New battery help?
23 November 2015, 08:59 PM
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New battery help?
Which battery do I need for my 05 uk widetrack? And which do you guys recommend?
23 November 2015, 09:47 PM
23 November 2015, 09:53 PM
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Bosch s3 in my last few impreza and always been happy with them
24 November 2015, 10:54 AM
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So just to confirm is it the 005 type I need?
24 November 2015, 12:14 PM
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The halfords one comes with a superb guarantee for piece of mind as I got the £100 one put in on my last scoob and your not messing about by once buy quality
24 November 2015, 02:23 PM
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The halfords one comes with a superb guarantee for piece of mind as I got the £100 one put in on my last scoob and your not messing about by once buy quality
£100quid from halfords! Id buy nothing from them, my bosch battery is over 3 years old now and still going strong £60 3 or 4 year warrenty cant remember but its 3 years min anyway.
24 November 2015, 04:50 PM
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Mine was off t'internet, YUOSA 5005, 5 years guarantee.
24 November 2015, 06:59 PM
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BOSCH S5 for me, very good cold cranking and a 5 year warranty. I paid 60 Inc vat for mine in a local motor factor.
25 November 2015, 10:34 PM
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Im still waiting for someone to comfirm whether its an 005 type or a 024 type battery?
25 November 2015, 10:47 PM
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Mine has 024 stamped on it.
26 November 2015, 09:19 AM
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Mine's an 005, hence the YUOSA designation, 5005
27 November 2015, 08:48 PM
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I went for a bosch s4 in the end as I managed to pick one up from my local ecp. With the black friday discount code I got it for £59.
27 November 2015, 09:10 PM
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005 is correct.
27 November 2015, 09:20 PM
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I bought the 005 although the bosch battery says 024 on it too?
28 November 2015, 11:14 AM
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I think the codes are interchangeable, one is Bosch, the other someone else's code for same battery.
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