SmokinSam06

so yeah, i hit a huge dip in the road and cracked my radiator, can one of you fine gentlemen (no homo) point me in the direction where i can buy a good reasonably priced one?

thanks!!

SlowCobaltSS

Call a local radiator shop maybe

Dealership quoted me 360.00
Local radiator shop quoted me 125.00

tylerjclance

iTrader: (7)

$100 on ebay *

or JB Weld, Like I did, (i had a tiny leak, same thing happened to me )

07SSYellow

iTrader: (7)

u mean your intercooler??

SlowCobaltSS

Come out here and show me how you repaired ur radiator with JB weld

SSlobalt

He probably broke one of the two nipples off that go into the rubber support on the bottom of the radiator. You can JB Weld the nipple back on. The nipple is usually still stuck in the rubber bushing. I would suggest a new radiator, though.

tylerjclance

iTrader: (7)

lol it was a tiny tiny leak.. slapped some jb weld on it, no more leak..

Well
actually... I used prestone stop leak first, which stopped the leak and where the leak was at I jb welded it

Prestige_Worldwide

That **** is terrible (stop leak).

SlowCobaltSS

Thats where my radiator is broke and leaking from and I cant find the nipple anywhere around the radiator so im just going to get a new radiator and slap it in there and call it a day

**** pour radiator design in my mind tho

SmokinSam06

yeah mine has a huge hole in it! lol the inpact was pretty rough! im about to google a local radiator shop and see what the say.

cobaltsssc760

I hit a rabbit doing 90 broke my radiator mount on the right side but no leaks. The best deal i found was ebay. I think there is some third party auto parts sites that have them for like 120$ and come with some sort of warr.

SmokinSam06

Stealership: Roughly $1,000.00 with parts & labor
Local Radiator shop and a friend who's a mechanic: $190.00
Me-1 Dealership-0

SlowCobaltSS

Damn they quoted you 1k for parts and labor, Did you ask if they were going to come pick the car up with a tow truck and replace the radiator datail the car completely and tow it back to your house with a full tank of gas and a oil change

cobaltsssc760

yah 1k$ thats crazy better be a gold radiator. install isnt more than 2 hrs at 90$ shop rate and a 300$ raditor you do the math. dealership is a joke.

LS6Rally

iTrader: (14)

Plus a coolant flush, disposal fee, and....

they suck.

cobaltsssc760

hellen keller could pull the entire front bumper off in no time flat. just do it yourself

HyperMuffin

You don't have to take the bumper off to replace the radiator. I've cracked my radiator 3 times in the same spot and I have never taken my bumper off to change it. It's easier if you do though. I just take the grille out. Then take out some of the tabs for the bumper that are up top and remove or just bend the hood release and you can take the radiator out that way. Takes me about 30-40 minutes. Also OP if you're swapping radiators stop at your local parts store and pick up some worm clamps for the hoses. The factory clamps are garbage.

SSlobalt

Werd .

SmokinSam06

they quoted me 1k because i cracked the housing on the radiator fan, so they wanted to replace that too, but i am just gonna patch it back together myself instead of replacing the whole thing.

BlueStang

Ask Red Green, duct tape fixes every thing