Subframe (dis)connectors

Chock this one up as another oopsie-

The BMR subframe connectors appeared to be, and mostly were, a straightforward installation.  Had John Coffey add a third attachment point to make them even better than off the shelf, and had them painted to match the underside of the car.  They became the bitching-est bolt-in SFC’s ever assembled.

One problem surfaced later though – the way they mount, interferes with the stock routing for the fuel and brake hard lines.

This wasn’t immediately obvious, and I figured the difficulty I was having in getting those lines cleanly run (when provided with pre-bent stock replacement lines) was a figment of my own moronity.

Turns out it was, but not in the way expected.  These SFC’s interfere with the way those hard lines are run by the factory, and my interpretation of the rules (“No alteration to the OE components is permitted.”), does not allow me to alter them to fit subframe connectors.

So the 24lbs. of “Non-Terminal Steelitis” the car came down with 2 years ago, has for now anyway, been cured.

Pulling the SFCs wasn’t too bad but the fuel and brake hard lines will have to be re-done, which is a bunch of work.  Ugg.