Timing belt OEM Toyota or Gates

Get a Gates belt. They are the best and timing belt is no place to cheap out.

Gates is the only aftermarket brand I'd trust; certainly don't go store-brand (autozone, etc).

The pump and belt are good. All else in the kit is chinese parts. Been working fine for a year plus for me. I upgraded to the race belt for extra longevity.

I just completed this on my '13 a few weeks back at 68,000. Belt was still in good condition but as others noted, thats not the only point of failure and my roller bearings had some excessive play so I am glad I did it given the risk of letting it go.

When I had mine done a year ago, independent shops were quoting $950-$1,100 while a Toyota dealer quoted $1,200.

I used a Gates timing belt and some other parts from an ECC kit (new water pump, tensioner, etc.) The timing belt looks tight and normal still

I don't have a problem with Gates. I install lots of those without problem so I went with one on my Z32

I'm going to swap the Conti belt I installed for a Gates (OEM on this car). I'll let you know how it goes.

Gates seems to have lost some quality in recent years.

I've had some problems with Gates for timing belts. I've had 2 instances when the timing belt was making noise after installing it, hard noise to describe, basically the belt being very hard. Threw on an OEM belt and it was fine.