My 02 TL-S has a JDM front end on it and I need to replace the radiator. I bought a Type-s radiator only to find out its different than the JDM one. What radiator would I be able to use besides the JDM one? Would a TL-P radiator work? Thanks in advance.

 

For '02 the "JDM" front wasn't different. Care to elaborate or show pics?

 

Well for one, the new radiator has a hole in the bottom middle of it for what looks like a sensor but the old radiator does not. Second, the fans line up on the top and I can screw the 10mm bolts in , but the 2 legs at the bottom of the fans don't reach low enough to where they need to sit in the holes so basically the fans would just be mounted by the 2 top bolts and hanging.

 

Looking at the old radiator on my car it says " Honda pa66+pa612-gf30". Anyone have any idea what car this radiator is from? I'm thinking the previous owner installed a different radiator than a TL one.

 

Nevermind I figured it out. JDM front end uses TL-P radiator.

 

What do you mean JDM front. They aren't different lol. Do you mean you have a 99-01 front on an 02?

 

No. I have a 2002 JDM Honda Inspire front end on my 2002 Acura TL.

http://www.automobile-catalog.com/ca...re_type-s.html

 

Right, its exactly like the USDM other than a Honda grille. And sidemarkers. lol

I'm not trying to be a dick, but I hope you didnt actually pay for the whole front end when a grille and some sidemarkers would accomplish EXACTLY the same thing.

 

After reading a few posts, you said you had to use a non Type-S air filter, and you said a non Type-S radiator fit but the S didn't..are you sure yours is a real Type-S?

 

Lol. Yes it's a REAL Type -S. I bought the car that way so no I didnt pay for the front end.The problem with the air filter was that the car was hit in the front end and the shop replaced it with a front clip from a JDM non-TypeS front end including the air filter. I ended up getting a TypeS air filter to replace it.