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Rear subframe options
breeze:
--- Quote from: Pudding on November 25, 2022, 05:40:02 pm ---Yikes, sod that! That's a good idea though as I've heard of 'rent a workshop' type places which you can use for a day. Perfect :happy2:
Thing is though, with my stupid 3K oil change regime, that's 6 times a year I have to jack it up, plus all the other jobs I do in-between :grin: Hmmm, I'm definitely warming to a quick lift! Another thing is, there's no where to put the bloody stands at the rear as the trolley jack uses the only jacking point back there :grin: A quick lift gets around that quite nicely, and lifts it waaaaaay higher, so no more crooked necks :grin:
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Why on earth are you doing 3k changes? No track use and reasonably high mileages right? If I ever started doing changes 6 times per year I’d at least use a top side oil extractor for every other change.
*TBF my oil changes probably are every 3k… but that is with a 12m interval.
breeze:
--- Quote from: Clarkj93 on November 25, 2022, 01:51:07 pm ---Nice! I don't fancy leaving my car on axle stands for a week while I do mine as its a bit of slopey sketchy driveway so I'm still debating whether to do as you did and get someone with a lift to do it or just get a spare and powder coat is as Pudding said and just swap it out in a day.
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My view having seen mine is that I wouldn’t bother unless you need it to come down to get the arms off. It was solid, just the surface rust made it look bad. It will look much better when done but honestly, there are better things to do. Like making sure your bodywork is mint.
Clarkj93:
--- Quote from: breeze on November 25, 2022, 09:50:05 pm ---
--- Quote from: Clarkj93 on November 25, 2022, 01:51:07 pm ---Nice! I don't fancy leaving my car on axle stands for a week while I do mine as its a bit of slopey sketchy driveway so I'm still debating whether to do as you did and get someone with a lift to do it or just get a spare and powder coat is as Pudding said and just swap it out in a day.
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My view having seen mine is that I wouldn’t bother unless you need it to come down to get the arms off. It was solid, just the surface rust made it look bad. It will look much better when done but honestly, there are better things to do. Like making sure your bodywork is mint.
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My body work is sh*t mate :grin: I just wanted to get it protected for a good number of years while I'm swapping out all the bushes in a few months so seemed like the right time to do it. How many hours labour or how much was the charge for it in the end? May be the deal breaker if I do it myself or not.
LC5F:
I have looked for places that do garage use by the day/hour but everywhere that tried seems to have died a death.
Suspect cars get stuck on the lift in a disabled state blocking other bookings.
Then there is the whole provide tools or not - if they are provided, likely they will sprout legs and walk
--- Quote from: Pudding on November 25, 2022, 10:35:00 am ---Buy one off ebay and get it prepped & powder coated ahead of time, then just sell/bin the one that comes off your car.
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I did this a while ago - wish I weighed the old bare crusty subframe Vs new used - considerable weight difference.
The good news is any 2wd subframe will work - mine came from a Golf plus from down south - complete subframe with arms was £115 delivered.
Arms are all the same across the board. Consider the usual "while you are in there" upgrades of alloy hubs & new bearings.
breeze:
--- Quote from: Clarkj93 on November 25, 2022, 09:56:08 pm ---
--- Quote from: breeze on November 25, 2022, 09:50:05 pm ---
--- Quote from: Clarkj93 on November 25, 2022, 01:51:07 pm ---Nice! I don't fancy leaving my car on axle stands for a week while I do mine as its a bit of slopey sketchy driveway so I'm still debating whether to do as you did and get someone with a lift to do it or just get a spare and powder coat is as Pudding said and just swap it out in a day.
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My view having seen mine is that I wouldn’t bother unless you need it to come down to get the arms off. It was solid, just the surface rust made it look bad. It will look much better when done but honestly, there are better things to do. Like making sure your bodywork is mint.
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My body work is sh*t mate :grin: I just wanted to get it protected for a good number of years while I'm swapping out all the bushes in a few months so seemed like the right time to do it. How many hours labour or how much was the charge for it in the end? May be the deal breaker if I do it myself or not.
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I think 6 hours total. Was done at a friends rate. There aren’t rubber bushes to mount the subframe so no benefit to dropping in that sense. I think others like R32 have rubber bushes.
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