My rear subframe is looking very rusty and generally poo.

I'm thinking of getting one off a breaker, getting it sand blasted and then painted/powder coated.

What the swop going to be like, can the diff be unbolted and supported? Or is it an everything off job?

 

From memory mate, remove exhaust, disconnect arb, lateral links.
Disconnect drive shafts, split t bar remove rear diff.
Remove the 4 subframe bolts and there you go.
I did mine on a ramp and it wasn't hard. Would be a pain on the flat and you would maybe have to do it differently

 

Don't paint, definitely powder coat.

Don't forget if you want to refurb the spare one you will need to remove and replace the six bushes. That is probably the hardest bit of the job. They don't just push out

 

Great excuse to get some black series bushes in there then.

Are the bushes pressed in/out then?

 

I should have access to a ramp so should make things a bit easier.

 

Had mine done and fitted black series bushes loads better