>From the top (the only part you can see, when it's installed), it has a black, semi-glossy finish to it. As far as how "pretty" it is, once installed, all depends on how careful you are with installing it.
I guess I could take a picture of mine, installed in my green CRX, this evening when I get home. Radiators aren't "show pieces" as far as I'm concerned... I'm more concerned with what it's protecting, sitting right behind it. Ricky On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, danny wrote: > Does that all metal radiator look pretty nice. I want a better cooling > radiator, but i also want one that looks nice. But i dont like the price > tags. Is it real grungy looking, or does it have a nice finish to it? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ricky Crow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Lee & Tracy Grimes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 9:34 AM > Subject: Re: CRX: Aluminuim radiators > > > > On my turbo CRX that still has A/C, I was continuously having overheating > > problems with the car (especially since I only have one fan in there due > > to lack of room from the turbo). There is a company called Absolute > > Radiators (http://www.absoluteradiator.com) that sells an all-metal > > radiator that is dual-core. If you go to their website and look at the > > CRX section, it's the one listed at the very bottom of the page. Since > > purchasing one for my CRX over the summer, I ended up buying another one > > for our new ('94) GS-R that we bought a few months ago that had a cracked > > stock plastic radiator when we bought it. The page where it has the > > all-metal one at the bottom is here: > > > > http://www.absoluteradiator.com/ProductPage.asp?idProd=9 > > > > Total cost, with shipping, is only about $145 to your door. > > > > I no longer have overheating problems with this radiator (except once, > > when I was in Utah, 115F weather, with my A/C on, creeping up a hillside > > on a dirt road at about 10mph in 2nd gear, with a 40mph tail-wind -- don't > > think any radiator in the world would have prevented my temp gauge from > > rising in those conditions). > > > > Big thumbs up to these guys -- they're quick on delivery for the two times > > I've dealt with them so far. I'll probably end up getting another one > > from them for my race car at some point. > > > > Ricky > > > > > > > > On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Lee & Tracy Grimes wrote: > > > > > Anyone got any experience with any racing or aluminum radiators for the > > > CRX? I am wondering about putting one in the racecar if it fits > > > properly and will cool better than stock. I was planning on installing > > > a large two rowfrom an Accord like one othjer guy in the class but I > > > have to make mounts and custom run the hoses. Just not thrilled with > > > the needed modifications and lack of a good fit. I'd really like to > > > have a drop in system already made for the CRX, would take one headache > > > out of the completion of the car. The new class they moved my racecar > > > into now goes from unlimited compression to a new max of 11:1 so I don't > > > think heat will be such an issue. > > > > > > I know Fluidyne makes one and found some by Koyo while surfing. Prices > > > seem to be in the mid to high $300s. Although they look nice, pretty is > > > not the goal, better cooling is. Anyone got any experience with them? > > > >
