Quote Originally Posted by mantianak View Post
Update on this if anybody's interested in knowing. Dom (Dominic22) very kindly contacted me and managed to get me a subframe! Massive thanks to Dom for this, top bloke! Took delivery of it today, got a little worried as it was so late (apparently an armed robbery locally had caused roads to be shut and therefore delayed things). Tomorrow I have arranged with a local company (KMA Shot Blasting) to have the frame spot blasted and powder coated, I'm not sure if they quoted me right but they said £60 (seems a bit cheap to me but then I don't know how much it should cost). Apparently I can choose my colour, was thinking black but would another colour be better for showing up corrosion if any were to occur? The guy at KMA said the frame would be ready on Monday so then I can drive it up to Bodytech in Salisbury for them to fit.

Just by coincidence we had a industrial cleaning specialist come into our factory office today to suggest alternative ways to clean our extruder components. I showed him my car frame for advice and he explained about how modern cars protected with some kind of Zinc compound (can't remember exactly the compound he said), which apparently is what KMA will use to prime the frame before the coating. I showed him the email KMA sent me and he said that's the best stuff to use. So I have a specialist approval on what the company will be doing for me. Always good to know.

... Almost there now!
Come on, come clean on that armed robbery
Amazing the lengths some people will go to to get a part for their favourite car
Dave