RawGin

what up guys... tomorrow im going to get my alternator rebuilt into a high ouput 130 amp to get prepared for my 3 12" subs and 2 amps... would there be any problem if i have a 130 amp alternator running all stock equipment? ie.. power surge? or any other problems?

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Several have used the highlander alternator which I believe is at least 130 if not more without reporting any problems, so i assume it would be okay. I been considering an upgrade as well due to my lights dimming everytime i bump.

Vooduguru

what year highlander?

BadViper22

Any year with the vz engine.

Choas

So wait your rebuilding and not going with a Highlander one. So how much is this going to cost you?

paintrain

a capacitor or two wont work?

RawGin

its costing me about 100 dollars... hmm mayb i should have went with the highlander.. but yea im also gonna get a 4 farad cap

Choas

^Good price less than what the highlander one would have cost you.

thangalang

A capacitor will not do anything that will help. Spend money on the alt.

jet_jockey

could always get a used alt from car-part.com . I considered trying this to see if it'd work, since its only around 50 bucks for a used one. So far, though, my stock alternator is working well as long as I don't have both amps at full power all the time

Yaj95ES300

I've noticed that the capacitor will bring more punch to the audio, and maybe less stress on the battery, but dosen't help a whole lot with the dimming issues.

Choas

Yea i'm a huge fan of that site but doing a rebuild is basically giving him a new one and for $100 thats a steal.