Genuine parts v GSF

[E30BeemerLad]

Right, need to buy the goodies to do the cambelt change on my car.

Rang the stealers out of interest
Ԛ£17.00 + Vat for belt
Ԛ£40 odd + Vat for tensioner

Just looked at GSF Catalogue and:

Ԛ£7 for belt
Ԛ£10 for tensioner

Now i'm all for a bargain , but is it a case of you gets what you pays for here? I'd rather not skimp if there really is a difference

Cheers guys

[cabrio327i]

Hi Lee, Same spec tensioner no diference there, cambelt usually OE spec also, dont bother with main dealers for these parts, give me a call if you need any info, Cheers Dave

[E30BeemerLad]

Nice one Dave

Cool - that means i can get the belt, tensioner & water pump for about the price of the tensioner at the stealers!

[cabrio327i]

No probs Lee, if your ever stuck, you can allways get timing belt, water pump from Motor factors in York, there quite reasonable price wise,Dave

[E30BeemerLad]

Place on Layerthorpe?

might give them a bell, i pass it to and from work each day

[cabrio327i]

Yep thats the place mate,

[E30BeemerLad]

you had your motor out much since the last meet?

[cabrio327i]

Not to give it a blast no, just get it out each day to pick wife up from work!Got a few jobs of my own to do on it soon has ive got time, painting house at the mo to keep her indoors quite , then ill get stuck into the car, you did well blowing the clio off mate rapid little motors them!

[E30BeemerLad]

yeah i was quite surprised with the clio too, it was just a quick sprint near monks cross from the roundabout near needhams up to the roundabout near asda/sainsburys. I honestly expected him to be past me, think I did get on the gas first.

I agree though, they are rapid little motors, that's what my mate who had the beemer before me got in it's place.

There's a couple of other Carinas the same colour as yours running around york with the plates on, keep thinking it's you. Caught you the other morning on Walmgate