Honda dealer in Fairfield CA charged a bit over 500 for it. It takes a while to do it and the parts from Honda are a lot. Belt, Tensioner, and tensioner spring. OEM parts are a rip, but at least you know you're getting good stuff.

-Tim

 

I was quoted $252 parts and labor to replace the belt- independent Honda mechanic.

 

Like what other has said, they it to the shop. You need the proper tools and knowledge to do it properly. Improperly installing a timing belt will make your car run like shit and give you lots of headaches. Save yourself the hassle and trouble, let the shop. It may be expensive, but it's once every 90k miles.

Also, you SHOULD replace the water pump while you have the timing belt off. A defective water pump cost as much as a timing belt job because you have to take off the timing belt to get to the water pump. Depending on which model Integra you have, the vtec is about $100 and non-vtec is like $50 for a new water pump.

A recommendation, insist on a Honda OEM timing belt. Paid the extra $20 or so and the OEM belt. These last up to 90k and more. The aftermarket usually last about 60k, sometimes not even that long.
My mechanic told me he has seen plenty of timing belt break because of cheap aftermarket belts, so insist on the Honda OEM belt if you can.

 

I replaced my timing belt myself and learned alot. When it comes to the timing belt, get it from Honda. I got the first one from a local parts store (Sebring West) and it didnt work. I talked to a buddy of my and he said go get the OE belt. I got the OE belt and it worked fine. I also replaced the PS, AC belt and water pump(non OE). It took me half a day to do all of them. I have some shop experence so it wasn't that bad. Parts came out to about $200.

 

Acura dealer near me also charges a bit over $500 (i believe this includes water pump and drive belts). it's a time consuming, tedious job.

 

I whole-heartedly recommended NOT doing it yourself. Even having the timing belt done at an Acura dealer doesn't necessarily guarantee it'll be done properly... let me share my personal horror story.

My beloved Teg was a remarkably problem-free car for more than 200k kms. Then came time for another routine timing belt replacement. Cost just over $600 Cdn and I was on my merry way... the next week on the highway I noticed the engine was revving funny, as if there wasn't any 'resistance' when I accelerated. Gave it some more gas with no torque at all, then suddenly I heard this awful "clunk" from the engine and looked in my rear-view mirror just in time to see some fist sized hunk of metal bouncing out from underneath. Now the engine was really revving freely and after a touch on the gas (I was going over 120 at the time) the engine unceremoniously siezed. Pulled over, checked under the hood and found shredded belts and a crank pulley that was half-out. She was flat-bedded to the nearest Canadian Tire (I know, I know, not my first choice but nothing else was open during the christmas holidays and I was over 150 kms from home) where they had to replace not only the belts but the crank pulley which had BENT because the bolt had FALLEN OUT! Apparently it wasn't torqued correctly and simply came off, almost taking the pulley with it.

So anywayz, two painful weeks later, without my car to use over the holidays, I went back to the original Acura dealer that did the timing belt and demanded my money back. They wanted some proof and initially only offered a credit for future service; i quietly handed them my bent crank pulley and suggested they go look for the crank bolt which was now highway litter. They eventually apologized for their error and refunded the whole repair plus towing costs I incurred; I haven't set foot in that place again except to buy a replacement trunk insignia some adolescent f*cks had ripped off.

So to make a long story short, torqueing to spec matters. Duh. Teg's not doing any worse for it though at least... almost 300k now and still purring... gotta love em

Eugene