Go here and look at those 2 radiator clips that fasten the radiator to the car frame. I saw that there was rusting taking place. Is this normal? I see newer models have this painted black. Is this an improvement in the recent tC's?

Click below and my engine bay is the first picture on page 52.

Thanks.

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/sho...=32902&page=52

 

no they all rust with time, the ones on that thread were painted by the owners themselves, or are replacements fron NST tuning. u can always just unbolt them paint them and reinstall them

 

What are they called? How much are they? I think it has to do with the salt they put on the road when it snows. I am pretty sure they looked better when the car was new LOL.

 

seems like normal wear and tear progression.

 

yep when the car was new they never look like that, but with time water/salt/snow jus take its toll on them. NST radiator supports. u can jus paint them but thats up to u

 

http://www.nonstoptuning.com/DME/pRadiatorPanels.htm

FYI, mine came as silver, not black as pictured.

 

Thanks everyone. I'm going to buy the new ones. Scion tC owners are the best!

 

NST delivers again

 

Dang f that, i will just paint mine

 

Dont the radiator supports come black from the factory? Yours look like they never were black. Mine just started to turn dull black,got some $7 high temp paint, good as new. Those NST brackets do look nice though, might swap them out later.

 

hmm, mine never came black. it was always silver. and now its rusty, I'm to lazy to paint them. but I should do it this weekend while I install new crap on the car

 

mine are black, they aren't rusting yet but a few of the bolts that hold on the headlights have some rust on them

 

yeah that's what I think I'm gonna do to mine. but idk. mmy VC is powder coated blue and I have a VVTI plate/SRI/Header in chrome/polish. so I'm thinkin maybe buying chrome paint and painting the brackets chrome/metallic. or blue. but eh idk to much blue it alil to much rice, but so is to much chrome lol. I eventually wanna redo my VC black though. so I guess I'll jus see this weekend

 

I am keeping all my stuff black since my heat shield is black. I would like to find an extra VC to work on so I dont have to worry about doing it in one day and messing something up and not having the car or having to put it on looking messed up.

 

yeah man I know wat u mean, that's y I don't wanna change the blue out yet, I need to get another VC to ____ around on. I might do chrome/polish to match the other little nick nacs

 

rosedale you said nick nacs lol

 

lmao yeah i did

 

 

i have the dme radiator brackets in silver (since my car is black i wanted them to stand out) and they are nice, decided to swap out the stock ones since pretty much everything else in my engine bay was DME so why not match it all up lol. but my stock radiator brackets never faded or got rust but then again it doesn't snow here in my area (socal). but you can just paint them and save some money because it's not like they are gonna brake on you.

 

every bolt on our tC is rusted bad. and the car has the engine coating. but my xD(1 winter) has many rusty bolt s already with no engine coating. sucks but thats the way it is