I used zip ties that came with the fans. and All of them snapped and broke. Are there any alternatives?

By the way, I have koyo radiator on a 01 DC2

 

you can do what im doing, you make little metal tabs that are strong enough to hold the fan and you make them angled and long enough to reach from the fan to where the stock fans supposed to bolt to your radiator... i got the idea off a pic on ebay... take a look...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...77086

 

thanks for the link!

someone should make and sell these. I'm sure it'll sell well.

 

good find. My slim fans should be coming in today and i think im gonna try to make something just like that.

 

i used metal zip ties. same thing you use for heat wrap

 

can someone still post how they managed to use the zipties to mount them

 

*** zip ties!!!!!!! bolt the fan to the radiator. Before i went turbo, i had the full size aluminum radiator, w/ the 12" slim fan. What I did was by four brackets that had holes so that I can best fit the fan to the radiator. It worked really well!!! should cost no more then a few bucks. i liked it better without the zip ties.

 

Are you talking about these? I am using these and they have been holding up for over a year. MIne came with springs also for tension.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...wItem

 

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Yep those. maybe i tightened mine too much?

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Where did you buy the brackets from?

 

that is the same exact mounting kit that i used on mine, except i found no use for the padded stickers. It seems as tho it would work fine. Installation is also a breeze.

 

i actually used heavy duty zip ties... i just didnt tighten them super tight... they are firm but have enough slack so that they dont just snap from extra pressures of any kind...

my zip ties have held up for 2 years and counting.

ill have to borrow my gfs digi cam cause i dont have one but ill try to take pics sometime this week along with the type of zip ties i used...


Modified by LordAphotic at 1:46 AM 2/26/2008

 

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I stuck mine right through the fins. I tightened them enough where the fins kind of held their shape. I'll try to take a picture later.

 

you dont have to worry about taking a picture for me but you can still post to be helpful to others. I didnt know thye were ziptied on at first but it made a lot more sense once i got the fans in with the mounting kit.

 

Yeah, I didn't buy a mounting kit. I just bought zip ties.