I thought koyo rads were a direct replacement..... anyways I got mine today, love how it looks, but wat now?? I dont have a problems making brackets, its not that hard but any of yall got any tips?? thanks

Martin

 

The brackets on the original should be removed and put on the new unit. That's how it worked for me.

 

Me too used original brackets but be gentle so you don't hit your condensor like I did and had to replace that too. Also I would change my upper, lower and heater hoses and clamps

 

Just unbolt the side straps from the OE rad, and bolt it to the Koyo. Nice and easy.
-a

 

imma take a pic of my rad, the brackets look welded on..

 

you cna heat it up with a torch and the will come off

 

I had to do some modifications to my stock brackets to get them to fit the Koyo... grind out the holes because the spacing was different on the Koyo.... I'm not sure, but i think it may be an s4 / s5 problem... (as in, i have an s4... did they send me an s5??) dunno. have nothing for comparison.... but it still was easy.

 

Yeahm I'd definately replace those hoses. Theres one in particlar that is likely to fail because the oil drips on it when you change the oil filter.

 

The bolt holes on bracketry on the S5 OE rad are closer together, So, if you were fitting an S4 Koyo with S5 straps, then the holes need to be ground further out from each other.

If your fitting an S5 Koyo on S4 brackets, then you need to grind the holes closer to each other.
-a

 

Did you Koyo come with a place to put your heater hose?