Six Star OEM timing belt. Choose for Impreza (RS, TS, WRX, STi), Outback, Forester, Legacy or Baja models. 150k mile service life.
It's a no brainer to replace your timing belt with any head gasket job. We strongly advise our clients to replace their timing belts with head gasket projects due to no extra labor costs and a life of 105k miles. You will receive an OEM timing belt, basically the same belt that you can buy at the dealer, it just won't have the "Subaru" stamp on it. Use the best parts but save some money! Make sure you enter your full VIN before you place your order so you get the correct parts for your car.
Unit Pricing | 1 ct |
At Smart Service (and Smart Quality Parts), we have been carrying and using the Six Star brand in our repair facility for over 15 years. Since the majority of our in-house technicians are Subaru factory trained we understand the benefit and need for correctly fitting and functioning replacement parts. The benefit of being an independent facility is that we are not required to use the Genuine Subaru stamped parts but unlike other independents, we didn't want to use aftermarket parts just to cut costs and increase our margins.
We found Six Star in that search for the perfect balance between OEM quality and a more affordable price by cutting Subaru out as a middleman. We supplement with the Genuine Subaru parts where we feel that is needed or required if Six Star doesn't manufacture a certain part, but we mostly use Six Star because more often than not the part is identical to what you would buy at the dealer.
The description below outlines the color and sticker system on the parts you may receive. Please know that 90%+ of the Six Star parts we carry are the Gold Star OEM designation and the Red Star options are just as good in our opinion (see our replacement oil filter for example, you can see it cut open next to a Genuine Subaru filter there is no difference at all).
We offer our own private Six Star label parts that identifies OEM parts with a gold star:
and alternative source parts with a red star: