Reviews of OEM Subaru timing belt kit

I paid around $240 for an oem Subaru timing belt kit with new water pump/tensioners/pulleys/seals from bam. Then bought a few jugs of coolant from Walmart for 60$. the shop around me charges 450 for install. Also the oem radiator is made by denso . You can get it off rockauto for 110$.

Labor isn't bad but where the hell did they get the pricing for the timing kit? OEM is like $300-400.

I see quality water pump/timing belt kits go for as low as ~$300. Though, there aren't warranties, etc. like the dealer gets, I'd look into seeing if they'd allow you to provide that to them.

I had my 98 Legacy Outback done 2 years ago and the timing belt kit/water pump was around $300. I think they’re charging you too much for that.

your timing belt kit is 3x as much as it should be could be the shops doing or they’re selecting the OEM Subaru parts which are just rebranded Japanese parts. Look up Aisin TKF and then find the correct number for your make model year. I got one for my 2005 sohc Outback and it was $270ish from rockauto the exact same Japanese parts you would find from Subaru Dealership.

Have the same car, parts should be about $350 if you want 100% OEM parts: Labor seems right and reasonable to me, parts just seem to expensive.

No way a timing belt kit and water pump costs 1k

Dude that radiator is almost 4x than the one I put into my 06 gt. The timing belt kit you can get for 500 and under. Aisin branded