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True, but he's a good guy and obviously I'd rather someone who does this work on a daily basis to mess with that... The alternator is connected to waaaay too much for me to risk it, plus he will install the gates belt at the same time when I get the correct alternator. I'm still waiting for MechMan to respond about the shipping and stuff.. I don't think I should be paying for shipping the wrong product back.

WHAT! aw mane its red. I guess it does look pink. lol bUT NAH its red. lol... Pink is for real men.... trod doesn't know the secret....

Emailed Matt @ MechMan... We'll see what he says, biggest problem here is not the time it's gonna take now or the let down of not already having it installed... It's the fact that I've incurred an installation charge and will have to do so again when the correct alternator comes in....

Nice man!!! We are long distance brothers... lol.. I got the same car and same color...

400 happy orphans would win of course!!!

True^^^

Nah he has bigger ones... Just PM him, his crazy ass has like 30 fckin battery threads!!! lol

true that.. I forgot about his battery ventures.... Def hit him up in a PM... I think he has those big ass datasafe batteries.... fckin insane!

I'd go with a D3400 under the hood then... And 2 D3100s to start... Expensive.. But what are taxes for???

Do you know what model blue top? I can try and find the XS equivalent in size...

Regardless... D3100s baby!!! What is under the hood?

yea BOI!!!

Or the Sound Digital SD250.2 ... All small amps... Get one?

99% sure your unit is mis-boxed! Looking further that looks like a v-6 unit. Send it back to us and I will send out the 2.4l unit ASAP. Sorry UPDATE guys... <<< from S.ummm.D

When you have them side by side take pictures at all angles, then we can see if there's something going on that I can't see. From the pictures posted it appears that you have the right unit for your car, an OEM Denso case for the 2.4 Toyota Camry. Specifics as to what interferes or does not fit properly will help us resolve this quickly. Call one of us if you need assistance. -Eric Yea, I'm gonna go to Pepboys tomorrow with my SLR and try to take some photos side by side... If not I will remove my factory alternator and do the same... I will measure as well to see if length of mounting points are the same.. The mechanic stated he couldn't get one of the mounting holes to line up and the wire did not reach??? I trust him to a degree.. He's fixed my car and sister's from random/unknown issues other places were trying to rob us for .... So in that respect he has been great but maybe wrong guy for aftermarket install.. As I was leaving he told me to just get a standard/factory alternator and get rid of my stereo... lmao... I think he is just old school and lame with beyond maintenance type stuff.... who knows... I'll find out more when I research tomorrow and Friday...

Yea, I'm thinking now that maybe the mechanic realized if he fcked up he'd have to take responsibility for it??? Maybe... I'm kinda hoping that was it, but obviously that still sucks... So we'll see what happens...

oh and the lady wasn't too happy to find out either... I'm hoping to get this sorted out in the next 2 days, little by little... First step, tomorrow after work I'm going to PepBoys and asking to see the alternator they sell for my vehicle and comparing them side by side... If it looks to be similar I might tackle the install at home on Friday morning... Might have to give MechMan a call though to be safe...

oh it will get "figured out" ... I want this thing in my car... lol

Yeap, I know... I'm going between emails with Matt at MechMan... So hopefully we can straighten this out... I did hold the alternator up to my engine and tried to see if it matched up and it seemed to, but I'll have to put the alternators side by side and truly find out...

I know.....

Well... Bad news guys, just got a call from the mechanic... The alternator doesn't fit/mount. He's putting the original one back in and gonna call me after its done. Im gonna get more specifics when I go to pick it up.

And if you step up to a 1500w amp you will still have enough power. Add an AGM battery under the hood and you are good to go. I have a HC1800 under the hood and a HC800 in the trunk. Might remove the rear battery if voltage is stable enough.

Hmmmm.... guess I'll wait a bit.. need to sell my jl slash series in order to pay for some things. :-(

Just get some 0 gauge to 4 gauge reducers. Also, opinion on refurbished saz1500?? It has similar output of the mtx you kinked but adjustable ssf and 0ga inputs.

I guess I'll just keep doing that, but not all 4ga are the same. I have a Boston Acoustics that won't fit it, but my JL amp does... WTF?!?!?!?!