Nope, I'm not. But I am back with an update. Turns out the nut was a little loose on it. Tightened it up and 14.6v. Exactly why I didn't just shell out money. I'm not trying to sound snappy or anything and wasn't before. But I know new parts fix things, but it's not just black (broken) and white (working). There are many things that can cause low voltage. Like a massive draw from a broken ground wire (fixed numerous vehicles with that before), or in my case, just a loose nut.

I knew what your point was. Mine was that if the alternator isn't bad, I'm not replacing it. And that I wanted to make sure that it was 100% a bad alternator before throwing money at a problem that didn't need it.

I was talking to my friend about this and he asked me if I checked that plastic nut. Which is what lead to me solving the problem. I wasn't making the thread to be told to replace my brand new alt. I was making it to see if anyone had a tip like my friend did (which is exactly what my first post says).

Not that I didn't expect that response, just was hoping it would be, "alt's probably bad, but it could be a few of these other things". Anyone could have told me to replace the alt just by me saying the voltage is low, I was looking for more niche things that could be causing it before I bit the bullet.

Either way, if anyone else is coming across this issue. Make sure that plastic nut is tight on the alternator.