Are you running original drive belts?

[Tomsriv]

I just replaced the drive belts on my 2000 4runner 2.7. It has 3 belts and they all look like original style belts. Two belts say Toyota and Mitsubishi. The third says only Toyota on it. I was wondering if anyone can confirm if either of these are original belts.

I am wondering because I just hit 170,000 miles! Thats really long life for belts and I think I could have gone longer. I was getting an occasional squeal from the AC belt so I did them all.
All the previous cars I have owned had V-belts and I am used to replacing those every 50k miles. I noticed the adjusters on these modern cars are a lot better than the ones on the muscle cars I am used to fixing.

The say belts and hoses are the most neglected maintenance items. My hoses are still soft and look great, so I'll ignore them a while longer.

 

[00t4rlimited]

Those look like OEM belts. But that doesn't mean they haven't been replaced before. My runner has had all the belts changed since I got it 2 yrs ago & I only have 120k on runner but I used OEM belts. ordered through worldpac using OEM part #'s

 

[pat161]

Quite possibly original, I wrecked my 00 2.7 Runner at 96k and the belts were still perfect, I can't imagine having changed them within 50k miles at the very least. The 2.7 is an incredible motor in most every way, ease of maintenance included.

 

[hossmaster]

I changed mine when I did my Timing belt at 90K. I kept the old ones as trail spares.