Sti 4 Timing Belt - The Truth , The Ultimate Truth

[mad123456]

Dear Experts,

I am so curious , why on earth the timing belt of STI 4 is so expensive , its nearly 100K at the agent to put all original stuff

another reputed garage said 110K - more than the company

another reputed one said 50K

Confused like hell. what is the bitter truth of this ?

also your honest opinion on these coil-overs, is it good , reliable ??

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Signing off

Bodi

[Twin Turbo]

Rare car maintenance be it by the Agent or a specialist garage needs

1. Them to stock Genuine spares,

2, To have skilled , experienced techs to do the job.

Apart from the belt you need the tensioner, rollers,Dampers, oil-seals, outer drive belts for alternator/ power steering + A/c ect

All of the above costs any company dealing with any rare car lots, and the T

belt kit is a 100000km/6year service. so the long swervice interval and the above

make the prices youb see for the T belt kit replacement

Even if you find the parts cheap outside you can' tt replace it your self.

With lots of look-like genuine parts out side, be careful as there have been failures before the recommended change interval.++

As for coil-overs , I find it harder to evenly adjust them than fitting them,..

TT.

Edited April 7, 2016 by Twin Turbo

[mad123456]

  On 4/7/2016 at 12:45 AM, Twin Turbo said:

Rare car maintenance be it by the Agent or a specialist garage needs

1. Them to stock Genuine spares,

2, To have skilled , experienced techs to do the job.

Apart from the belt you need the tensioner, rollers,Dampers, oil-seals, outer drive belts for alternator/ power steering + A/c ect

All of the above costs any company dealing with any rare car lots, and the T

belt kit is a 100000km/6year service. so the long swervice interval and the above

make the prices youb see for the T belt kit replacement

Even if you find the parts cheap outside you can' tt replace it your self.

With lots of look-like genuine parts out side, be careful as there have been failures before the recommended change interval.++

As for coil-overs , I find it harder to evenly adjust them than fitting them,..

TT.

Thanks TT

[MrCat]

Better get a cost break-down from the agents if possible. Including all parts and labor costs. I don’t know about this particular engine, but if the genuine kit includes hydraulic tensioners, water pump etc.. it won’t be cheap and the price looks about right.

Edited April 8, 2016 by MrCat

[mad123456]

  On 4/8/2016 at 3:51 AM, MrCat said:

Better get a cost break-down from the agents if possible. Including all parts and labor costs. I don’t know about this particular engine, but if the genuine kit includes hydraulic tensioners, water pump etc.. it won’t be cheap and the price looks about right.

Thanks Mrcat

[Devinda_Z]

The original belt alone is 40k + at S*nok, whereas there are plenty of others who import bits from places who will sell you "geunine" or "aftermarket" (Gates etc) kits with all the bits for under 45k.

Like someone else said, there is significant value added in having the agent fit it for you because i've seen/heard of enough stories where people have cheaped out and gotten some random johnny to fit the belts+tensioners+pulleys without maintaining the right tolerances,torque etc and the results have needlessly been very poor.

My paranoia saved me a packet when I had a Subaru t-belt checked (for no reason but my own peace of mind) only to find that it had been fitted poorly.

The end result would have been a very expensive repair had I kept going despite a previous owner having changed only the t-belt (¬ the ancillaries) bought from somewhere or another, fitted at a wayside garage.

S*nok will give you an assurance/warranty of sorts if they do all of it. When it was my money/car, that's the route I took - no regrets, despite the hefty bill.

[Shehan_WCC]

Subaru Parts are pretty expensive everywhere, i live in New Zealand and over here the cambelt kits retail for 60,000 i get mine at dealer price for 45,000 hence the pricing in Sri Lanka, the belt alone is very cheap, its the waterpump and tensioners that are costly.

I'm not Sure what D2 Adjusties you have in Sri Lanka however i have a v7 Sti with D2 Adjusties over here, they are good for track use but is an utter loss on roads, the damper settings are very minimal, the suspension itself is too hard and too much rebound. I did manage to swap springs with a tanabe set i had which did make an improvement but still not up to my standards, but is definitely a bang for your buck.