my mishimoto looks in really good shape with some pretty decent welds imo.
Pros: good shape, decent welds
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Mishimoto has been working great for me.
Pros: working great
I blew my stock one around 60,000km, then the STI replacement around 100,000km. Fixed the issue with a Mishimoto aluminum rad.
Pros: fixed overheating issue, aluminum construction
Vehicle:
Subaru
I replaced my radiator several times, always due to corrosion at the bottom edge where brine accumulates. Last time I replaced it for Valeo and for sure it had same design as your "new", which is a stamped aluminium sheets stuck on cylindrical piping. So far so good.
Pros: stamped aluminium sheets
Cons: corrosion at bottom edge
I recently replaced the radiator on my MK1 TT. After getting the old, leaky radiator out of the car, I compared it with the new one and was surprised at just how different the core designs were!
Pros: different core designs
Cons: core designs different
Vehicle:
Audi TT
Koyo forever! I've run them on both my is300s and my jz swapped s13
Pros: reliable on multiple cars
Vehicle:
Lexus
Koyorad makes a good radiator, a little expensive but worth it
Pros: good radiator, worth it
Cons: a little expensive
Vehicle:
Infiniti
The radiator on my 2016 is leaking, although leak isn't really the right word. Maybe porous. The hole is so small, it takes months to show a change in the coolant reservoir. On some days, given proper conditions, a small wisp of steam is visible coming from the radiator area. I added a UV dye to the cooling system, and it is visible then.
Pros: UV dye makes visible
Cons: small hole, porous
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
2012 Golf R (FSI) and just recently had a Mishimoto radiator installed. Car behaves normally on the road but the first track event after having it installed it got very warm (about halfway between normal and red zone on factory gauge) and actually spit out some coolant under the hood I found once back in the paddock. Shop has checked everything out, re-bled the system and found no air but does start to get hot under sustained boost. Funny thing is I track the car heavily and never had this issue on the OEM radiator, also the water pump was recently changed with timing service and has less than 1000 miles on it.
Cons: got very warm, spit coolant
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
especially NOT a mishimoto. that shit is junk and i speak from experience.
Cons: junk, bad experience
Vehicle:
Lexus
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