It came black - but you never know where they source them from at the bottom of the market - might be a different supplier (and bare ali) next time.

 

Ordered one of these and it's turned up this morning. Looks nice - will report back when I get round to fitting it.

 

Finally got round to taking out the condenser, and found my radiator is in a sorry state after all.




Looks like it needs replacing to me. So - a few questions:

Anyone think it's worth sticking with this one? Or am I right to think about replacing it?
Recommendations for radiators? OEM? Aftermarket? Suppliers? Prices? Reviews?

Cheers,

 

I've heard some good things about the MIshimoto rads, and they come with a lifetime warranty, although have zero experience with them personally:

http://www.mishimoto...ance-00-05.html

Looks to be a nice radiator on par with the mugen stuff, but at a fraction of the cost. Thicker than OEM too I believe. Not sure how it compares cost wise to OEM though.

I've just brought one of their rad fan switches which does the same job as the mugen one, for £30 with a lifetime warranty too.

The site listed BerNRBP also does a rad for £100 - http://www.carcooling.co.uk/products...09784-646.html

 

I fitted a Tegiwa one. Fit is good but thicker by design, so I needed to trim a bit of fan shrouding to get my K&N FIPK to fit.

 

Cheers Ben. Ordered a Tegiwa yesterday, delivered this morning. Can't complain

 

Yeah, I really did shop around and comparison prices with OEM Blueprint worked out about the same. Good service as always from Tegiwa and I've had no problems with the supplied 1.3 bar pressure cap either. You do hear stories about them leaking with some 3rd party caps.