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Originally Posted by petrolhead611
Hope you got a photo of the rear subframe. If it is shot, buy a beam axle from the UK and fit that instead, its much lighter.
Handling tip(for the track,it simply shouldn't happen on public roads or you deserve what you get ), if the back comes round, put your foot down
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Ha, yes I did! The entire underside of the car is painted body color, and the subframes appear to have been powder coated. Everything looks in very good shape. I even got photographs from inside the front wheel arches looking back up at the corner panels on the scuttle. They're clean, solid, and you can see the shape of the panel flanges so I'm pretty sure they're not patched. I'm pretty confident I know all the usual rust points on a Mini and could find them in a dark room. There's not much on one of those that I haven't fixed, changed, or removed at some point.
I'm reasonably aware of the interesting handling characteristic of the Mini. Realistically the back wheels are only there to stop the ass-end dragging on the ground. The front end does all the work. With afew exceptions, the car's pretty much going to go where they're pointing if you keep your foot down.