My radiator core support (2000 SE) is rusted almost completely through but the crossmember is still connected and I sprayed the F out of it with rust converter and fluid film. It won't make it another winter in Ohio.

Does anyone in the forum have a spare or know a good place to buy an OE radiator support/lower tie bar?

Most online prices are way too high for our cars to be this old.

 

nissan parts deal https://www.nissanpartsdeal.com/part...support,,62500 has it for $350 and change. For OEM, that's about as cheap as I've seen it. I had a shop do it last year, and it cost $500 plus labor. I heard they only sell the entire upper/lower rad supports as a unit now, so you can't get just the lower support. The nissan parts deal site lists a lower support for $255.

 

The prices are only going to go up for OEM. They have not been produced in ages and the amount of stock they have will only go down. Theres every incentive for them to squeeze more money out of it. People who want OEM generally are willing to pay a huge premium.

Unfortunately for us, this is one part where OEM is needed. Aftermarket is chinese trash metal that is guaranteed to break. If your support is rotting only where the support meets the engine cradle, it might be cheaper to have someone cut that part out and just weld in some steel in its place.