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Abstract

Aspects of the present invention relate to a system (100) for a vehicle (1), the system comprising: fluid bump stop mounting brackets (200) each configured to receive a fluid bump stop (400); a rear subframe (300) for a multilink rear suspension arrangement of a vehicle (1) having a unibody chassis (10); and lower arms (308) of the multilink rear suspension arrangement of the vehicle; wherein the rear subframe extends laterally (y) and comprises an upper spring seat (302) at each lateral side of the rear subframe, wherein each upper spring seat is configured to receive an upper end of a spring (500), wherein the rear subframe comprises a central mounting space (304) for a drivetrain component (600), wherein the rear subframe further comprises one or more lower arm mounting points (306) at each lateral side of the rear subframe, for the lower arms, wherein each lower arm comprises a lower spring seat (322) configured to receive a lower end of the spring, wherein either the lower spring seats or the upper spring seats comprise the fluid bump stop mounting brackets, and wherein the other of the lower spring seats or the upper spring seats comprise bump stop landing pads (310) each configured to contact one of the fluid bump stops when suspension compression is above a threshold.

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