Toyota Tensioner Legitimate on Ebay?

[panthermike]

Hey all,

I am very careful buying parts on eBay. Even ones that claim oem you can tell they are counterfeit based on the stamping and/or the oddly printed labels in an unmarked box.

Anyways, need a Tensioner for an '03 Matrix and stumbled upon this one here: Ebay Tensioner . The seller feedback is good and I did notice the "INA" stamp on the part. IIRC, INA does or at least has made the Tensioners for some Toyota vehicles. If it's legit, it's around $100 cheaper than buying from the dealer.

Any thoughts appreciated.

 

[wings&wheels]

If it is too good to be true....

Now this may be actual Toyota goods, but I wonder how this reseller is able to get legitimate goods and sell them at a profit for ~$100 less than the Dealer on that low priced of a part? The next question I would ask myself is if this fails early on, is if my inconvenience, effort, etc. is worth >$100....

My bias includes a dim view of eBay, Amazon and most of the aftermarket as sources for critical auto parts.

 

[drtyler]

I would rather buy and install INA FT40016 from RockAuto than risk the Ebay part.

 

[D60]

There are two neutral FBs....one claims of a tensioner being MIC, but that could still be OEM.

Seller only has 65 ratings, I'd probably stay away

 

[cptbarkey]

Personally I would go with the DAYCO 89356 Info from Rockauto

 

[panthermike]

Thanks for the input, I'll stay away from it. I can't buy from Rockauto unfortunately since I'm in AZ but partsgeek has several options including; INA, Litens, Dayco, Gates, Continental and many cheap ones.

@cptbarkey Any reason to choose the Dayco over the INA or Litens? The Dayco is $128 or $145 (2 options), INA is $102, Litens is $79. Not sure on the Litens brand, it seems regarded but not sure currently. I don't love that Partsgeek lists the SKU and not the part number.

 

[drtyler]

Thanks for the input, I'll stay away from it. I can't buy from Rockauto unfortunately since I'm in AZ but partsgeek has several options including; INA, Litens, Dayco, Gates, Continental and many cheap ones.

@cptbarkey Any reason to choose the Dayco over the INA or Litens? The Dayco is $128 or $145 (2 options), INA is $102, Litens is $79. Not sure on the Litens brand, it seems regarded but not sure currently. I don't love that Partsgeek lists the SKU and not the part number.

The Dayco is Chinese junk. They make a lot of tensioners for Toyota in the USA, but not that one.

The INA looks to be the supplier to Toyota now for that part (could be OE as well). Most likely made in Slovakia.

 

[panthermike]

I would rather buy and install INA FT40016 from RockAuto than risk the Ebay part.

This is where I'm leaning, thank you

 

[D60]

This is where I'm leaning, thank you

Go to O'Reilly and look at their Murray. Based on price, I'm guessing it's a Litens. Look at the bearing itself.

I have received Litens in a Murray box for a '17 Taco, and the price is usually a giveway.

At ~$132 commercial pricing is only about $15 less than retail for an '03 Matrix 1.8 (on "good" stuff they can't cut a great deal for commercial customers, even in a house brand box)

 

[iahawk]

my '06 Vibe came with the Ina tensioner from the factory. I replaced it with the identical one purchased from Rock Auto for a little less than the one you show from Ebay. (yep, Ina FT40016)

 

[panthermike]

Went ahead and ordered the INA from Partsgeek. Thanks for the input y'all.

 

[brages]

Pics

Thanks for the input, I'll stay away from it. I can't buy from Rockauto unfortunately since I'm in AZ but partsgeek has several options including; INA, Litens, Dayco, Gates, Continental and many cheap ones.

@cptbarkey Any reason to choose the Dayco over the INA or Litens? The Dayco is $128 or $145 (2 options), INA is $102, Litens is $79. Not sure on the Litens brand, it seems regarded but not sure currently. I don't love that Partsgeek lists the SKU and not the part number.

I see you already bought it, but the pics of the Litens on RockAuto show INA markings. I personally would have gone with one of the $65 ebay ones that had INA markings.