Any tips on fitting the US Car Tool Sub Frame connectors?

72bluNblu said

Interesting, you quoted me from a completely different thread and replied in the wrong one :rolleyes:

And yes, removing the undercoating is the easiest part of the whole USCT subframe installation. Reading comprehension is important, I didn't say it was easy, I said it was the "easiest part". As in, by comparison it's easier than doing the fitting, grinding, and welding needed to install those connectors.

Anyone can scrape undercoating, it requires no special skills, knowledge, or equipment. It's just messy and time consuming.

Click to expand...

Interesting that you claim they require a lot of “fitting, grinding and welding”. I would say there really wasn’t much fitting and grinding. As with any sheet metal work on an old car, the most work is prepping the old metal to weld the new onto.

And there are a lot of different undercoatings that owners applied on our cars over the years. Some of those have to be chiseled off, they come off harder than just a “scrape”. So yeah, there is special knowledge that people have to have when removing it. I’ve heard of many people ending up in the ER when messing around with it, as did the comment from the poster above. Some of those undercoatings will pick the hell out of your skin, give you a nasty rash, and the gas from burning it will give chemical burns and respiratory issues. And not to mention breathing in the dust which is toxic too.