look i know this may be stupid but iam just trying to figure out the best thing to do and i dont wanna do anything stupid or fucked up but i was gonna get a new timing belt and water pump for my swap and i called up honda and they want 205$ for the timing belt and water pump while napa has them both for 88$ so should i save my money and buy it from napa or should i just get the stuff from honda? is there going to be any quality difference? anyone have expierience with this ****?

 

I would rather go with OEM on parts like that.

 

but iam seriousley strapped for cash i dont have **** for money damn swap is so expensive....i guess ill have to buy the oem parts and just wait another month or 2 before we do the swap so i can have enough money for everything to go in

 

?? still dont know what to do ??

 

Well what motor are you swapping? What's your budget?

 

iam putting in a b16, got the swap from jhpusa.com,my budget is like 215$ for timing belt,water pump,axles,spark plugs, and a friend suggested to go ahead and replace the distributor cap,rotor,and spark plug wires...but we havent even looked at the motor yet..iam gonna unwrap it tommorrow and look at everything and decide on the stuff i should re-buy...by the way if i buy from honda its gonna run like 400 bucks and i gotta wait another month and a half to put the motor in...but if i get the stuff from my friend at napa for discount and cheaper i can put it in this weekend.....something to think about..should i wait and buy the honda stuff or go ahead and get the no name brand stuff from napa?

 

i used a water pump from napa, timing belt from carquest, ngk spark plugs from m&o schucks (dealer wanted $15 for each plug) schucks was only $2 a plug.

 

although i agree dealership parts have a slightly higher quality, if you are on a limited budget then a waterpump and timing belt from a local parts house (kragen, pepboys, autozone, etc) will work fine. The same goes for all the other tuneup parts as well.

 

Maybe I can help you out...I am a Honda dealer and sell to H-T members at wholesale prices:

Timing Belt.......$43.13
Water Pump.....$77.42
Thermostat.......$10.49
Dist. Cap..........$14.02
Dist. Rotor........$11.64
Spark Plugs......$2.00ea (copper)
Plug Wires........$42.12

TOTAL $206.82

PM me or post here if you want them. That goes for everybody. I have references on H-T also

 

ill just get it here locally itll be way easier because they have everything i need here in stock...thanks guys i guess ill call up my hook-up at napa and tell the guy my list haha and the swap will be done sooner than i thought!

 

i got everything i think