cambelt on A8..

[Dr G]

I'm aware of that, one of the cheaper (ebay type) kits was mentioned above; we fitted one of these a customer supplied that was poor quality. He ended up re-buying the genuine bits.

For such crucial components I wouldn't scrimp.

[bearman68]

I know ebay has been critisised for the quality of the componants, but really they do seem to be 20 - 40% less money for the same quality.
Gates Mazda premacy belt from motor actors £140 ish, ebay £100 for the same item. (Assuming gates stuff that comes in a gates box, with gates intructions is a Gates belt)
I'd not use a £3.50 chineese copy, but the genuine article at lower prices - what's wrong with that??

[neiljohnson]

Dr G said:

I'm aware of that, one of the cheaper (ebay type) kits was mentioned above; we fitted one of these a customer supplied that was poor quality. He ended up re-buying the genuine bits.

For such crucial components I wouldn't scrimp.

Ah I see & I agree with you buy you need to be aware of more than just eBay with cheap kits euro car parts supply "cheap" non oe spec belt kits that are utter ste

[Dr G]

'OE spec' and 'OE supplier' are terms well open to interpretation.

With such cruicial components I personally would stick to manufacturer original parts. Is a £40 saving on a belt worth a wrecked engine?

[shtu]

Personally, I would say that there's nothing to choose between OEM, Gates and Contitech - I'd be perfectly happy fitting parts from any of these 3.

ebay-sourced "linglong cam wheel driving band company", less so.