Engine radiator VALEO or MISHIMOTO

I replaced my radiator several times, always due to corrosion at the bottom edge where brine accumulates. Last time I replaced it for Valeo and for sure it had same design as your "new", which is a stamped aluminium sheets stuck on cylindrical piping. So far so good.

I've been running a Mishimoto in the racecar for 3 years now with 0 issues and their lifetime warranty including damage during use is hard to beat.

Car came with a mishimoto radiator with the shroud and fans. The car handles Texas heat pretty well during autox events.

I highly recommend Mishimoto, I've had it on mine for a couple years, never overheated or issues with anything. Plus great warranty!

i bought a mishimoto. Everything's fine, adequate stock replacement with a stock fitment.

I bought the Mishimoto one about 20k miles ago and have had zero issues with overheating or leakage.

Worked well on my Valeo radiator, let it soak 10 min and a lot of very brown water came out. No leaks, cools better.

my valeo radiator didn't come with anything.. im just hoping it doesn't leak from that zone.

2012 Golf R (FSI) and just recently had a Mishimoto radiator installed. Car behaves normally on the road but the first track event after having it installed it got very warm (about halfway between normal and red zone on factory gauge) and actually spit out some coolant under the hood I found once back in the paddock. Shop has checked everything out, re-bled the system and found no air but does start to get hot under sustained boost. Funny thing is I track the car heavily and never had this issue on the OEM radiator, also the water pump was recently changed with timing service and has less than 1000 miles on it.

especially NOT a mishimoto. that shit is junk and i speak from experience.