Engine radiator MISHIMOTO or Nissens

Replaced OEM with a mishi, Fitment is good part reason I went with it was I replaced the fans with mishimoto fans and it all slid in nicely

I have a mishimoto radiator. At idle the highest I get to is 196 F then it drops down to about 185 F. While driving I’m usually averaging about 178 - 190 F if I’m not in stop and go traffic.

Mine bolted right in, no issues, and works spectacularly.

Replaced with a mishimoto and never looked back...

me and some E39 buds here in the Netherlands have great experience with nissens. It's a pretty good package all around and had a copper core instead of alu.

I had an early failure of a Nissens and have switched to a cheap all aluminum unit, which is working well for me.

I replaced it with the mishimoto radiator and new hoses too. much better for my 2004 Subaru outback

I imagine, if done right it could be stronger than original. But unless it's a really good radiator, I'd replace it with one of those $70 nissens.

The Mishimoto all aluminum radiator (2 core) started leaking this past January (86k miles) in the top left corner (if you are facing the grill). From what I can tell with reviews, I was lucky to get 18k miles on that radiator.

After the copper OEM radiator broke I replaced it with a nissens aluminum radiator now the thermostat never hits operating temperature, I changed the thermostat to what the book wanted which was a 190 degree thermostat but even still the gauge doesn't go up all the way. I replaced one of the senors and the main coolant temperature sensor but still it doesn't go all the way up. On top of that it takes the gauge a good 3 minutes just to move slightly. Doesn't need to be fix probably but still annoys me