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Honestly if it were me I'd just go with an Autozone reman'd alternator. I think they're $130 or so with lifetime warranty. Otherwise you can't go wrong with a Bosch but that's $190 or so.
In my experience, the generic reman alternators are an iffy thing. Sometimes the don't work out of the box and other times they fail shortly after installation. In the most extreme case I went through three units in a few weeks before I gave up and got a Bosch reman.
The car makes it possible, but the driver makes it happen.
Jim Levie, Huntsville, AL
In my experience, the generic reman alternators are an iffy thing. Sometimes the don't work out of the box and other times they fail shortly after installation. In the most extreme case I went through three units in a few weeks before I gave up and got a Bosch reman.
This. The alternator in my 24v car we think out, went through 4 autozone remans, 3 of which never made it out of the driveway because they were so bad. Went OEM and everything has been sweet.
88 325is - S52 powered
Originally posted by King Arthur
We'll not risk another frontal assault, that rabbit's dynamite!
I got a Bosch unit that failed in about a year, then warranty swapped it and its been fine for about a year now.
Idk about autozone ones... I work there and have seen more than one case of an alternator being bad RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX. Not super confident in them myself. But the warranty is fantastic.
While any alternator or starter can suffer early failures, I've seen so many generic remans fail that now I only use a Bosch Factory rebuilt (it will be in a black box).
The car makes it possible, but the driver makes it happen.
Jim Levie, Huntsville, AL
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