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GOLDCYLON · 10-17-2008

Hello I am posting this for Technical assistance for all forum members. Here is a cut and paste of the email I send to another forum member on a future SPAL fan install I was planning to do

I wanted to close the loop on this one. I finally received the fans which took a while as a factory direct ship and ended sending them back to MADVET a few days after they arrived. They arrived with no instructions a bag of bolts and two "mounting brackets". While the ad from MADVET states these are a direct replacement which to me means fits in OEM holes once you remove the factory shroud and fans It would be more correct to say they are an alternative replacement.

Both mounting frames in no way shape or form mount directly as a direct replacement. I called MADVET for assistance from their technical folks and they could not help me as they had never installed the fans on ANY C4 before. Nor did they have any instructions for the install. Nor could they find any online from the vendor.

They suggested I call Dewitt's who sells these fans which was the factory direct shippers. The fans are indeed Larger, Heavier and made in Italy. They are identical fans bolted together side by side. The only direct replacement item on them was the two electrical connectors. Dewitt's when I called never returned any of my phone messages as they were in the process of moving their operations.

MADVET tried to help but admitted hey it was beyond them. I said at my age without instructions on my DD I was not going to figure it out for them so they agreed begrudgingly to a full refund including shipping as this simply was not my problem. I had to get supervisors at MADVET directly involved to get the FULL refund.

Could I have installed them? probably but they would have looked like a cobbled in monkey butt add on item. If they were truly a direct replacement I would have installed them without hesitating. Now that I have replaced the radiator with and OEM replacement, Installed a new water pump and a set of Samcos (from the registry of course) and a stainless debris screen all my cooling nuisances have gone away.

I present this feedback to the brotherhood for anybody who was remotely considering the SPAL fan ugrade as their next project

10-17-2008	#1
GOLDCYLON Join Date: May 2007 Location: Peoria, AZ Posts: 9,123	SPAL FANS A NON INSTALL STORY Hello I am posting this for Technical assistance for all forum members. Here is a cut and paste of the email I send to another forum member on a future SPAL fan install I was planning to do I wanted to close the loop on this one. I finally received the fans which took a while as a factory direct ship and ended sending them back to MADVET a few days after they arrived. They arrived with no instructions a bag of bolts and two "mounting brackets". While the ad from MADVET states these are a direct replacement which to me means fits in OEM holes once you remove the factory shroud and fans It would be more correct to say they are an alternative replacement. Both mounting frames in no way shape or form mount directly as a direct replacement. I called MADVET for assistance from their technical folks and they could not help me as they had never installed the fans on ANY C4 before. Nor did they have any instructions for the install. Nor could they find any online from the vendor. They suggested I call Dewitt's who sells these fans which was the factory direct shippers. The fans are indeed Larger, Heavier and made in Italy. They are identical fans bolted together side by side. The only direct replacement item on them was the two electrical connectors. Dewitt's when I called never returned any of my phone messages as they were in the process of moving their operations. MADVET tried to help but admitted hey it was beyond them. I said at my age without instructions on my DD I was not going to figure it out for them so they agreed begrudgingly to a full refund including shipping as this simply was not my problem. I had to get supervisors at MADVET directly involved to get the FULL refund. Could I have installed them? probably but they would have looked like a cobbled in monkey butt add on item. If they were truly a direct replacement I would have installed them without hesitating. Now that I have replaced the radiator with and OEM replacement, Installed a new water pump and a set of Samcos (from the registry of course) and a stainless debris screen all my cooling nuisances have gone away. I present this feedback to the brotherhood for anybody who was remotely considering the SPAL fan ugrade as their next project __________________ GOLDCYLON - 91 ZR-1 #2014 GOLDCYLON - 90 ZR-1 #2794, 4L60e (Formerly Schrade's) GOLDCYLON - 11 CTS-V Arizona State Director 91 WHITE/BLACK #2014. 380 P&P&PCed,Ported Heads, Jeal Long tubes, Corsa Exhaust/FIKSE FM-5s /LED TLs, LED Headlights, Front Wilwood 6 piston narrowlite calipers and rear Wilwood caliper street shop mod,CNCed Coolant Pipes,TPI Cvr,Filter cover,Stainless Bolts, DRM/DOM PROM /ZFDOC mod build #102,DRLs,BMAD with stainless Debris Screen,Coplan Air Blaster, Pioneer APP Radio 4,Brey-Krause HB,Sub Bar,Fire extinguisher seat mount,DRM Coilovers,LEDs everywhere,Compass mirror (orange),V1 DIC hidden display, Homelink sun visor, Carbon Fiber top x3 and APSIS Carbon Fiber interior, APSIS CF Steering Wheel/NAPA Leather, Banski trailing arms, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension) ZFDoc drive shaft safety loop, raptor shift light (orange),AO engineering louver front plate, Console seat cushion, 96CE seats with black custom Sheepskins, ss billet catch can,Viper remote entry/alarm,Cragar Rear Louvers,LED side louver lights, Dewitts Radiator with SPAL fans and a Woods 160 T-Stat 90 RED/BLACK #2794. 4L60e Automatic Stage V by RPM Transmission, TCI Dedicated TCM, OBX Stainless Headers, Corsa Exhaust, SAN Secondaries and Haibeck PROM, Exotic Muscle Coil overs, LED Interior Lights, LED Tail Lights, LED Headlights, 94 Sport seats with black custom Sheepskins , Cragar rear louvers, GS Front calipers, Banski Trailing arms, APSIS Carbon Fiber steering wheel, Front and Rear Baer Eradispeeds, DRLs, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension), Dewitt's Raditor with Dual SPAL fans and a Haibeck 170 T-Stat 11 RED/GREY CTS-V Last edited by GOLDCYLON; 10-17-2008 at 12:35 PM.

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