what's the best brand of timing belt for a VG30E?
 

I have a question for you guys who've been down this road. I'm needing to change my belt (and tensioner?) since the car has 183k and supposedly has had the belt changed only once prior to 109k. The car is a 1991 GXE with Auto trans.
Napa, Gates, and about everyone else makes the belts. I've priced the Nissan belts too. Is there a good reason not to use a Gates or Napa belt/tensioner?

Thanks

I dont know about aftermarket but with stuff like tbelts I like to stick with stock. You know the quality is there for the stock belt and the price is probably about the same anyway.

Gates or OEM. I wouldn't touch anything else.

thanks guys.. the Gates belt is like $19 and the Nissan is $38, those prices are w/o the tensioner.

the OEM has timing marks on it that the gates lacks.

My local dealer quoted $55, or $38 with "discount" for the TB. You could always use chalk to mark you new belt if it had no marks. The marks on the belt never match the marks on the pulleys after you start turning the engine to check the belt tension. The procedure for checking the tension is rather strange, with inserting that feeler gauge and then rechecking the deflection with the feeler gauge removed.