how much does everyone pay for a brand new alternator?

[bimmerrder]

my alternator burned out on me the other day and i made the mistake of bringing it to my mechanic as i was too busy to tackle it myself and i get the bill and they charged my $550 for the job! (he told me it was a 1 hour min charge job) i looked on the bill and it said the alternator was $390 and i asked about it and he said he gave me a good deal and the regular prce of the alternator was $530 the alternator is a Bosch

now i went down to my local auto parts store and they told me they stock the bosch alternators for $299 brand new

is there a difference in the alternator my mechanic gave me or am i just being ripped off?

im going to go down there later and have a talk about this "good deal" of an alternator i got.

[GardenBeast]

he prolly got the same one, and marked it up. mine was gonna be about the same. 300-340. but i got mine rebuilt.

[CirrusSR22]

I recently bought a brand new Valeo at autohausaz.com for $250.

[GardenBeast]

and that's american. we pay more in the canadas

[NHbmw325I]

maybe thats how much a brand new one from the dealer is? Only thing I can think of for the price being that high, without the mechanic raising the price on you.

[GardenBeast]

i didnt even think of that... that's a good point. bosch would be from the dealer, right?

[biff]

Bosch about 140 after core - not too bad.

[bimmerrder]

im thinking it was a dealer part he installed as he always (every other time ive had service done) used dealer parts.

[myblackcar]

$160.00 rebuilt with core return.

[richbarn2]

maybe thats how much a brand new one from the dealer is? Only thing I can think of for the price being that high, without the mechanic raising the price on you.

ahh, parts margin... sh!tty part of life, but necessary for maint shops... hopefully he gave you a warranty, decent mechs will...

diyourdamnself!

[Mekihead]

I got a remanufactured Valeo for $100 after the core charge from Advance Autoparts. It took me 15 minutes to swap it myself. It's a snap with a 6cyl e36.

[richbarn2]

I got a remanufactured Valeo for $100 after the core charge from Advance Autoparts. It took me 15 minutes to swap it myself. It's a snap with a 6cyl e36.

you must be a lucky soul! advance autos alternators are a crap shoot. never agian will i buy an electric part from them...

[delmarco]

$30 and up on ebay

[dtmracerx]

I think I paid $365ish for a 100A alternator from NAPA about a year ago. Took me an hour or less. It was a crazy on-the-road repair...after I had paid $600+ for an MAF replace on the way down. DOH

[DJ Genius]

140amp $203 at www.koperformance.com
Check this out!

[Mekihead]

you must be a lucky soul! advance autos alternators are a crap shoot. never agian will i buy an electric part from them...

Nope. Not lucky, just after so many, you'll eventually get a good one. My last car was a 90 DeVille. Went through 5 alternators in 1 week. After the 3rd, I started changing them out in their parking lot, drove them around the building and had them check them out. It's like they got a huge bad batch or something.

[kirbykirbykirby]

Nope. Not lucky, just after so many, you'll eventually get a good one. My last car was a 90 DeVille. Went through 5 alternators in 1 week. After the 3rd, I started changing them out in their parking lot, drove them around the building and had them check them out. It's like they got a huge bad batch or something.

That sounds like fun.

"So wutcha doing?"
"Oh changing this here altnerator, 4th one this week."

[Ryond]

DAMN! you guys payed alot!!!

Mine was an alternator rebuilt for $70. I installed it myself 5 months ago which took about 15 minutes to do and still runs till today. I'm sorry bro, get a new mechanic. Replacing your alternator is probably one of the easiest thing to do. It's a no brainer job. I have no mechanical experience except for regular maintenance stuff like changing the oil. On top of that, if you wanna take the time, there are a bunch of DYI to fix your own alternator which will cost much less.

[happycamper]

wow u can rebuild them that alternators are supposed to last the entire life of the car rebuilding them is not that hard