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That is all I use, but my cars are German, Japanese and Italian....even Ferrari is smart enough to use Nippondenso for their alternators the last 30 years.
What good store brand alternator
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I'll never use another DB electrical. It died when I had no shoes on about 2 miles from home. Then they denied my warranty. Never again
Best chances are to go new, no remans from stores. There are only a few reman. Co's that do the box store remans and they are hit or miss. Cardone is one that comes to mind. In many cases new is only a few bucks more than a reman.
BBB has almost a monopoly on reman rotating electrical. Pick one with the lowest price and best warranty.
Personally, I’ll do a Denso/Bosch reman for cars that had those before a parts store reman. Then, it’s a wash between O’Reilly(Ultima) or AZ(Duralast). Same thing, different box.
Personally, I’ll do a Denso/Bosch reman for cars that had those before a parts store reman. Then, it’s a wash between O’Reilly(Ultima) or AZ(Duralast). Same thing, different box.
Here’s a little tidbit - before Valeo, there was Motorola alternators in Peugeots, Renaults and BMWs… and even buses, tractors and big rigs used Motorola alts. Motorola’s automotive electronics became part of Valeo, Continental and Prestolite.
There was a group buy of high power DBE alternators years ago on one of the diesel forums I was a member of at the time. 12-13 alternators ordered. When they arrived, most of them didn't work. Huge fiasco.
AMC used Motorola too
Unless it is remanufactured by the OEM, it's likely a hit or miss because no shop is going to be using OE parts on things like the diodes or voltage regulators. The only benefit going with a local rebuilder is they can sometimes rebuild it with a higher capacity, or even show you a test curve to prove performance.
Even new parts quality is hard to tell, brand seemingly doesn't matter anymore because everyone is just reboxing each other's product. I would just get something with a lifetime warranty with the caveat that some stores may give you a hard time when you do try to claim that warranty (eg. Napa).
Even new parts quality is hard to tell, brand seemingly doesn't matter anymore because everyone is just reboxing each other's product. I would just get something with a lifetime warranty with the caveat that some stores may give you a hard time when you do try to claim that warranty (eg. Napa).
New AC Delco from Roch Auto.