new Van Battery

[johnny bravo]

So Many to choose Any recomendations from Battery plus fitting from local auto centre 2 litre dispatch so many prices

 

[spruce]

You have to get the right battery for your van and I would always go for a known brand. If the battery is dead, then you won't have much choice to either order online and wait, or go down the road to Halfords.

I ordered mine online and took the old battery down to the recycling centre in Marske and got £6 for it. If you get Halfords to fit it for you, it will cost you an arm and a leg and they will want you to leave the old battery behind so they can claim scrap value.

If it costs £6 to fit a single windscreen wiper blade (20 seconds) and £8 to fit a pair, I would hate to know how much they will charge to fit a battery.

 

[ched999uk]

Euro car parts might have one for your van - they do various different makes.

 

[P4dstar]

You have to get the right battery for your van and I would always go for a known brand. If the battery is dead, then you won't have much choice to either order online and wait, or go down the road to Halfords.

I ordered mine online and took the old battery down to the recycling centre in Marske and got £6 for it. If you get Halfords to fit it for you, it will cost you an arm and a leg and they will want you to leave the old battery behind so they can claim scrap value.

If it costs £6 to fit a single windscreen wiper blade (20 seconds) and £8 to fit a pair, I would hate to know how much they will charge to fit a battery.

One of my lads paid Halfords to fit headlights last night. I argued that we could just do it but he insists his car (astra) is a PITA to change bulbs on.

 

[P4dstar]

Euro car parts might have one for your van - they do various different makes.

Always my go to. You can usually find a code online to get a few quid off too.

 

[THL4KEL]

All depends on what bulb has gone some are easier than others to access.

 

[marc674]

Don't go for the cheap lion brand that euro car parts do as they don't last long

 

[spruce]

One of my lads paid Halfords to fit headlights last night. I argued that we could just do it but he insists his car (astra) is a PITA to change bulbs on.

My lad had to replace his headlight bulbs on his Citroen Xzara as one blew. The right hand headlight is a bit of a fiddle to change, but to change the left hand side is a challenge. You need to unplug the ABS actuator wiring harness, but even this gives you hardly any room to get your fingers in. You can't see what you are doing at all. It's all done by feel.

Anyway they didn't seat the bulb correctly. He drove the car like that until next mot when it failed. The mot inspector wouldn't sort it, which meant I had to do it and then rebook the car back in for a retest.

Halfords charged more for fitting the bulbs than the bulbs cost.

The joke was that he already had an old bulb in the glovebox which he could have fitted in place of the blown one. It was my car before he took it on, and it was me who left the old bulb in the glovebox when I had previously changed the bulbs myself.

I wonder what Halfords would do if I asked them to replace bulbs on my Peugeot Boxer van. You have to take the headlights out to replace the bulbs.

 

[P4dstar]

My lad had to replace his headlight bulbs on his Citroen Xzara as one blew. The right hand headlight is a bit of a fiddle to change, but to change the left hand side is a challenge. You need to unplug the ABS actuator wiring harness, but even this gives you hardly any room to get your fingers in. You can't see what you are doing at all. It's all done by feel.

Anyway they didn't seat the bulb correctly. He drove the car like that until next mot when it failed. The mot inspector wouldn't sort it, which meant I had to do it and then rebook the car back in for a retest.

Halfords charged more for fitting the bulbs than the bulbs cost.

The joke was that he already had an old bulb in the glovebox which he could have fitted in place of the blown one. It was my car before he took it on, and it was me who left the old bulb in the glovebox when I had previously changed the bulbs myself.

I wonder what Halfords would do if I asked them to replace bulbs on my Peugeot Boxer van. You have to take the headlights out to replace the bulbs.

I guess people go for it because it's one fixed fee. I remember getting one done on my Corsa years ago. It was about £10-15. The lights were held in with these horrid clips and it was before the time of YouTube so I couldn't work it out that way. When I got there the lad didn't know any more than I did. They spent about 45 mins working it out. I left them to it, was freezing cold that day anyway so I didn't want to take over. After that though I've either gone to our garage or done them myself.

 

[johnny bravo]

You have to get the right battery for your van and I would always go for a known brand. If the battery is dead, then you won't have much choice to either order online and wait, or go down the road to Halfords.

I ordered mine online and took the old battery down to the recycling centre in Marske and got £6 for it. If you get Halfords to fit it for you, it will cost you an arm and a leg and they will want you to leave the old battery behind so they can claim scrap value.

If it costs £6 to fit a single windscreen wiper blade (20 seconds) and £8 to fit a pair, I would hate to know how much they will charge to fit a battery.

£25

 

[johnny bravo]

I put it on an overnight charge. Its got enough life left . Its been standing idle for a week. While i was sunning in Benidorm. Halfords charge £25 to refit a battery. it would bave been around £113 in total with a Code.
Kwik Fit when you put in to buy a battery and fit no slots till next week .
Been out today no problems . Just a panic attack. Ready to go out yesterday non starter. No work. Catch up time now

 

[ched999uk]

I put it on an overnight charge. Its got enough life left . Its been standing idle for a week. While i was sunning in Benidorm. Halfords charge £25 to refit a battery. it would bave been around £113 in total with a Code.
Kwik Fit when you put in to buy a battery and fit no slots till next week .
Been out today no problems . Just a panic attack. Ready to go out yesterday non starter. No work. Catch up time now

You could buy a jump pack I give it a charge about once every 2 months just to keep it ready. Not sure I would want to try and use one for a full days work but might make it easier to get home if it fails or to somewhere to get a new battery.
Remember batteries don't like cold and many fail in the winter as they also have to work hardest to start an engine with thick oil and tight components due to low temps.

 

[Iron Giant]

I put it on an overnight charge. Its got enough life left . Its been standing idle for a week. While i was sunning in Benidorm. Halfords charge £25 to refit a battery. it would bave been around £113 in total with a Code.
Kwik Fit when you put in to buy a battery and fit no slots till next week .
Been out today no problems . Just a panic attack. Ready to go out yesterday non starter. No work. Catch up time now

I'd assume it's on its way sitting for a week will have just about killed it.

8-9 weeks ago my battery seemed fine then died on me at work thankfully I got someone with booster cables to get me away, then it got to the point of me needing to charge my 60ah battery twice a week as it struggled to start on a morning and I even had to use booster cables from my wife car one morning,


Last Friday my van went into my local garage for some work plus a diagnostic, the battery got replaced under warranty as it had only been fitted in April and they deemed the battery was knackered, the short runs and stop-starts that we do aren't good for a battery,

Although I'd have thought your dispatch should have a bigger battery so a bit more juice left in it than my smaller battery, if it's gone flat just sitting for a week then it's on its way out