more progress Vicky !

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Gurushots - Challange Sub Framing - Amsterdam - Noord Holland - Nederland

Subframe gussets done. Once I switched to .030 wire it was easy peasy.

Ducafe redmax cafe racer build

MGF subframe - with "Zinc 182" primer

New rear subframe trunnions and hardware.

Subframe cut down

The dry suspension piece has a dome like thing sitting in the subframe.

Subframe gussets done. Once I switched to .030 wire it was easy peasy.

Teardown of rear hydrolastic subframe

Right Rear Subframe with old rubber bushing removed.

As you can see from the above picture. Gussets have been added to the boxy subframe to increase its strength and rigidity. This allows the driver to better feel the rear end of the car.

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autobacs-asm.com

Subframe painted in 'stonechip', which is a plasticky paint. It was sprayed on using a compressor. This went over the primer.

Reinforced E36 Subframe

You will not win bushing! All this extra work because I refused to go the ghetto route and burn out the rubber and cut the rest out with a saws-all.

2020.04.18 Removing and patching up the subframe. Fixing a few rusty spots, and repaired the broken diff mount. Waiting now for subframe bushings and reassembly

Passenger side rear floor pan. Notice bend next to drive line tunnel. Subframe appears flat though.

Subframe cut down

BLOODHOUND SSC 1000MPH LSR car build, Bristol. Rocket tube in rear subframe.

About ~1hr (20s subframes) of integration at 1000mm f5. Not to happy with the banding in the final image, but it's my best shot of M42 yet.

Found three cracks. Hopefully the can be welded.

Seestar S50, PixInsight, GraXpert, RCAstro, GHS

EQ mode, LP filter, Bortle 7

711 X 20 sec subframes

3 hrs 57 min

So much for the plastic coating - spot the leaking one!

powder coated