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<blockquote data-quote="GCAdidas13" data-source="post: 4724837" data-attributes="member: 557864"><p>I'm having issues with my car. I'm gonna vent for a few... let me know if you can answer any of my questions.</p><p></p><p>Info:</p><p></p><p>Car: 1997 Toyota Camry LE V6</p><p></p><p>Battery: Kinetik HC 1400 (might be 1800 i can't remember), purchased October 2006</p><p></p><p>Alternator: Iraggi alternator, not sure which model anymore, purchased March 2006 (WITH lifetime warranty)</p><p></p><p>Big 3 in 0awg, proper grounds and distro blocks, secure connections.</p><p></p><p>I know a lot of what I've done is bad, please don't give me crap about it, just say what I should do.</p><p></p><p>In March 2006 I installed the alternator myself and did the big 3. At the time I installed it with a YellowTop as my battery. Ran fine and well for a while, probably let the battery die once or twice, then the yellow top was done, so I bought the Kinetik in October 2006.</p><p></p><p>Installed the Kinetik and starting a few month later I started seeing my lights dim when I listened loud, barely noticeable. Seemingly, it's gotten progressively worse, and in the past few months even at medium to low volume I can see the lights in my dashboard dim when my turn signal is on. Also, recently a couple times when listening loud, one of my amps would cut out completely (low voltage protection, I presume).</p><p></p><p>The Kinetic battery has been dead (at my fault) probably 5 or 6 times in the last couple years, with 3 of those being in the last couple months.</p><p></p><p>At any rate, I take the car to an auto store and have them check battery voltage. Their machine said 11.5 volts idle, 12.3 or something like that at 2krpm.</p><p></p><p>I took it home and measured with my volt meter, I got 12.4 idle and 12.6 at 2krpm.</p><p></p><p>Also, my stock alternator is lost (disappeared somehow while cleaning out the garage).</p><p></p><p>Again, I know this is bad and my fault, but what to do?</p><p></p><p>Is the alt finished?</p><p></p><p>Is the battery finished?</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p><p></p><p>P.S. (and possibly related): At some point tonight my security system started not responding to the fob, any ideas? (<a href="http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/258/dscf66116hg.jpg" target="_blank">Viper 791XV</a>)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GCAdidas13, post: 4724837, member: 557864"] I'm having issues with my car. I'm gonna vent for a few... let me know if you can answer any of my questions. Info: Car: 1997 Toyota Camry LE V6 Battery: Kinetik HC 1400 (might be 1800 i can't remember), purchased October 2006 Alternator: Iraggi alternator, not sure which model anymore, purchased March 2006 (WITH lifetime warranty) Big 3 in 0awg, proper grounds and distro blocks, secure connections. I know a lot of what I've done is bad, please don't give me crap about it, just say what I should do. In March 2006 I installed the alternator myself and did the big 3. At the time I installed it with a YellowTop as my battery. Ran fine and well for a while, probably let the battery die once or twice, then the yellow top was done, so I bought the Kinetik in October 2006. Installed the Kinetik and starting a few month later I started seeing my lights dim when I listened loud, barely noticeable. Seemingly, it's gotten progressively worse, and in the past few months even at medium to low volume I can see the lights in my dashboard dim when my turn signal is on. Also, recently a couple times when listening loud, one of my amps would cut out completely (low voltage protection, I presume). The Kinetic battery has been dead (at my fault) probably 5 or 6 times in the last couple years, with 3 of those being in the last couple months. At any rate, I take the car to an auto store and have them check battery voltage. Their machine said 11.5 volts idle, 12.3 or something like that at 2krpm. I took it home and measured with my volt meter, I got 12.4 idle and 12.6 at 2krpm. Also, my stock alternator is lost (disappeared somehow while cleaning out the garage). Again, I know this is bad and my fault, but what to do? Is the alt finished? Is the battery finished? Thanks P.S. (and possibly related): At some point tonight my security system started not responding to the fob, any ideas? ([URL="http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/258/dscf66116hg.jpg"]Viper 791XV[/URL]) [/QUOTE]
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