turbowop
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Yay, another alternator thread. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rofl.gif
So, my Bosch took a crap today. Been on the car since like '04 I think. Not a lot of miles though. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
I remember Brian saying that they have lifetime warranties, yet I thought I remember Andre saying it was two years. I looked it up on Bosch's website. NEW alternators have the lifetime warranty. Reman'd alternators have just the two years, of which I'm well over unfortunately.
Looking up parts on Bosch's website , they don't have a 90amp new unit, just the 75amp. The only 90amp they have is the reman'd version. My alternator is part number AL4008X. The X stands for reman, the N on their other part numbers stands for new. 4006's are 75amp and 4008's are 90amp. Whatever I buy to replace this thing, I want to be new so that I get a lifetime warranty, but it looks like I'm going to have to step down to a 75amp. I don't have a big booming stereo so are there any reasons the 75amp would be a major downgrade?
And before anybody chimes in about Subaru alternators, sorry, I don't feel like going through the hassle of making one fit. If my next one lasts another five years and I can get a new one to replace if for free, so be it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif That still beats the weekly change outs of the Autozone lifetime warranty units. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
So, my Bosch took a crap today. Been on the car since like '04 I think. Not a lot of miles though. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
I remember Brian saying that they have lifetime warranties, yet I thought I remember Andre saying it was two years. I looked it up on Bosch's website. NEW alternators have the lifetime warranty. Reman'd alternators have just the two years, of which I'm well over unfortunately.
Looking up parts on Bosch's website , they don't have a 90amp new unit, just the 75amp. The only 90amp they have is the reman'd version. My alternator is part number AL4008X. The X stands for reman, the N on their other part numbers stands for new. 4006's are 75amp and 4008's are 90amp. Whatever I buy to replace this thing, I want to be new so that I get a lifetime warranty, but it looks like I'm going to have to step down to a 75amp. I don't have a big booming stereo so are there any reasons the 75amp would be a major downgrade?
And before anybody chimes in about Subaru alternators, sorry, I don't feel like going through the hassle of making one fit. If my next one lasts another five years and I can get a new one to replace if for free, so be it. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif That still beats the weekly change outs of the Autozone lifetime warranty units. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
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