What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
The instructions for how to install the belt are a bit tricky to decipher on the belt's inner carton. It is possible to get the belt on and off with a bit of muscle and with a 1 inch width nylon strap.
Cons
It makes the car idle way down until it's about to die when the a/c compressor kicks on. Had to replace it with an oem subaru belt. It's a stretch fit belt but it is too tight.
Highlights
Quality
Easy to install and seems like a very good product.
The belt is made very well with a quality not unlike any of gates products.
Packaging/appearance
This belt is correct for the 08' subaru, and came in the original packaging.
Competitiveness
Works great for a 2008 subaru impreza 2.
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
fit, great, stretch, old and good. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there may be deception involved.
- Our engine has determined that the review content quality is low.
- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 68.4% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 239 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 8 2023.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Im not sure i believe the gates video when they show you how to use the tool and claim that the ac stretch belt is designed to wear away at the same rate as your regular serpentine belt
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The ac belt while it does spin as much and is shorter than the serpentine belt only has load on it when the ac compressors clutch is engaged
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Fortunately its so easy a caveman can do it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I do have my gripes about the use of stretchfit belts that ill address below
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
First off the old tensioner pulley design on quite a few of the older model cars had in my opinion a bad tensioner design
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This would cause unnecessary strain to the tensioner and subsequently they wind up with customers who get damaged tensioners
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Instead of redesigning one that applies tension perpendicularly 90 degrees to the belt subaru decides to slap on these stretch fit belts
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
There are universal ones that wont work
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