Original Or Aftermarket Clutch? Please Help!

[vchohan1]

Hi All, really new to the forum so hello! I have a Toyota Yaris T Sport 2003 and my clutch needs replacing. Toyota have quoted £230 just for the part and the after market ones I. E. From eurocarparts is £60. Can you please pass on your experience and advice on what I should really go for etc any decent makes I should look out for?

Thanks!

[Madasafish]

At that age I would buy cheap. If the car is on its original clutch it has lasted 13 years. I doubt whether - based on normal UK life- your car will be on the road in 5 years time. But if you do expect to keep it, buy Toyota.

Of course, you would be foolish to replace the clutch plate only: I would also replace the clutch cover as well...

[vchohan1]

Thanks Madasafish. That's really helpful. Do you know what brands I should look out for? What difference will I notice from have a new clutch or Na aftermarket one?

[Madasafish]

Eurocarparts have a good reputation so whatever they are selling should be OK.

No idea in any difference in feel.

[Catlover]

I presume clutches still have a thrust bearing, so dont skimp by not replacing that. If you kept the old bearing and it starting getting noisy 6 months down the line its an expensive job just to change something that will only cost a few quid extra now.

So clutch friction plate, pressure plate and bearing.

You probably just by all three in a set.

[vchohan1]

Thanks, yes I'm looking at all 3 bits. I've done some research and the brand LUK seems to have good reviews. I hardly drive the car, it's don't 110k miles. I found LUK clutch for £64 for all 3 parts. Toyota are asking for £235 without fitting for all 3 parts. Ive got someone who can fit it for me. Thinking of going with LUK since I'll only do about 6k miles a year. Any thoughts? Should I be looking at other makes?

[Catlover]

From what I read LUK does have a good reputation. A quick search shows they are UK made in Sheffield, 45,000 assemblies PER DAY

[avensisd4d786]

LuK are OE supplier for Toyota and other car manufacturers. my 2.0 D4D flywheel and clutch had LuK stamped and Toyota it was a dual mass flywheel.

I have known Toyota to use Aisin clutches too.

[vchohan1]

Ah that's reassuring to know. I think given I won't be driving the car much anymore it's a safe bet to take, so I bought one and just waiting for it to arrive now. That and a another gearbox is going in.

[Cyker]

You have a lot of choice with the T-Sport as there is a wide selection of OE and sports clutches for it!

For my D4D, there seemed to be a lot fewer; Ended up getting a Valeo on on my old 3-door. It felt a bit softer IIRC, but that may have just been the newness?

Last time I shopped around, Toyota wanted £700 all-in to change, nearest franchise garage wanted £550 and my travelling mechanic mate did it for £400 with the Valeo kit (Friction disc, thrust bearing, spring and he also changed the slave cylinder, which is not part of the kit).

[vchohan1]

I ended up buying the LUX for £64 and have a friend to fit it for free! Job done! Let's see how it works out for me.

[WHawkins]

On 3/5/2015 at 8:40 PM, vchohan1 said:

I ended up buying the LUX for £64 and have a friend to fit it for free! Job done! Let's see how it works out for me.

How did the LUK clutch work out? 

[Catlover]

Hi Wilf,  and welcome to Toyota Owners Club.

I just done a simple check and vchohan1 has not been on the forum since March 5th 2015, maybe that post was his last.  So it highly likely you not going to get a reply from vc.        
For your info, all I did was click on the avatar and the info pops up. Handy check before replying to a thread that is old.

[TonyHSD]

Oem or Blueprint. Luk , sachs, aisin also good but can be fake if bought from unknown sellers. 

[Saxmaniac]

Luk is a good make, OEM for many manufacturers

[Guest]

19 hours ago, TonyHSD said:

Oem or Blueprint. Luk , sachs, aisin also good but can be fake if bought from unknown sellers. 

You're certainly a Blueprint fan Tony! I agree though, their parts are of good quality.

[TonyHSD]

1 hour ago, mrpj1 said:

You're certainly a Blueprint fan Tony! I agree though, their parts are of good quality.

Haha, yes I like them and recommend to others, some of their parts are good quality but some are exact brands as oem but comes in a blue box instead of a red with Toyota name on it. I also had failed wheel bearing blueprint only after 45k miles but the other 3 bearings are still fine after 60k miles. I usually will only recommend any brand parts or accessories if I had tested them myself first 👌👍