So, as I posted a week or so ago about going to change the belt on my wifes 04. Well, today I pulled off the upper cover to inspect and start the job. To my surprise the belt looks absolutely NO different than 15-17K miles ago when I replaced the headgasket. This belt was installed by the dealer after the first one snapped at ~70K. But it looks to be a very high quality belt(i.e. similar to the Gates I have to install.)

Does anyone have any comparison pictures of a new vs the one they took off? Or any ideas of where the weak point is on the belt.