todays adventures (suspension-wise) *56k=no*

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jake15
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todays adventures (suspension-wise) *56k=no*

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well after thinking i had most of the bugs worked out of my car, the biggest ugliest bug of all showed up ... A bent rear subframe :evil:

the turbo legacy i had used as my donor car was hit really hard in the left rear wheel, hard enought to bend one of the lateral links, the bolt that holds the lateral link+hub together, and the rear subframe. my dad took it to get emissions tested and almost swerved off of the road due to the left rear strut binding on the car. so after figuring that out on thursday, and trying to just replace one of the lateral links on friday (didnt realize the rear subframe was bent yet) we changed the rear subframe from a 99GT we had at the shop. pics are as follows.

8:00 AM arrive at shop and get to work. Goal is to be done by 10:00 as we have customers coming then. first thing is pull out the rear subframe from my car

9:00 AM everything is out of my car and the donor car.
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Donor car, was only thing stripped today was the rear subframe :lol:
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9:10 Customer brings donuts... gotta have a break

9:45 AM Rear subframe is in my car and just about ready to go

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10:00 Donor car is put back together just enough to roll. just in time

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in summary. replaced bent rear subframe, car rides like a dream.
90' legacy built ej257 gt30r 6spd r180 and brembos Bitches 402whp @22psi :D -sexy red
94' Impreza wagon AWD 2.2ltr rally wagon FTW!
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