Four (4) Row Radiators? Gimmick or Blessing?
I managed to put a crack on the bottom of my radiator (2002 E350 Super Duty 5.4 RV). Act of sheer stupidity. Cannot be fixed. Looking to replace. Factory OEM replacement has 2 rows of tubes. Costs abo...
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Lwiddis wrote:
Aftermarket providers come and go even if their product is top notch…which is a guess, a hope. IMO stay with Ford.
You do know that Ford and all other OEM's use vendors to manufacturer and supply most everything that comes in those OEM branded boxes? Typically farmed out to the lowest bidder.
An example;
A genuine Ford brake rotor for a 2010 F150 front will cost you @ $92.00 over the counter down at the Ford dealer and you'll be lucky to get 20K miles out of it before it warps, and then you toss it because it has not enough material to resurface. You can pick up two Powerstop drilled and slotted rotors for @ $228 ($114 ea) that out perform the OEM junk by a longshot, and have enough beef to turn twice if you want at the sacrifice of the slots, but you'll probably never need to.
Buy into the OEM shell game if you want. Those aftermarket providers that come and go could very well be making whatever is in that OEM box.
