Opinions on ebay racing radiator?

[Jezza]

I did some searching on the forums and haven't found a definitive answer yet.

The Punishment Racing radiator with fans is $259, but they are about $100 cheaper on ebay. Does anyone have experience with the ebay radiators? How is the quality, fitment, cooling, etc.?

For reference, this is the one I was looking at:
95-99 ECLIPSE GS-T GSX 2 ROW ALUMINUM RADIATOR+10"FANS | eBay

 

[ILoveMyTsi]

Looks legit. I personally have the cx racing radiator you see on ebay which is the same as the punishment kit and everything is great except for the drain plugs o-ring/gasket is already cracking which I've read on here before that was kind of a common problem, easily solved though.

 

[Xeiros]

I've had a CXRacing radiator before in my old WRX, and I loved it. The only thing you have to do generally is replace the drain plug with a brass one which can be picked up at autozone for really cheap, but overall it's a great pickup.

 

[EvoChris]

Dude a radiator is a radiator. As long as its a 2 row or better id buy it. Im doing AN fittings off my water pump, t-stat houseing, and radiator. I just bought a honda radiator off ebay for 100 bucks with a 12 inch fan.

 

[Helifax]

unless you plan on road racing it should work just fine.

 

[2geclipse565]

I actually bought one a couple weeks ago from this guy eBay My World - proautopartscorp

So far so good

 

[AMPPRC]

by any chance do you know what brass plug you got for the radiator because i need one

 

[Guilty1s]

Punishment racing, CXRacing, just-intercoolers, probally more... they are the same company, same address, same product whether on ebay or not, different prices though. I do notice, i have better customer service dealing with something like Punishment racing though their website then buying something from CXRacing though ebay.

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[roberts99]

i've seen alot of people use these and they work great!!!!!

 

[Jezza]

I ordered the Punishment/CX Racing one. The ebay one was just a little bit too questionable for my tastes. I mean, $120 for a two row aluminum radiator AND two slim fans?

 

[Bud92gsx]

But for the price and possibly writeup..I'd take the shot in the dark..It's hard enough to get the ac fan modded for a 16g in a 1g..thismight be a great pickup..

 

[my98gsx]

I ran a cx racing radiator for 2 years with no problems. It didnt look as nice as the Mishimoto radiator, but performed just as well, for alot less money.