today i dropped the atx subframe, totally degreased and pressure washed the entire engine bay. painted the whole engine bay and subframe, and reinstalled the mtx subframe.
2 rear subframe bolts spun inside, had to cut hole to get wrench onto them, used an air chisel. my dads gonna weld them up for me (been a welder for 35 yrs).
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Old ATX subframe taken from the car
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Car without subframe
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A clean engine bay is a happy engine bay!
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Coat of primer in engine bay
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Mailman pulls up to my house, look what he brought me, a Torsen!
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My friend ryan painting the engine bay, i let him do all the painting, hes a better painter than me
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Ryan painting the mtx subframe
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Freshly painted valve cover (looks perfect, and 100x nicer than the pic shows)
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Engine bay painted with semi-gloss black, and clearcoated
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Painted MTX subframe installed on the car
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had to call it a day there, it was gettin ready to rain. 5 min after i got everything cleaned up, it started raining really really badly.
stay tuned for more!!!