Factory Gauges

I have a few mods on my car to deal with the new alternator. I love having actual output at low rpm, so my lights don't flicker near as bad or dim like they used to. I wanted to bypass the ammeter because of the potential current issue (not to mention it was fraying at the firewall connection very badly to start with), but the whole dash and interior pretty much runs off of the back of it, so bypassing it wasn't the easiest way to go. Instead I just ran a second parallel wire from the alternator to the battery as an additional charge line. This way I have one line that goes from the alternator to the ammeter and one line that goes from the alternator straight to the battery. The ammeter doesn't really do anything now, but I still have full power in the interior, so I'm not really complaining since I installed an aftermarket volt meter in a little three gauge pod under the dash anyway.