Timing belt DAYCO or OEM Honda

Dayco, continental should be fine, as long as it’s not China Amazon stuff. Gates it usually good but as with anything these days quality control is a crap shoot.

Dayco is an OE manufacture for many manufacturers, it's a pretty solid belt. Quick answer is yes you should get it changed ASAP, I've seen a lot worse belts than this one and they drove to the dealership just fine.

Who has the best deal on a genuine Honda j35 timing belt in Charlotte? Anyone know of specials?

I replaced mine at 80k when it was 8 years old and the belt still looked perfect.

I bought my timing belt/water pump off amazon. It’s a Dayco product (part number WP215K1B) and so far I’m happy with it. Obviously I won’t know if it’s some trash until a little further down the road, but I’m 20k miles into it and so far no trouble.

My 1994 Honda Prelude VTEC had its original timing belt at 242k, and had no cracking or obvious signs of wear.