VW frustrates the hell out of me some times.
My 'AL' 525mm radiator is stock in these cars "without AC." Now I have to find shrouds for them, or otherwise hack cooling systems into place on them. The measurements for the VW OEM 321-121-253AL radiator are 525x322x34mm
or 20.6693" x 12.6772" x 1.33858"
| Cabriolet | 1990-1992 1.8L Digifant |
| Cabriolet | 1980-1989 1.8L CIS |
| Golf/GTI II | 1985-1987 8V CIS |
| Golf/GTI II | 1990-1992 2.0L 16V |
| Golf/GTI II | 1985-1987 GTI 8V |
| Golf/GTI II | 1987-1989 1.8L 16V |
| Golf/GTI II | 1988-1992 8V Digifant |
| Jetta I | 1980-1984 1.8L |
| Jetta I | 1980-1984 1.6L |
| Jetta II | 1990-1992 2.0L 16V |
| Jetta II | 1985-1987 8V CIS |
| Jetta II | 1988-1992 8V Digifant |
| Jetta II | 1985-1987 GLI 8V |
| Jetta II | 1987-1989 1.8L 16V |
| Pickup | 1979-1981 1.6L |
| Pickup | 1979-1981 1.8L |
| Rabbit GTI | 1983-1984 1.8L 8V |
| Rabbit non GTI | 1980-1984 1.8L |
| Rabbit non GTI | 1977-1984 1.6L |
I finally got sat down with someone who works on these cars: The hilarious part in a nutshell: ANY of the A1,A2 shrouds will fit my radiator. ANY. The only differences were whether the vehicle had air conditioning, and that was mostly a matter of what fan was installed. What an enormous, pointless waste of time researching this!
This does bring me to a point that I am unhappy with: There are no new sources for these radiator shrouds. They are as common as grass, certainly. But they are NOT available NEW, which violates one of the principles of VolksarU: Sourcing COTS parts whenever possible. These are not COTS. The are out of the wrecking yard. But the radiator is the most perfect fit for the space, and the fan is necessarily the best fan for the radiator.
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