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July 17th, 2009, 08:07 AM
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Captain of my ship
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Talk about high prices
There are anly a couple rad shops that will recore my rad within 75 miles of me and I have been on the phone trying to get a price. the general estimat I have gotten so far is between 3-400 dollars
 does this sound like it's a little too high or am I just being cheap |
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July 17th, 2009, 08:26 AM
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Sounds a bit high for a recore - those prices seem like those of a new radiator! Of course you are talking CA dollars, right?
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July 17th, 2009, 08:37 AM
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July 17th, 2009, 08:41 AM
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If it is the factory original radiator and you want to keep it I would say that is fair.
I bet they will throw some sand in the vaseline @ no charge also
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July 17th, 2009, 10:25 AM
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Captain of my ship
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Prices
Just got a call back from the one place and it is 333 plus tax @ 13% and a new rad is 436 plus tax
 They have to order either one from Quebec , and Rob that is canadian dollars which means that there would be about 15-17% cheaper. I am going to take it in next week to see if it can be repaired or not since the core does not seem to be rotten. |
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July 17th, 2009, 11:04 AM
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I experience the same thing when I was looking for a heater core replacement for my 64 Olds 98. It was more expensive to have it repaired and re cored than to buy a new one. I think it is cheaper to buy an O"reillys or Summit radiator than to have the original one re cored. The only reason to repair an old one is if you want to keep originality.
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July 17th, 2009, 01:51 PM
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unless your trying to keep it original for that money you can get an aluminum thats what id do probably get it cheaper i was at a swap meet recently and a guy had a shitload of new aluminum rads for $250 each even see the same deals on e gay
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July 18th, 2009, 09:13 PM
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I got a factory replacment bolt in aluminum for my car for $300 plus shipping so yeap thats seems a little high.........What would a new one run?
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July 19th, 2009, 04:29 AM
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Captain of my ship
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They quoted a price of $436 plus tax (13%) so it would be pushing $500 and that to me is high. I am going to take it in to see if it can be fixed cause the core does not appear to be rotten. hopefully it can be repaired.
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