Searchin for a Radiator

well i was driving from home back to school and i stopped at a gas station and noticed steam coming from the bay. popped the hood and coolant was all over hte front of the engine. took a look a saw that it was bubbling from like a 1.5 inch section on the top of hte radiator (where the round top and the rest of it meet up). filled hte radiator back up, duct taped it (it was all i had) and kept going. the car kept getting too hot tho (the temp would rise to the top over and over) so i ended up having to pull over every so often to refill then keep driving at 50mph. nothing like having a 13 yr old radiator finally die...

well basically what i'm wondering is what a good price on a radiator is or where to buy one. i'd like an aluminum one but those are really costy. i've found some on eBay for just under 75 shipped, regular ones that i believe have the metal top. is that a good price, or should i look in town. and would it just be better to get an aluminum one (koyo, fluidyne, etc)?

im probally gonna be in the market for one too actually, i had a crack on the plastic top of mine as well, i put high temp/high pressure appoxy on it but it still came through in a fine mist, and i just put some kinda powder in it to stop leaks too, but i dont think that helped much either, my shit dosent over heat though just need to fill it up once a week hehe. but anyways let me know what you find out and what you decide to get, and what you think of it.

well i bought one online tonite, but i kinda wish i woulda gotten it at Advance Auto Parts. the online one has a lifetime, and i believe hte Advance one would too. Only problem, with the online one I have to ship it back if it goes bad, with Advance I just had to drive over there in another car. The thing the online one has over the Advance tho is that its about 60 bucks cheaper shipped

yeah honda makes shitty plastic topped rads. i replaced mine about 7 months ago with one i got for $200 cdn. it was a bit trickey to do the change but anyone can do it. usualy if i can find something in town, i'll gladdly pay a lot more for it than deal with the haseslles that can come with online shoppig