Next up the rear subframe.
I was quite surprised how good a condition this was considering it has been under a car for 16 years. I have worked on Jags IRS and other marques sub frames which looked a lot worse than this after 10-15 years.
As removed from the car
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Those fabled fastenings for the upper arms
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Jon Christie, on Flickr
And after the clean off
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Jon Christie, on Flickr
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Inside the voids
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Jon Christie, on Flickr
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And with the Aluminium mounts cleaned up
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Jon Christie, on Flickr
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Jon Christie, on Flickr
Getting fairly fed up with the angle grinder and numerous knot wheel attachments but its the best way to do this unless you send the parts for sand blasting.
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Living the dream
MK IV VVTI Tiptronic TT Toyota Supra MG ZT 190+
BornTuesday, 10th July 2001 @ 09:01:10
259th ZT to run off the production line, out of 18,894
252nd ZT 190 + to be made out of 4,023
101st ZT in Solar Red (code: CEU) to be made out of 1,888