Car Battery Fitted in Potchefstroom

Fitted means tested first

The prices above are fitted prices at Nigrini / Willard, who test and fit while you wait. That test is the part worth turning up for. Roughly speaking, if the battery holds charge but the car will not start, it is the battery; if a new battery goes flat again within days, the charging system is the problem and a second new battery will not fix it.

Which one fits your car

• Willard 628 — the usual fit for most small and mid-size petrol cars around Potch.
• Willard 652 — more capacity and more cranking, for bakkies, diesels and anything with a heavy starter.

Going bigger than the car needs is wasted money and sometimes will not physically fit the tray or reach the terminals. Going smaller means slow cranking on a cold Potch winter morning and a battery worked to death inside two years.

Before you drive in

Have the vehicle make, model and year ready, and mention anything electrical you have added — a second battery, an inverter, an alarm, a sound system. It changes the recommendation.

Keep the invoice somewhere you will find it. Battery warranties are usually good but they are almost never honoured without proof of purchase and a fitment record.