Maintenance Items: OEM or Aftermarket?

[NTIman]

Too bad I literally know that sometimes I deliver belts all the time to the dealers to put on cars.....sooo...your car might have an AAP belt wether you got it done at the dealer or not. I see this everyday as I am the one delivering those parts to the dealers. They try to use their own belts to save money (buying in bulk) but when they dont have one all they do is call us. All the regular shops? Yep those are our belts, our olympus, or NAPA.

Your not picking up many expensive things, so you wont be killed by the dealer so its basically your peace of mind. Choose what makes you sleep comfortable at night.

Yeah, when we don't have a certain belt in stock and need one we get them from NAPA or Federal. I was just pointing out the fact that the belts we get from those places haven't been the same quality, and if given the choice, I'd rock the OEM.

There are a lot of dealerships that are honest, a lot that have shitty mechanics who don't know better, and a lot of dealerships that screw people over.

If you go to a good dealer, you'll have no problem getting very good honest service. I like to think that smaller "hometown dealerships" are usually honest, but I can't speak for everyone. I'm just lucky enough to work at a dealer that doesn't want technicians to sell everything and a bag of chips.