Dave and Sheri Build a 30th Anniversary MkV - Coil Covers, Heater Hose

[Dave Howard]

I previously spent a little time polishing the Fan shroud from breeze and the radiator from FFR. The fan shroud was mounted to the radiator. There is a huge difference in the quality and workmanship on these pieces.


Next, as per the FFR instructions, I placed two strips of D weather stripping on the bottom side of the FFR supplied stainless steel top bracket and dry fit the radiator in position. Again, the radiator construction quality comes into play. I imagine the radiators were sourced offshore. I wasn't satisfied with the fit. The huge aluminum weld at the bottom of the radiator tanks extended down past the radiator mounting bracket. So in reality, the rad is sitting of the weld. I therefore chose to add D weather stripping to the lower rad support on the frame. I switched out the supplied hardware for stainless steel. I have not yet drilled and secured the rad top and bottom as I want to see how the supercharge heat exchanger will mount in front of the rad.





I will remove the radiator to make the installation of the front wiring harness easier.