Drive belt replacement?

[walt101786]

from my area....the dealer want to charge me $192ish....which absurdly expensive...i also drop by to their parts department to get a quote on the belt on my 07 HB...its like around $50ish...and i search around....most local auto parts sells it for $12.99 and from what i hear its pretty darn good....i would go with DIY and just buy the $12.99 and DIY at home...there u save urself almost $200 and at least sometime urself...hope this helps

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by walt101786

from my area....the dealer want to charge me $192ish....which absurdly expensive...i also drop by to their parts department to get a quote on the belt on my 07 HB...its like around $50ish...and i search around....most local auto parts sells it for $12.99 and from what i hear its pretty darn good....i would go with DIY and just buy the $12.99 and DIY at home...there u save urself almost $200 and at least sometime urself...hope this helps

OMG, what a rip off ($192). I had mine done at a local independent shop that has been in business since 1973. I think it was thirty something bucks including the belt. The dealership is close by, so they drove there and got the belt at their price. Around the same time, I also had the rear brakes looked at (cleaned) and the parking brake cable adjusted.

[junorico24]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

OMG, what a rip off ($192). I had mine done at a local independent shop that has been in business since 1973. I think it was thirty something bucks including the belt. The dealership is close by, so they drove there and got the belt at their price. Around the same time, I also had the rear brakes looked at (cleaned) and the parking brake cable adjusted.

Yeah.

It's a bit much.Going to be busy this weekend. I am changing the alternator on my 1993 Daihatsu Charade g 200 rs. Plus i am changing the rear drum brakes on my Daihatsu to disc brakes. http://daiforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=70 Plus of course last but not least. Changing my Yaris drive belt.I'm still searching for a 1.6 Daihatsu applause block, then mate it with a 1.3 charade head and pistons.It's got high compression! these things believe it or not go like pocket rockets.


Even the 3 cylinder Daihatsu got torque, so much fun to drive.it's surge is awesome. It's a unique engine got grunt for small cars.