Cam Belt Changed today, very pleased!

[CupraR210.DJM]

hey guys,
had my cambelt and water pump changed today at Cambelt King in Rayleigh Essex. And i must say I am well pleased with the service i received.
I dropped my LCR off at 08:50 this morning and got a call at 16:00 to say it was all ready to pick up. Turned up and my car was parked outside ready and waiting. Went in to settle the bill and was seen by the owner (must say, very nice chap) and was told the total for all work including labour was £348, they give you 2 years warrently on their work on the provisor that you got back every 6 months for those 2 years to have a visual check done on the belt.
I was given my keys along with a video tape (which recorded all work the mechanic done on the car through its time in the garage)
They even let you use one of their loan cars, which for a private garage around my area is very rare indeed.

Must say I am very impressed and would recomment them to anyone in the area.

Regards
Deano

 

[LEE69]

That videos a first, never heard of that before, you watched it yet

 

[CupraR210.DJM]

yeah they have a camera pointing down over the bay where your car is, so if you want to you can watch the footage back and make sure they actually done what they said they have.
I had the place recommended to me by a friend, and i'm well chuffed !!!!!

 

[JamesL]

thats pretty clever re the tape, I can imagine the staff arent too impressed though!

 

[andycupra]

i presume this was just the camblet change and not including a service?
also whats included? is it the full kit, new tensioner etc?

 

[GREG_R84]

I had my cambelt and water pump changed a few weeks back. All for just under 200 kwid

 

[wurzel]

£200?! That has to be the cheapeast on record! SEAT charged me nearly £200 for parts (water pump and cambelt kit from what I remember)

 

[GREG_R84]

My local stealer wanted 267 just to change the cambelt. Took it to the local garage, and off the top of my head i think it was 198.50. But i did get army discount on the labour

 

[Bananaman]

Mate. I recently paid £335 for the cambelt, tensioner and pump - and I thought that was a *very* fair price, compared to Seat's quote of £459!

£ 200 is a steal, especially seeing as labour seems to be £40+VAT minumum these days and it's a 4 hour job....?!?

 

[GREG_R84]

they only charged me 40 an hour. They are really good there, they do MOT's for 40 as well for squadies

 

[Bananaman]

In that case, you got a bargain, matey - and having had 2 brothers and many mates as squaddies, then I take my hat off to your mechs for their loyalty to you guys....

 

[GREG_R84]

Cheers mate. I think the garage is sick of me now tho, Had fuel filter and rear disks and pads last week. And now booked in for MOT and front disks and pads for 3 weeks time

 

[Bananaman]

LOL - they'll be praying you go AWOL asap, then!!!

 

[GREG_R84]

May be after i get the front breaks done lol

 

[CupraR210.DJM]

200 pounds sounds like a steal.
as per previous reply,
This price is not for a service, just the cambelt and waterpump change, and yes it is the full kit. Plus 2 years warrently as said above. Overall i'm really pleased with their work and would recommend them.

 

[JamesL]

I know its been said but £200 is ridiculously cheap - It cant have included genuine parts. I had mine done Saturday, and I bought the cambelt change kit from VW, which was ~£160, waterpump was ~£80 plus ~£12 worth of coolant. There was a £47 surcharge on a px waterpump though. So all in that is £200 just for the genuine parts

 

[JamesL]

And I've just realised that VW effectively gave me more money back for my old waterpump than I gave them for the new one!! wtf!

 

[jiege01]

i got the full timing belt kit (belt, tensioner, rollers and bolts) and a water pump for £130. local mechanic charged £80 to put it in. a total of £210, i was well chuffed that day

 

[ChrisGTL]

Would this fit a Cupra?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-Golf-Bora-..._trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247#ebayphotohosting

 

[LEE69]

Mines an AUQ engine so it wouldn't fit my cupra.
Give them a bell