive it.
That's your problem. Buy a battery tender or something if your not gonna drive it.
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From: Gainesville GA
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
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Though usually the best warranty isn't the cheapest battery. I actually got the smallest, most expensive flooded lead-acid battery with the best warranty. These came from the factory with 500 or 550 CCA units in 'em, there really isn't a compelling reason to do more on a stocker unless you live in the Arctic.
Greater density like in the 1000 CCA stock-form-factor means the plates have much greater risk of contacting and shorting out a cell. This is why so many aftermarket batteries have poor reviews, people are killing them after a few months to a year. Stock battery lasted me 10 years, why mess with that formula?
As far as brand, it doesn't matter too much. Get something that is sold as quality. Cheap is cheap is cheap, it doesn't matter how many OEMs there are, or who makes what. Cheap parts rank lower in QA results, that's why they're cheap!
(my post is about flooded lead-acid cells only, not any fancy AGM like the Die Hard or Optima)
Though usually the best warranty isn't the cheapest battery. I actually got the smallest, most expensive flooded lead-acid battery with the best warranty. These came from the factory with 500 or 550 CCA units in 'em, there really isn't a compelling reason to do more on a stocker unless you live in the Arctic.
Greater density like in the 1000 CCA stock-form-factor means the plates have much greater risk of contacting and shorting out a cell. This is why so many aftermarket batteries have poor reviews, people are killing them after a few months to a year. Stock battery lasted me 10 years, why mess with that formula?
As far as brand, it doesn't matter too much. Get something that is sold as quality. Cheap is cheap is cheap, it doesn't matter how many OEMs there are, or who makes what. Cheap parts rank lower in QA results, that's why they're cheap!
(my post is about flooded lead-acid cells only, not any fancy AGM like the Die Hard or Optima)
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From: USA
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L i6
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From: Pacifica, CA
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
I live 2 blocks from the Pacific Ocean 16 miles south of San Francisco. What's this winter you speak of?
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From: Tarpon Springs, FL / Denver, CO
Year: '98
Engine: 4.0 I6
My friend has an interstate megatron II that is about 5 years old and still cranks his F150 over in 0*F weather with not issues, for what its worth. I feel like batteries are hit or miss 
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From: Oroville, CA
Year: 1995
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 with all of the noise and clatter
I heard there is this stuff called "snow" that falls out of the sky in some places, and it's really cold and slippery. I've seen it in a book once. It was a book about Canada, AKA America's hat.
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From: Pacifica, CA
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
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From: Parham, ON
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L OBD-II
Yep... and my 690 CCA $120 battery (warranty upgrade) starts up just fine in a foot of it at -25.
Anything else and your starter or cables are shot
Anything else and your starter or cables are shot
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From: Wisconsin
Model: Cherokee
We're looking at -18 overnight tonight. Care to place a bet on whether or not the OEM-size Autozone cheapie in the XJ will start it up just fine in the morning?
