I see lots of posts on this, so apologies for repetition. However, most are old, and many have broken links.
So, but after all of your years of experience, for the education of a newbie, which are the better chain tensioner replacement full kits I can buy and provide to a trusted shop to install (primary guides, and the notorious secondaries)? There are many variations, but some may be a bit dodgy or incomplete... MY2000 XK8 4.0 Conv.

Thank you.

 

If you're getting a shop to do the work, would you not be better off having them supply the parts? If there are any problems, they'll blame your parts.

 

As above - many shops will require their own parts and parts supplier - unless you know them personally.

But following because I plan on doing my own and curious what people aer using as a trusted all-in-one kit since there's tons of options out there.

 

We have a good relationship with them - servicing 8 cars over 23 years. Four of them concurrently. They have agreed to do customer (i.e. me) supplied shock mounts. Small town. We know where you live kind of place

 

We do know them. Was asking since, as for shock mounts, there may be some kits better than others. I would like to avoid junk.

 

You don't really need to replace the chains never heard chain broke even beyond 150k miles . Get rock auto tensioners made by INA they're very good quality have them for 2 years nothing wrong with thankfully
for the guides get the wide version from autohausz they have eurospare also well made no much difference than the oem actually one of my guides was the OEM made in France out of euro spare box
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Thank you. That's what I am after! Brand names to search for (or direct my shop to). In discussion, they were actually trying to suggest chains as well 0 I never asked for that - just tensioners. They don't really grasp the concept that this is a car-specific issue and not just a general old car issue. It's only gone 53K miles.

 

Wouldn't it just be as simple, and certainly not much more, to just do the chains if you are doing the Primary and Secondaries? All chains stretch eventually and seems to me that if you're doing all the tensioners putting new chains on isn't going to increase the time or effort by any significance.

 

It's just added cost for no benefit. There's no harm in doing the chains, but no need either.

 

It's only 53k miles the chains doesn't break I believe they used taubaki chains back then it doesn't need replace though iwes is not expansive but no need to replace it many members here 150k plus and chains are fine

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You're welcome use permatex extreme oil resistance for the timing chain cover also get front crank seal I believe timken makes them rock auto have them