Thread Resurrection!!!
I discovered a shady repair 4 hours from home last week, looked like superglue followed by black RTV on the overflow fitting... I created a rough texture with a serrated knife and applied some JB water weld. It has held up good-enough for the rest of the week and the trip home. (I can remove photo if wordplay offends)
The way that little plastic fitting hangs over the rear bothers me and a little more cooling for my 115F summers wouldn't hurt but all my searching showed next to nothing in multiple forums and that the WRX is almost 1" wider in parts catalogs. It also has an extra fitting on the top passenger side. So then I pulled up this
SUBARU WRX/STI 2008–2019 Model: MMRAD-STI-08. It's a little thicker on account of it being Dual-row and of course its about an inch wider than ours. And while that overflow fitting still hangs off the rear, its a quite a bit more robust being a threaded aluminum fitting.
LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD I think it might fit but there may be some customization required.
- Passenger side there's nothing for inches
- Driver side only thing within 1" on the driver side is the AC hardline which can be bent a little if needed.
- The exact placement of the mounting pegs may need a custom bracket (what I do for a living).
- Fan mounting screws
look same in pictures Hope they work in real life...
- Fans are the same in parts catalog
The fan shroud might need some trimming where it warps the sides.
- Fans are the same in parts catalog
- Fan to engine may get up to .75 closer unless the core sits closer to the fan
- Shouldn't matter either way, there is 2" clearance as it is.
- The AC core bolts to the radiator, I don't see provisions for this on the WRX. ReQ Custom brackets...
- I Already have a good design in mind.
- Prices... OEM $250-300, Aftermarket repair $60-90, WRX Mishimoto $320
- found a deal, gonna spring for it
I'm going to think on this
for a bit, make sure I'm not missing anything before I decide to do this...
And of course, if I pull the trigger and am successful I should probably make a few extra brackets for the followers...
Edits made: new findings right after posting make this more likely...
