best price for aux belt and timing belt

[paul]

172/182 please location and company...also is it worth going for genuine parts with the car being out of warrenty

thanks

 

[maynard]

nah..aftermarket is fine. dayco/ina/skf/continental belts are all OE spec manufacturers and will be fine. Dayco is probably the preffered option of many due to many of the Renault belts being 'Dayco' IIRC.

 

[Fred@BTM]

172/182's are all gates (OE)

aftermarket/genuine doesn't matter, i put 12months warranty on both geniune/non genuine - parts and labour

 

[paul]

Fred im 99% sure ill be coming to you for a new zaust and new cambelt! :approve: just interested in people thoughts (Locations important) dont want to be driving to the other side of the earth lol!

 

[maynard]

172/182's are all gates (OE)

aftermarket/genuine doesn't matter, i put 12months warranty on both geniune/non genuine - parts and labour

After all these times you tell me, I still don't remember it's Gates. Doh!

 

[paul]

gates??! gareth?! :S

 

[maynard]

not quite, the belts are quite good, they don't stutter!

 

[paul]

ha ha type of brand im guessing

 

[maynard]

yeah that's the brand name!

 

[paul]

thanks!

 

[Fred@BTM]

gates powergrip to be precise (which is what i use as my non genuine part)

oe is exactly the same as the gates power grip kit, the only difference is the renault kit has a renault diamond on it, they both say gates powergrip on them!

same with the aux belt kit, its made by "company x" (i'm not saying who, don't want other traders getting any info!) and the "non genuine" ones i use are infact genuine just they've had the renault numbers ground off the back of them!

 

[maynard]

insider info ftw fred