nowhereboy Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Got both the air con and alternator belt sat here waiting to be fitted, it's going in to the garage tomorrow, they just charged me £80 for oil and filter change which I find a little steep, a little worried they might give me a daft price for the belts. Am I right in thinking it should be no more than £50 to fit them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom-89 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 £0? looks simple enough: http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/15848-how-to-change-the-aux-drive-belts/ I reckon you'd get charged a couple of hours labour as a guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy78 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I'd say an hour's labour max, so around £50 seems reasonable... but who knows what garages decide to charge for things... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
370Ad Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Got both the air con and alternator belt sat here waiting to be fitted, it's going in to the garage tomorrow, they just charged me £80 for oil and filter change which I find a little steep, a little worried they might give me a daft price for the belts. Am I right in thinking it should be no more than £50 to fit them? I thought things were cheap up north! Horsham do a whole P1 for £99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT Driver Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) I'd say an hour's labour max, so around £50 seems reasonable... but who knows what garages decide to charge for things... I'm a sh!te amateur mechanic and I did this job in about an hour! It's not hard at all. This diagram is useful just ignore the "remove this pulley" comment: Edited April 12, 2016 by GT Driver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowhereboy Posted April 12, 2016 Author Share Posted April 12, 2016 Really don't have the time for a DIY job at the minute, working way too much at the moment Cheers lads, give's me an idea what I should be looking at. I may just tell em not to bother unless they can do it for £50 or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richf Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 30 mins labour for an experienced mechanic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 takes 30mins to R&R that stoopid undertray!! via axle stands LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Bradders- Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 I've got brand new gates belts I bought but they don't fit my new lightennd pullies! Yours for £20 delivered. Cost me 26. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenLandy Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Took me about ten minutes to change them... No undertray admittedly, but still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowhereboy Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 Cost £55. Not going to moan about that, the lads picked me up and dropped me off at work while it was in Can't grumble 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irn Bru Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 (edited) I've got brand new gates belts I bought but they don't fit my new lightennd pullies! Yours for £20 delivered. Cost me 26. Are they for a de engine Bradders ?. I'll take them off you at that price, mines will be going in for a service after the NC500 trip and will get the belt done too. Could get them off you when you come up for the trip in May Edited April 13, 2016 by Irn Bru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Bradders- Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 I've got brand new gates belts I bought but they don't fit my new lightennd pullies! Yours for £20 delivered. Cost me 26. Are they for a de engine Bradders ?. I'll take them off you at that price, mines will be going in for a service after the NC500 trip and will get the belt done too. Could get them off you when you come up for the trip in May I'll let you know i think Craig smith is having them! He dibs first but ill ask him if he wants them 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Mine was the HR so only had the one belt. Nissan took well over an hour and a half to do it and charged me £80 when I had the first belt shred on me at 22k miles. When the same thing happened again 20k miles later, I bought a gates belt, and using just a 1/2 t-bar to move the tensioner off and a small allen key to lock it, the job took me just 5 minutes. That was my first time too, and that 5 mins included getting the tools out of the garage. Id certainly do it myself again, if you take your time you`ll find it straight forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigy_87 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Think the infiniti garage I use were charging around £60 to supply an fit the belts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1ke13 Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 I paid around £50 to have mine replaced with Nissan belts on an DE, looking how easy it is I'd say have a go yourself though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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