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Dear forum members, I’m thinking about mounting a GTi subframe onto a normal TU1M Peugeot 205. Maybe you think a GTi subframe is overkill for a TU1M 205. Buy hey, that is my own decision and responsibility to pursue this modification. I just hope someone is willing to discuss fitment and compatibility details with me rather that endless questioning my motivation why I want to go for this modification. Also I’m a type of guy who does careful planning before buying stuff or turning wrenches. I already know some details to verify fitment. For example as I would need the wishbone style control arms I know these have the same ball joint pin diameter of 16 mm. So that will fit on my current front swivel pin AKA knuckle. And I know I would need those vertical stabilizer links between the ends of the anti-roll bar to the new dampers AKA shock absorbers. The purpose of this posting is to gain advice on proper mounting of the GTI subframe on the body of the normal Peugeot 205. As I have the Peugeot servicebox, I took a look on the subframe drawings of my current non-GTi subframe versus the GTi one. non-GTi subframe (Peugeot 3502 A3) I hope the above table gets through properly. Questions: 1) Can you help me identify the item that is mounted at the left part of the subframe? What is this and what is it's function? Is that item also present on the right side of the subframe? 2) What is the purpose of the U-shaped bracket on top the middle part of the subframe? Does this connect to something? GTi subframe (Peugeot 3502 A2) We see that the mounting of the left and right parts are different. GTi style is with a bolt (item 9A) facing upward. However according to a Peugeot 205 expert in the Netherlands (Wilfred de Ronde) the caged nut is in a enclosed/hidden compartment of the car body so I could not access it. So he suggested me to maintain non-Gti item 5, the bolt facing downwards and mount the GTi subframe with the nut (item 9C). This is only possible if the angle a is the same on both subframes. Then I made a visit to the salvage yard and made the photo of a normal Peugeot 205, comparable to mine see below: Picture showing non-GTi item 5 So item 5 adds something of 10 mm height before it is mounting into the car body. So in my eyes if that angle a is still the same the GTi car body must be this same amount of some 10 mm lower at these points compared to a normal 205. Correct? An GTi subframe is not mounted with this kind of bushings on the sides of the subframe? Best regards, Maarten Verhage