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I was recently out at Mallala and I came out of turn 2 and then everything went to crap. Turns out I broke one of the lower control arm mounts on the rear subframe :) Dunno how it happenened, I didn't clip the ripple strip or hit anything?

Anyway, the car is an R32 GTS-t, and I was just wondering what other subframes I can get so that everything will bolt up. I currently have access to an S14 subframe, but I heard the R32 diff doesn't bolt up to them properly. Also have access to another R32 subframe (for free), but it has "a small stress mark" on it. I havn't looked at it yet, but would any sort of mark on the subframe be something to avoid?

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Ah, too late, just got the another R32 subframe. Just the subframe itself, no arms arms, hubs or anything.

Full-Race Geoff, can I ask what is better about the S14 subframe? I wanted to find a hicas subframe though cos I'm cheap and didn't want to buy toe arms :( Already have hicas locked, so it's not a problem

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Yeah, that's what I did, added more weld on the inside of it. Shouldn't break off now :domokun:

I actually split the bracket in half though, so reattaching wouldn't be the best. Are they fine to just reweld back on if they come off cleanly?

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