A few additional factors made me go with the custom ALL ALUMINUM:

1) The OEM is $420 vs. $600...I felt the $180 additional cost gave me worthwhile benefits.... (additional cooling capacity, durability)

2)The OEM has a plastic tank or whatever they call it. THe custom is all aluminum. Plastic will eventually age, get brittle, and start to leak somewhere.

With you living in TX and having such intense heat, ....I think the heat would contribute to the aging of plastic (yeah, I know UV and ozone would also factor into it). I lived in Dallas for almost 15 yrs....so I know about those hot summer temps ... it bakes the carp out of stuff!

Live in Arizona now, avg 85 - 90 summer days, (although today was 103 ..how ya doin' down there Billy, Kirk, et al??), and we have around 10-17% humidity.....

I felt the temp, low humidity, etc.. would also affect the plastic, so I splurged a little.


  • It has about 3x the cooling capacity and the entire unit is aluminum, there's no plastic.
  • The fins are 2.25" deep vs. the OEMs of a little shy of 1.5". *** the depth of the fins are important...not just 2 rows of them ***
  • It has 2 rows of 1" tubes.
  • Weighs around 14 lbs vs. OEM 11 lbs.
  • Holds a few more ounces than the OEM
  • Part number is 1-24RO9397


Hope you get your issue all sorted out.