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Old 12-03-2013, 08:24 AM
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OK! Who was the vendor selling aftermarket radiator supports?
Old 12-03-2013, 08:32 AM
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I don't know of one. Why do you need one?
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I took a flying leap over a deer carcass in the dark in the middle of the road, if you really need to know. Now I get to rebuild the front end of my vette, might as well put in what I want, the after market supprt was supposed to be built better and cost a little less then stock
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Sorry to hear that. Hitting a deer is my biggest fear.

I have never seen one, but if you do, please post on who had it.

FYI, there are several Superchargers that require you to replace the radiator support and they provide the correct one with the kit. I bet if you go on the parts section and posts a thread looking for one, you will find one.
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Zip products say that they have a reproduction one. It is aluminum.
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Some people have posted that the weak points on the OE version are the welds, a few have broken the welds and had them re-welded locally with a better job.

If I were installing a new OE support, I would look at the existing welds and perhaps have them re-done locally if they looked cheesy.

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