hi looking for advice, need to replace the timing belt on my sti, wheres the best place to get a kit dont want to have to goto subaru and pay a fortune ano really a should ,seen a kit on import car parts but not sure if i can trust it not to fail any body every used one ,heres a link Impreza WRX STi 2.0 02 to 06 Gates Cam Timing Belt Kit on eBay (end time 05-Apr-10 12:46:09 BST)

 

That's where I got my kit from, no problems at all.

 

the quality of the kit good then ?

 

Import Car Parts - Japanese car parts for Subaru, Nissan, Honda, Toyota, Lexus, Mitsubishi and more .Here's there website

 

ta av been on and had a look thro there website, a just worry when parts are alot cheaper just incase its to good to be true dont want bearings or the tensioner failing on me

 

I did the timing belt last year sometime, and I've put a good few thousand miles on it without any issues that I'm aware of.

From what I've heard, all (standard) Subaru timing belts are made by only one or two companies in the world anyway. Graham Goode racing were doing the belt only for about £35 or £40 on ebay when I was looking at the various kits last year, and if they are selling one that cheap, you can be pretty sure it's a good quality belt.

Dealers usually put a massive mark-up on parts.

 

cool thanks for the replys think al go with the kit av seen on ebay

 

i work in the bearing and belts industry and only nsk/rhp make the bearings and gates/??? make the belts so i dont matter where you buy them from it just depends which supplier isnt as greedy on thier profits .. belt if 38quid on average for gates and bearings can be sourced from www.camskill as needed if ime right tensioner is 59quid and others are around 21-23quid hope this helps