Oh man, it's that time. There is a '94 Accord DX here that is
about to roll over to 145K km (90K miles, for those of you
who still use Flintstone units), and I've got to shop for belts.

(Gonna do: timing belt, balance shaft belt, new tensioners for
both belts, water pump, w/p gasket, cam seal, crank seal.)

I normally would use all Honda OEM parts for these jobs,
but I did find a package deal on Conti belts/tensioners at
a pleasant price. Conti's an OEM supplier to BMW and VW,
but I don't know how good they are on Asian marques.

The industry is very odd these days about consumables.
Sometimes the identical part gets sold at a dealer with
an OEM tag with a 300% markup. Or sometimes a part
at a dealer is specifically built to a more rigorous spec:
oil filters come to mind as an obvious example.

Are there any trustworthy non-OEM belts out there? Given
the extremely bad and expensive consequences of belt
failures -- don't want any bent valves, thank you -- unless
I hear a chorus of good news, I might just order up OEM kit.

Chris