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nfi if mine has hit 6 figures or not.. As it arrived here with 66k... So its hard to tell. But I did my belt and other stuff when I got it.

More for a piece of mind that the car wont break few months down the track... And now 6 months on.. car is going great!

Need more power now! :huh: After seeing so many on the cruise and only hitting 158rwkw...

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gees though somthing bad happened marss!! lol

mine snapped in the lancer, caused big expensive problems. only got 80k in the line so isnt time to replace just yet

hahahah! ye... bad for my wallet... <_<

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What timing belt are you replacing it with?

Is there any difference between a Nissan one and an aftermarket one (eg I know GReddy makes them)?

Nah going with the original NISSAN one, i was adviced to KEEP IT REAL... :lol:

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Nah going with the original NISSAN one, i was adviced to KEEP IT REAL... :lol:

WERD....

I got mine done last week......it was 5K over due...

Bought the car 2 years ago and it had 23k on it....now its got 105k...

I dreaded hitting the 100k mark....but meh its not so bad..... :huh:

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Mine had 156,000 when I sold it

STD Nissan Timing Belt's fine unless your pushing some rediculous amount of HP.

Gates are good for strength but the blue coating comes off them very quickly. Bit annoying when that's one of the reasons you buy it and show it off..

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yes i would love to know how aftermarket belts are noiser than nissan ones? this should be a good explanation...

It seems to be the Gates belts rather than all a/m belts in general. More than one workshop has mentioned the fact that the Gates belts tend to be noisy, I can only imagine is related to their design and/or material they are made from.

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ahh i see, i thought you were being sarcastic!

well there is not a standard belt left on my car. i'm using Greddy timing belt and pitwork accesory belts and they are quiet.

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Mine's still running the original belt (well, I assume it is). :cheers: Really gotta do something about that :) *snap* :)

Tossing up whether to do it myself or just get it done by a mechanic. Out of interest, how easy/hard is it to tell if the water pump is cactus or a-ok? I remember SK saying that there is no point just replace the water pump without actually checking it...

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