what would you do, get one from autozone for $80, rebuild it yourself, or get it pro rebuilt? also if you have rebuilt it yourself, how many amps is it making, cost, diffuclty, same for pro rebuild, cost and amps
thanks all

 

whats the amps on the autozone one? and what kinda warrenty?

personally my grandfather take the families alternators to a pro rebuilder..

i would buy the one with the best warrenty..

 

autozone has a reman on for 80 with 1yr 105 amp
or a new one for 130 with lifetime 105 amp

this is my plan tho, get the iceberg rebuild kit(140amp), smaller pulley, and then upgrade + & - at the battery side and alt wire

 

i think pep boys also carries a 105 or 108amp version w/ lifetime for about $125. they go about every 2 years, so the lifetime warranty is easily worth it

 

If you can wait I would just buy the iceburg conversion. I have one and have had no problems yet and have been running an 800 watt class a/b amp off of it with no problems. Definatly upgrade the wiring.

 

i would just keep exchaning them every two years then with that lifetime warrenty.. it only takes a few minutes for an alternator change..

 

get a high-output alternator. I fried my alt after a month of running my jbl 1200.1 directly to the battery. Since then I got a 160 amp alternator from www.mralternator.com for like $170 i think? I also bought a car and upgraded all my under hood wires to 4 gauge. If you don't want to go this route, then at least upgrade your wires under the hood to either 8 or 4 gauge. They are alt to battery, battery to ground, and engine block ground. this will help if you have dimming lights right now.

anymore questions just ask

 

Ive never really looked to see where the wires go from the batt, anyone have pics?(my car is 40 miles away in storage right now) just so i have an idea

This summer im upgrading power to aux gauge, then that into dis box, and that split to 2g to my amps
thanks