Anyone paint their aluminum radiator?

[Floridianson]

It should be Anodized when you got it. So it would last much longer than bare aluminum.

 

[tobyS]

His spec said galvanized...what would be galvanized? Is there an aluminum galvanizing process?

 

[Floridianson]

His spec said galvanized...what would be galvanized? Is there an aluminum galvanizing process?

Think maybe anodized is what they do to most exposed aluminum. Galvanizing steel maybe but Aluminum?

 

[tobyS]

"Surface Finish Galvanized For Corrosion Protection."

His specs say galvanized twice. Galvanizing I know of has to be applied to magnetic metal, not aluminum.

 

[MarcusOReallyus]

That's got to be an error. Nobody galvanizes aluminum. Those two metals don't like each other much. There are worse combinations, for sure, but still, that would not be a good thing.

 

[Warren Lovell]

Looking at it, I doubt it is galvanized. looks anodized.

 

[Warren Lovell]

Radiator did not have a fitting for the coolant level sensor so I drilled and tapped a plug. 1/8 - 27 tap. Said 5/16" drill, but the bottom of sensor would not fit so drilled one size up. Not an issue since it is a taper tap. Plenty of clearance in radiator for sensor.

 

[Dutch88]

What did you do on the passengers side top mount? Did the cap interference with it? I have the same KKS radiator and the top mount isn’t even close because the cap. If I put the stock mount on it would literally cover 3/4 of the cap and the mount wouldn’t even bolt down lol