Cambelt and auxilary belt kit.

[mikekean]

Hi,

We have just bought a 1.4 16v clio for my sisters first car and it needs a cambelt and tensioner, plus auxilary belt etc. But as to save my dad some money im going to do the work myself.

Where should i buy the parts from, or what is a decent brand of parts to buy, ie: the company that makes the parts for renault.

Thanks

Mike.

 

[bmh.01]

Personally i'd get them from renault, and you need the locking tools to change it too.

 

[mikekean]

Renault would be the safest bet yes, but like other car manufacturers they usually have there parts made by a thrid party company, like BMW with ATE, ford with motorcraft etc. Is this the same for renault? or do they make there own parts..
And yeah i need to buy the tools so i can do the belt my clio cup car anyway so this way i end up getting the tool for nothing cause my dad will buy it.

 

[bmh.01]

Gates make them iirc, not sure if theres a great deal of price different tbh. As a general rule renault are quite competitively priced when you can buy the stufff elsewhere.

 

[mikekean]

Ok thanks, Ill price up both and see what the price difference is. I live in Jersey so we dont pay VAT here, but knowing renault over here they charge the VAT price over here to make more money.

 

[maynard]

Motor factor parts will be fine, just a buy a decent kit like an INA or a Gates kit. There's a motor factors over in Jersey called VMW. They should be able to help you out with the parts side of things.

 

[Soot1e]

Euro Car Parts also sell OE parts, independant garages use them.