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Alright, now after 3 weeks the other motorist's insurance finally accepted liability. Thank God.

Anyone have any advice for justifying the value of a modified car to insurance adjusters apart from

It is a tragic day, my beloved 240 is no more, totalled by some dickhead rear ending me in the rain

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They got me with that speeding ticket today. Shee-it. Ah well, cost of doin business.

Goodbye old, grot, swaybar bushings, hello new bushings. Also got fresh poly endlinks installed to

Finally reassembled and ready to be bolted back into the car.

Finally after 2 days of painstakingly sawing and hammering out each leftover metal bushing ring, an

Diff finally remounted to subframe, time to head to work, start again tomorrow.

All bushings finally in the subframe

Day 3: Didn't have a long time to work today, but I got all of the subframe bushing's in, and made

Step 5: Two coats of red on the diff, because why the hell not?

Step 5: Come back after dark and find out what a pain in the ass painting is with no light. The re

Step 4: Quick dash of paint on the exposed metal while you leave to go take care of something else.

Step 3: Admire how long those 4 shiny rings took.

Step 2: Use a wire drill brush and spend most of your day grinding away burnt rubber residue from y

Day 2 of S14 Subframe Refurb! Step 1: Take your semi-cleaned subframe to have it welded. Big shout

Step 13: Give yourself a dirty thumbs up because you ran out of daylight and have to finish this jo

Step 12: Do the same thing to the diff and control arm bushings.

Step 11: PUT FIRE ON IT!

Step 10: After using most of the planet's supply of brake cleaner and degreaser cleaning your filth

Step 9: Unbolt axles from diff, then all control arms from subframe, then diff from subframe.

Step 8: Stare in amazement at the realization that your car didn't fall apart in your previous spou

Step 7: Use jack to support the differential, remove the last 2 subframe bolts, and gingerly lower

Step 6: Wonder why you didn't get your ass back in the garage to grab this can an hour ago.

Step 5: Unbolt driveshaft from the diff