The previous Gates belt looked completely fine, and probably could have lasted another 10 years.
I have always had good luck with gates belts and they have always looked good when I replaced them too. 70-80k belts looking almost new.
I have had good luck with them for years.
Gates makes good belts.
Gates is fine. If you find the gates racing belt it's better. But they are super rare these days. Stay away from any Amazon or ebay crap.
For my A3 8V 2.0TDI I paid 575€ to change the timing belt + water pump in Portugal.
Gates, I've installed dozens of them and never had a problem, easily outlast the timing belt.
The common complaint of gates timing belts is that they're loud.
I used a Gates belt that the marks were off last fall.
After just snapping one in my Audi A4 B7, I had to rebuild that entire head. Total pain in the ass. The factory belt lasted 15 years, 175k miles before it let go.
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