well i know my alt is on the way out and i was looking for a HO unit for my audio system but they stopped making them everywhere so i thought i would buy a new one. my local Nissan dealer told me $300 and they had to install it or they wouldn't give me a warranty. the local autoparts store want $250 something. and napa wants over $300 as well. so i had the thought of rebuilding it myself but I have no idea what i would need or if it would even be worth it to try. Any help on what i should do?

 

www.autozone.com 95 amp alternator with limited lifetime warranty for $169.99 +tax when you take them your old one as a core. Your best deal and for extra juice put a spare battery in the trunk or upgrade to an optima battery and use a battery cap for your system.

 

Hey there fellow Clackamas member. I suggest you stop over at A.B.E in Clackamas as they do custom alternator work, including customs to get higher output. Their address is as follows...

Auto Battery & Electric
13273 S.E. Hwy 212 Clackamas, OR 97015
503-657-0888

 

holy crap i never thought of ABE they are two blocks from my house! are you from clackamas too if so where at?

 

Dude from NY was selling a high output VE alty for a couple hundred bucks in the classifieds awhile back.

 

I'm over in old Milwaukie near Johnson Creek.

 

I need to contribute to this all Oregon thread.

tell me what kind of deal you get. My alternator isn't that great and I have a spare one in my garage (not for sale btw) I might consider having rebuilt stronger.

 

well i wish it was good news from ABE they told my $500-$800 for a custom 200amp alt (screw that!) the only option i have is to buy a reman or new alt and throw a smaller pulley on it to bring more amps in at a lower engine speed.

once iraggi alternators gets up and running again they make 150-200-220 amp alts for our cars but IDK when they will be back to 100% yet

 

wish i would have thought about my alt a while back but oh well thanks for the heads up

I have most likely driven past you alot if you go up or down hwy 212.



I live at the bottom of hwy 212 in clackamas

 

Any news on ABE's pricing???

 

two posts above you.

Sounds like an arm and a leg for a high output one.

It would be a lot cheaper to get a normal alt, then add an extra battery in the trunk and a capacitor for a stereo system.

I am not that into the stereo, but my alt is weak enough that my amp pushing one 12" sub dims the lights.

 

http://forums.maxima.org/1st-3rd-gen...rnator-ve.html

Holler at him, I bet he still has it.

 

it looks like he still has it and he dropped the price too



yea upgrading my system from 2 10's at 400 watts to a single 15" level three DC audio sub and close to 1000 watts just for it so its going to be a lot of amps going through the system. Hectic thanks for the heads up sir! and Cliff yea its a lot for custom stuff and $500-$800 is way to much for a normal guy so I am waiting on a good paycheck to grab another battery to put in.