Alternator Motorcraft or Duralast

When it comes to an Alt i would spend the extra dough for an OEM model like Motorcraft. Nothing wrong with Rock Auto. I always buy there.

Dealer quoted me $557 for my 15 f150 alternator the other day. Found the same motorcraft alternator for $325-ish (+a $75 core charge). A little less painful. I share them same feelings as a couple other posters. Been burned by enough cheap-o remans over the years to skimp on certain parts.

Depends on if you want the cheapest store brand they make or OEM quality Motorcraft. I’ve gone through enough cheap alternators in my life that I only mess with OEM anymore.

If you can get motorcraft, that is my recommendation.

I want to hear an opinion on getting a duralast alternator and popping it in my n52 I have heard very mixed things about these parts some work fine others are trash.

IMO duralast doesn\u2019t last no where near as long as a good quality Bosch/Denso alternator.

Made the mistake of buying the duralast, first one lasted a couple months, and the second one is dying, only charging the battery at highway speeds, just like the first one before it died.

We have a lady with an infinity that comes in once a year to get her duralast alternator replaced.

I bought a Duralast for my ‘99 E55 a few years ago. It didn’t work so I pulled the rectifier off of it, put it on the original one, which put out at 14.2 v back in the car. I returned the Duralast one after I made the old rectifier look like new. The shaft rotation on the Duralast felt gritty, too.

Duralast = Duramightlast. They're just overpriced cheap rebuilt cores.