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The sandblasting and painting went well, and the subframe is back in the car. I used the same 3-point jack method to get it in as I used to drop it down. Easy job with 1 person. The big jackstands are holding up the car, the small ones are for safety in case the subframe falls off one of the 3 jacks (which it did, once). I took the pics after the frame was all the way up into it's perches.
One note on the bushing kit. There are small plastic cone-shaped washers, I think Mercedes calls them buffer stops, that are supposed to be pressed onto the bushings before inserting them in the subframe sockets. They didn't fit on my bushings, due to the small bit of rubber on the outside of the steel casting flange. If you attempt to push them on, they crack. I took a sharp XActo and pared the rubber off so they would fit nicely on the bushings.
I used SylGlyde brake lubricant to slide them in. This stuff won't harm rubber.
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1986 560SL
2002 Toyota Camry
1993 Lexus
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