Snapped rear subframe

[nikb]

Well looks like the curse may of struck again,
Was at dougs and he noticed i had snapped my rear subframe

Nick b

[Harper--D]

Jesus, where abouts?

[Peakz]

Nearly always appears to be early models, perhaps it's the age of the cars . . ?

Hope your run of bad luck ends soon Nik

[grizz]

I've got a spare one .g

[nikb]

Grizz,
Is it off a face lift car??
And can you tell me how much you want for one or pm me
Cheers mate
Nick

[grizz]

It's from a 2000 rs4 , make me a offer .g

[SLC Detailing]

Exactly the same as mine nik. Mine has snapped on both sides near and was dangerous to drive. I bought a second hand one of Doug that woody is going to fit. Did u notice any difference in the handling? What can cause this? The only thing i can think is when is when i grounded it quite badly, or is it age and the hard ARB?

[nikb]

Grizz, pm you

Stevie, i did mine getting it a bit sideways one night and it snapping back on me quite violently, i thought the exhaust was knocking, but when i went to dougs last week we noticed it was the roll bar banging

Think is down to weaker point on pre-face lift car and then the fact of hardened suspension and bigger H&R Roll bars

Nick

[SLC Detailing]

Yeah mine has the H&R Coilovers with stiffer ARB's. I felt the rear end was a little loose sometimes but i didnt find out until i went to get my wheels aligned

[Soupie69uk]

The yanks talk about this as some of the ARBs they buy have supports for the subframe to try and reduce the risk of this happening.

[S4]

would it be able to be braced to stop this, before hand?

Darren

[GrahamS4]

How much is a repalcement subframe new?

[nikb]

£400 +

Nick b

[SLC Detailing]

I think i was quoted around the £530 plus vat mark so not cheap.

[S4]

Any pics of where they crack?

Darren