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And authentic Italian Donna meat!
QP/GT front subframes - the truth
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And authentic Italian Donna meat!
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Oh yeah doner meat and pineapple. Perfectly authentic pizza that.
ChrisQP09
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I see a lot of threads on sub frames! There is clearly a severe shortage and a potential high demand into the future.
Has anyone scanned a front sub frame or have specs of one? Surely there is a steel fabricator that could manufacture these, could even get them galvanised too.
Has anyone scanned a front sub frame or have specs of one? Surely there is a steel fabricator that could manufacture these, could even get them galvanised too.
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ChrisQP09
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I thought they were just refurbing! Hopefully they will stock a brave few frames for future use.
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I can’t imagine that if they did they would want to share it!
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i think refurbishment is what they are doing. Buying up bad ones, fix up, replace, fix up removed ones etc etc.
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I have been to AS Motorsport and seen what they do. They have spent the time and money to reproduce the top mount and upper box section.
It’s a proper job.
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Of course not Chris. It’s great to have people investing in keeping our cars on the road
I have a brand new (in factory crate) front sub-frame for sale (part number 261715) for anyone who requires one: https://www.sportsmaserati.com/inde...me-in-factory-crate-part-number-261715.38322/
Some really good news! New GT and QP front subframes and all the bolts are available from the factory once again, and can be ordered via authorised dealers and various other suppliers.
They’re a fair bit more expensive than they used to be (but isn’t everything), but a lot less expensive than scrapping an otherwise perfectly good car. I paid £4,869 all in (but not fitted), but at least the part can be obtained. Mine has arrived just 7 days after placing the order.
My car doesn’t actually need one yet, so I’ve got plenty of time to figure out how to best protect this component prior to having it fitted.
Given how comparatively low cost these amazing cars are secondhand, and that this is the only major weakness, the additional cost can easily be justified by factoring it into the vehicles purchase.
I’m certainly not going to feel nearly as concerned about daily driving mine any more.
I’m located in Aberdeen, where there’s still a large offshore industry, and there are several nearby businesses that can perform a 3D scan of the part into CAD, to enable third party fabrication (and perhaps improvement) should the factory ever completely cease production, so I’m planning to get that done prior to fitting it.
They’re a fair bit more expensive than they used to be (but isn’t everything), but a lot less expensive than scrapping an otherwise perfectly good car. I paid £4,869 all in (but not fitted), but at least the part can be obtained. Mine has arrived just 7 days after placing the order.
My car doesn’t actually need one yet, so I’ve got plenty of time to figure out how to best protect this component prior to having it fitted.
Given how comparatively low cost these amazing cars are secondhand, and that this is the only major weakness, the additional cost can easily be justified by factoring it into the vehicles purchase.
I’m certainly not going to feel nearly as concerned about daily driving mine any more.
I’m located in Aberdeen, where there’s still a large offshore industry, and there are several nearby businesses that can perform a 3D scan of the part into CAD, to enable third party fabrication (and perhaps improvement) should the factory ever completely cease production, so I’m planning to get that done prior to fitting it.
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