Well, getting a radiator is a real chore LOL. Everywhere I've found them even for sale online it's either local pickup only or $100 for shipping. I'll just snag one from the local dealer, I think they have me setup as a shop in their system so should be around $150.

Rock Auto has an array, but not a Denso, which is what I bought several years
back. They also have an all aluminum unit for ~$270. Shipping to me was
$27.

I'm gonna stick with stock. It lasted 20 years and my coolant temps have never gone over 183ish F with the 170 t-stat.

It's possible it's fine and the dealer didn't even recommend replacing it but I don't wanna take a chance on the trans cooler part failing and killing the trans.

I got mine from a local Toyota dealer for $117

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That's a great deal, retail is showing $163.15. I'm hoping they'll knock some bucks off.

Camelback had the radiator listed for $120 with free shipping but they were backordered and canceled my order... That was a while ago, maybe try them

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I bought from Camelback and they cancelled the order said they no longer ship radiators due to damage claims. Most others I found are local pick up only as well so it must be a thing.

The packaging on the radiator is terrible, they shift inside the box. When the few pieces of foam move.

My first one (local pickup) had the relief nipple broken off. The dealer replaced it for me and I opened the replacement box at the dealership to inspect the rad ans ensure it was good

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@Speedy Love your YouTube content, dude. Just wanted to throw that out there. A local dealer in my area has the OEM unit listed at $112.98, plus whatever shipping costs to your location. That’s a pretty sweet deal imo. I’ll drop the link below

toyota 4Runner Radiator assembly - 16410AZ011 | Sheehy Toyota, Fredericksburg VA

I got mines from ToyotaPartsDeal. Ship packing was terrible. It was the radiator was in it's own box with moulded styro on the top and bottom tanks of the rad. Then the rad, in it's own Denso box, was packed into a slightly larger box with a single sheet 20" X 12" bubble wrap.

Box arrived in terrible shape with the rad slightly damaged cosmetically. Never again. I would do will call only so I can inspect it before taking possession.

Thanks for following a long. That's a great price but shipping is $75 and if the packaging is as bad as everyone says, I'll just haggle with the local dealer.

Tell me about rust! I ordered a JDM engine that the bottom of the engine has been exposed to a bit of sea spray air. The bolt has rusted onto the crankshaft pulley. After exhausting every power tool available to me, I used the old engine on a stand with my wife standing on it as a counter weight to keep me from lifting the whole thing off the ground with a 5 ft breaker bar. We calculated the tq needed to break it loose to be over 400 lb ft.

Rust sucks.

I buy my denso replacements off of Rock auto as well.

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ive replaced several radiators from various vendors. Denso has the worst packing regardless who you get it from. my opinion.

Well I wanted to swing back around and finalize this since it's a pet peeve of mine when we never get the end of the story.

After doing some research and comparing prices I basically told my favorite local Toyota dealer I'd have them perform the labor if the price was reasonable and they'd work with me on parts costs. They put me in their system as a "Shop" so I got the parts wholesale which made a BIG difference and did the timing belt, water pump, all the belts, tensioner, pulleys, coolant flush/fill, and a new radiator. Total was right at $1600 that included our 10% sales tax we have to pay here. Labor was right at $894 and I was charged 6 hours. They did NOT recommend replacing any seals unless they were leaking as some other here had mentioned.

With these trucks seemingly going up in value I figured having official Toyota paperwork showing the work was performed at the dealer would help long term value, and save me a weekend of busted knuckles in the process so I let them do it. Years ago I'd have done it myself to save the money, but these days time is becoming more valuable. Got the truck back today and looked everything over and it all looks great. I did research this dealer before letting them touch my baby and their reviews were stellar, and my experience was the same. The service advisor and I went back and forth a bit negotiating the price and they were good to work with.

I asked to keep all the old parts so I could inspect them and they were placed back in the new parts boxes. Timing belt is in SURPRISINGLY good shape for being the 20 year old original. I'm going to disassemble the radiator to take a look at the trans cooler and see how all that looked. I'll start a new thread on all that.