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Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby
With a new rad, you should be good to go - I *may* add the radiator to my cooling overhaul, it would be prudent at 15, going on 16 years old
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Yeah? Well, if you do, keep this update in mind!
My experience with Zionsville has not been good. The 1st *two weeks* of disappointment are on me. Either I didn't remember that it took 2 weeks to fabricate the E39's radiator or it was quicker 12 years ago.
Lead time is 10 'business days'.
Zionsville has a phone #. And an answering machine. It's as far as you'll get trying to find a human voice. The site says they 'close' at 2PM on Fridays. My experience is that they do not open on Fridays.
But the 10 day lead time was stretched- nay, DOUBLED. Yep. I made this thread a MONTH ago. The radiator was delivered yesterday.
But ohhhh, boy. Is it purrrty..
So, that was yesterday and everything was grand with excitement. And then there was this morning. The test fit revealed that we had some work to do.
Now really, this is just trim some plastic work. This is only a big deal when compared against my expectations: 10 days means 2 weeks, not 4. When Zionsville needs that kind of time, they should deliver the product- and it should FIT.
So, I've emailed Zionsville with the pictures of the fitment. They'd already said they'd refund shipping for the manufacturing delays. But the shop will charge for this bit of fabrication even if nominal. I'd like consideration for the charges that I will incur as a result.
The experience has me thinking that the next radiator need will send me to a custom fabricator. At this point, even if it works great, I will spend plenty of time trying to avoid the experience again.
11-06-2018, 01:16 PM
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