Rodeo Alt OEM New on Ebay:

[amigo-2k]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ISUZU...QQcmdZViewItem

[amigo-2k]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ISUZU...20400056QQrdZ1

They droped the price by 10 bucks.

[zenit27]

Thanks for the tip, I was looking for one, and this price is definetly unbeatable.

[amigo-2k]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ISUZU...22217569QQrdZ1

Another one lowered the price by 30 more bucks.

[trooperbc]

what do you know about these alternators?

the implication is that they are NEW! actually, the e bay copy says:

"" BRAND NEW ISUZU RODEO / HONDA PASSPORT ALTERNATOR.

THIS IS A BRAND NEW O.E. HITACHI ALTERNATOR FOR 1996-1998 ISUZU RODEO AND 1996-1998 HONDA PASSPORT. 12 VOLT 70 AMP.FITS 3.2 ENGINES ""

BUT, everything about the photo says, to me, that it's a remanufactured unit, the texture of the metal ('sand'-blasted look), spray-painted, decal doesn't have the (r) registered mark after ISUZU, and it says manufactured in the U.S.A. does hitachi have a manufacturing plant in the u.s.?

plus, on the pictured item anyway, it looks like some label or decal had been removed, along with some of the paint.



i'm not necessarily anti-remanufactured, btw. i swear by remanufactured almost-anything by bosch. they've always been top quality in my experience.

anyway. ..

like to hear other opinions.

anybody have first-hand experience with this vendor?

thanks

bc

[Canucklehead]

I can tell you from experience that the OEM alternator that I just replaced, that I purchased from the Dealer had the exact same sticker on it. Word for word. It lasted me almost six years. Just replaced it with with another "new" Hitachi alternator manufactured by WAI.

[highlandlake]

29 bucks!!
Just placed a bid. My alternator is lord knows how old, so this would be a good spare. The seller has good feedback......worth a try I suppose. Thanks Ryan!

[amigo-2k]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ISUZU...23990823QQrdZ1

another one for 30 bucks.

[highlandlake]

Thanks for the tip again. I got outbid on the last one. Since it's for a spare, I didn't bid really high at all. But still, someone got a decent deal for $81 including shipping.
Let's see what this one does. Tom

[amigo-2k]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ISUZU...25713105QQrdZ1

looks like they caught on and jaked the price to 70 bucks.