Subject	Good advice
Posted by	Ashman2k2 on December 14, 2007 at 5:47 PM
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In Reply To	Steve don't buy eBay or non-OEM timing belt or kits. posted by Gordo 93TT Daytona on December 14, 2007 at 04:45 PM
Message	I don't actually recall seeing any posts about failure with aftermarket timing belts? However I know that it is said all the time that the risk is just not worth it.
Follow Ups	timing belt kit-expensive, why so? - mossyoak 13:29:03 12/14/07 have you owned the Z very long? (n/m) - CRAZZEPETE. 13:29:38 12/14/07 Tough titty - most of the cost is the H2O pump & tensioner (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 13:31:36 12/14/07 haha, keeping it real (n/m) - ghostinator (fl) 15:59:28 12/14/07 Lol...tough titty said the kitty, but the milk's still good (n/m) - Hawkin"Z" 16:07:59 12/14/07 ...when the milk went dry. (n/m) - DougG 17:17:35 12/14/07 cuz (n/m) - Kenny 13:35:39 12/14/07 what kind of "expensive" cars have u owned? (n/m) - Alan(NJ) 13:47:14 12/14/07 Re: what kind of "expensive" cars have u owned? - mossyoak 13:51:16 12/14/07 Yup it makes me made too... except that no one is making - Bernie (NoVA) 13:59:34 12/14/07 Enlighten us. What is the profit margin vendors are making - 240Z FeO2 14:02:21 12/14/07 no less than 40% markup - mossyoak 14:04:33 12/14/07 you're no less than 40% delusional (n/m) - moxie (SF) 14:34:15 12/14/07 You're still recovering from the Lexus Service Dept - NAZTTy 15:03:12 12/14/07 Try out the ones on ebay! - CameronSF 16:24:49 12/14/07 I doubt the other "timing belt kits" - ZXRider(SoCal) 14:02:33 12/14/07 Basic Z32 timing belt kit runs ~$350 - Bernie (NoVA) 14:07:06 12/14/07 I was thinking of the 120K kit - ZXRider(SoCal) 14:10:21 12/14/07 I know but for the sake of his claim - the basic kit runs - Bernie (NoVA) 14:22:00 12/14/07 wrong,,$375 as per Coz - mossyoak 14:19:16 12/14/07 Uhmm, he must not like you. :) (n/m) - Cap927(Boston) 14:22:34 12/14/07 ~ means approximately as per common sense. (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 14:22:35 12/14/07 Crap - another $25! This Z scene is getting expensive - NAZTTy 15:10:33 12/14/07 Go make your own and let us know how much it cost you. (n/m) - RAGTPZ 14:21:35 12/14/07 boo hoo (n/m) - moxie (SF) 14:34:59 12/14/07 Here's a less expensive (short term) alternative :p - Audioquest 14:44:31 12/14/07 "Short term" for sure - - TT XTZ 14:47:26 12/14/07 By short term, I meant..Belt Snap = Rebuild (n/m) - Audioquest 15:11:10 12/14/07 Definitely. (n/m) - TT XTZ 15:22:08 12/14/07 to me, belt snap = it's about to get freaky :) (n/m) - bobZtwin(NC) 15:22:17 12/14/07 You must have arrived fresh from looking at Adam's sig! (n/m) - TT XTZ 15:23:11 12/14/07 kinda - bobZtwin(NC) 15:35:42 12/14/07 to me, belt snap = "Daddy no, please, I swear I'll be good" (n/m) - ZEngineer 15:31:39 12/14/07 Which would explain a lot (n/m) - Broke_as_**** 15:34:20 12/14/07 Because it includes a lot of stuff. - TT XTZ 14:49:14 12/14/07 alternative: sell it and stop crying (n/m) - ali300zx 15:39:46 12/14/07 2nd (n/m) - Zski 16:40:04 12/14/07 Steve don't buy eBay or non-OEM timing belt or kits. - Gordo 93TT Daytona 16:45:20 12/14/07 Good advice - Ashman2k2 17:47:19 12/14/07 stop whinning and just buy it... just about all of us have.. - Darkness Z32 18:38:45 12/14/07 Its an extra 150 bucks...every 60 thousand miles! (n/m) - ben7021 21:54:09 12/14/07 yeah..good advice, I only buy nismo parts - mossyoak 22:09:09 12/14/07 Seak help. (n/m) - Bernie (NoVA) 00:17:44 12/15/07 Was it a counterfit Nismo part? (n/m) - mscurfield 20:05:37 12/15/07
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