Hi All, as above, looking at replacing cambelt and am seeing mainly Gates and Dayco brands (also Conti and Quinton Hazel) , and the occasional Subaru ones at nearly twice the price of the Gates and Dayco ones.
Is there any advantage in buying the genuine Subaru ones? Thanks in advance for your thoughts and recommendations!

 

If I remember correctly Gates & Dayco are the same as the Subaru belts.

I'm sure someone will be on to confirm

 

Can’t go wrong with Gates. Spending more than that is just a waste of cash.

 

I would call import car parts and trust what they say 😁👍

 

don’t forget to get a tensioner too

 

Dayco is a different belt to Gates (although I am led to believe they are part of the same group these days??)
Gates supply the original Subaru belt but you would have no issue with either as both will be far more cost effective that the genuine factory belt whilst being 100% reliable

 

Slightly off topic Alyn but where do you rate the HKS and Cosworth belts.

 

AFAIK all of the belts are basically Gates Racing manufactured and seeminlgy identical apart from colour variations - therefore we would normally supply the Gates Racing one inpreference being more cost effective generally

 

Thanks Alyn