Well, after 11 years without an accident it was bound to happen. I was driving along right after leaving a light and a water cooler fell out of a truck two cars ahead of me. The SUV right behind the truck swerved to another lane and the girl in the mustang in front of me went full on brakes. I did not see any of this happening because I was changing radio stations and when I looked up all I saw was the rear end of her mustang up in the air. It actually took me a second to stab the brakes because I just could not figure out why she was stopping in the middle of the road for no reason (I did not see the water cooler) and when I did hit the brakes there was just not enough room. Anyway I tagger her at about 10-15 mph and took out the front bumper, hood, put a hole in the intercooler, and pushed the cross member into the radiator. Oh well, I guess that is why I have insurance, but it still sucks.

Anyway, does anyone know the factory price for the intercooler, hood, radiator and bumper?

I am thinking about going to an after market intercooler (Nisei) and an Evo 9 bumper as it has to be replaced one way or the other. I have also pondered a CF hood, but it depends on what the parts cost new. What a way to begin the holidays..

 

If you're interested, my stock radiator is just sitting in my garage. It is in fairly good condition. I don't have any pics since I'm out of town for Thanksgiving but if you're interested I will be home on friday and can take some pics for you. Just let me know.

I don't have an answer for any of your questions though, sorry.

 

I would search the "for sale" forums and get a color matched hood, used intercooler and even possibly a radiator (used radiator is kinda stetchy though).

 

Last I knew the stock FMIC w/the two pipes was $1200 or more. Look used or even upgrading is cheaper.

 

time to upgrade...... here is a radiator

http://www.stikiller.com/product.php...age=1&featured


and if i remember correctly a new hood without paint was 1000$

 

Yes, I am looking at the upgrade path. I do not think that I will replace stock when I can do better fore the same price...

 

i have a stock ic in excellent shape you can have for a couple hundred if you need one till you upgrade