My alternator took a poop the other night in my '05 evo viii. I saw some older threads with people replacing the alternator with oem ($275). I called autozone and they have a remanufactured one for $89. He said its 90 amps output which I believe is stock. Has anyone had any luck with using something other than oem or should I just bite the bullet?

 

I have a used OEM one for $70 shipped came off a running motor with 38k on it

 

Don't skimp on electrical components, buy the oem one or get the good one from napa (as close to oem as you can get)

 

The one from autozone or advance auto parts is 89 with a lifetime warranty? It's the same amperage output, do u think it could hurt the electrical system? If it takes a crap i could just get another. I got it out in like 30 mins it wasn't as hard as all the threads described it to be.

 

I will have a fresh oem rebuilt alternator next week if ur interested, I got one used and had it rebuilt swapped it out with the one I had in it and had that one rebuilt. I got a place that will rebuild them in two days with all new oem parts but I just could not go with down time so I swapped it out. If ur interested let me know, I've been dealing with this alternator rebuilder for 12 years and they r the best.