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Originally Posted by a_ahmed
Well... I have quite a bit of ebaying experience but recently I'm trying to avoid it due to the MASSIVE surge off knock of garbage being sold on there... I don't want to buy such a vital item and get a knock off Yoyo (LOL) aluminum radiator. I'm just not so trusting of ebay anymore...
I have a trained eyes for these things but to be honest the latest batch of knock off stuff can be hard to distinguish and furthermore kind of hard to trust when you don't get as much communication as you would on a forum or that sort of thing (eg; not a credible vendor or someone you heard of).
Edit: Like just now I went on ebay and from simple search "koyo ka s13" or whatever I typed in... I got four different 'koyo' aluminum radiators. One has a logo, one has a logo with 'racing' on it, another has no logo, another has different packaging than the other. I've never owned a koyo aluminum radiator, so kind of hard to know even what to watch out for...
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Ebay is your best friend when it comes to car parts. It's not too hard to distinguish the real from the fake on ebay. Just sort by price (highest first) and go down till you see the lowest of the high. Koyo also makes OEM replacement type rads which are on ebay (plastic end tanks, stock sized) which won't give you any significant cooling benefits.
Mishimoto seems to be pretty good. Most of those can be had for about $200 or a little less. I have one sitting in my shed right now. Quality looks good, i'm yet to see how it performs, but i've heard nothing but good things about them