I think I need a new radiator (15 GTPP). Should I go OEM or aftermarket?

[Dragster]

Hey everyone! I appear to be leaking coolant from my radiator after swapping my cams. I don't remember damaging the radiator, but coolant is leaking, and I'm about 99% sure that's the cause. My car is a 2015 GT PP, and I'd like to get input on getting a replacement. Should I go aftermarket or OEM? The OEM one is $575 from Tasca, but I haven't priced any aftermarket ones yet. Any benefit to an aftermarket radiator over the OEP PP radiator? Thanks for the help!

EDIT: Rock Auto says they have the stock radiator for $160. Not sure how that can be if it's $500-$600 everywhere else... Anyone used them before?

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[cdq85]

I used Rock Auto a bunch when I was fixing up my old Ranger. Never had any problems with them and they were way cheaper. I would just get the stock radiator as long as it was working fine before for you.

 

[Dragster]

I used Rock Auto a bunch when I was fixing up my old Ranger. Never had any problems with them and they were way cheaper. I would just get the stock radiator as long as it was working fine before for you.

Thanks for the info! For $160 it's probably worth a shot. The stock PP radiator was working fine, so I don't feel like the car needs anything more. Just curious if there was something better out there for the same price, but I don't think anything will be able to touch $160.

 

[TaraFirma]

If it's an OEM part, got with RA.

 

[EFI]

$160 seems a bit fishy for a brand new, OEM PP radiator when it usually costs in the $500 range new. Rock Auto has good prices but not that good.

Make sure it's the right part number as it could be just a regular GT radiator.

 

[CVCashmere]

As Thug Life said...the PP radiator is larger and has 2 braces to reinforce the front end. There is a reason the PP radiator is larger and adds reinforcement to your front end...go with another PP, or look into the Mishimoto radiator...they are specialists in this field.

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[Dragster]

Yeah, the Rock Auto part had me thinking "this is too good to be true." If it was $50 or even $100 cheaper it would be one thing, but nearly $400 cheaper just didn't seem right to me, and I didn't want to have to deal with returning anything in case it wasn't the right one. It also said "various manufacturers" or something like that, so I wasn't totally sure if it was the actual OEM part. The Ford part number listed under it was correct though, so who knows. In the end, I went with a Mishimoto radiator from @beefcake

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