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    Quote Originally Posted by mutley View Post
    That's what I was expecting, however they put the unit price on the ticket as 74.00, so below the import tax threshold, and delivered to my home address yesterday afternoon.(only down point is that is in Edinburgh and I am near inverness, so had a nice little drive down and back yesterday)

    I'm now off to Honda to get the coolant and then straight round to the car, pics will be in in a few hours.

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    Jim, can you remember where you ordered your rad from? Looking at mine the other day I'm thinking it may be worth having one 'in stock'...

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    Quote Originally Posted by NSXGB View Post
    Jim, can you remember where you ordered your rad from? Looking at mine the other day I'm thinking it may be worth having one 'in stock'...
    I done the usual Internet trawl and I found it on eBay ( eBay shop), fromthe USA. I will have a hunt through my purchase history to see ifi can locate the seller. I do remember it was a buy now or best offer, so I offerered about 50 USD lower than asking price, so if it is the same now you might try asking for a lower price
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    Thanks Mutley, much appreciated.

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    Ended up getting myself the Koyo rad, apparently better made than the Mishimoto according to NSX Primers (?) and no cutting required to fit the rad fans. Must say, I'm impressed with the quality, almost can't wait for my radiator to start leaking...
    Prices have risen...came to best part of £320 delivered, taxes etc.

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    Fair enough , glad you got a new rad ( still cheaper than OEM) I'm glad I changed mine

    Jim
    1992 NSX, 3.0 Manual, (Was Sebring Silver) Now Kaiser Silver

    2018 Jaguar XE, 2.0 R-Sport 250, Loire Blue.

    2013 Kawazaki ER6F, Metalic Green.

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    Another member asked if I could post some more detailed pictures of the KOYO rad than were available online, happy to oblige...

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    First pic with drain plug removed. The new drain plugs are black anodised aluminium and use a polo shaped seal.

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    Hi everyone,

    Unfortunately my radiator went a couple of weeks ago. I bought the Koyo radiator (at Kaz's recommendation). It had split at the bottom, same as a few others have described (can't complain too much after 150,000 miles!). If anyone's in need of one here are the details of where I got mine from:
    Purchased from ebay seller: undercaroutfitter Link: http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/undercarou...p2047675.l2559
    Item Number: 230609194611 Link: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2306091946...84.m1439.l2649
    Price of item (w/o postage): £227.98 ($367.99)
    Price of postage: £56.30 ($90.25)
    Total paid to seller: £284.28 ($458.24)
    Coming through UK Customs the charge was £47.54
    Total price paid £331.82


    The item was dispatched within 24 hours of the order. It took a few days to make it out of the US, then the usual week or so in UK customs. Once the letter informing me of the import VAT had arrived and been paid it was delivered the next day.


    Upon arrival the packaging was damaged. This was in an area of the packaging that had plenty of protection and upon detailed inspection the radiator was undamaged. The radiator was pretty well protected in the packaging.


    The guys at Chiswick Honda commented on it being a well made piece of kit, that it fitted into the car (91 manual) without modification (to radiator or car) and that it had significantly more capacity for coolant than the original radiator.

    So far it's got me to Maranello without problem and should be good for (at least) another 150k!

    Rich
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    Hi, Rich.

    Thank you for sharing your experience and this would be great information for all of us with classic car like NSX.

    As mentioned many times, the radiator is a consumable parts so it’s not a question of if but when so all of them will start to leak sooner or later.

    Koyo is well known among the racing teams and also as OEM supplier so build quality is excellent.

    With this price and being as all aluminium construction (which should last longer than the OEM plastic top/bottom tank design), I don’t see the point in going for the OEM one.

    Hope you are having good time in Maranello.


    Kaz

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    Not looking for a new record but some feedback on the Koyo and Mishimoto radiators longlivety.

    I guess I'll have to replace it soon (well, before it breaks and that's what I consider soon ). Koyo would be my choice. Anyone has one in stock before I try to order from JP or US?

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