Feb 5, 2004 - 11:27 AM
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Ok i'm looking into a front end before i leave for tuner bash and i was just looking for an opinion/quality imput from you all. so which one is it and a short lil reason why would help out alot thanks guys
andy's combat front bumper? or Invader style? |
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Feb 11, 2004 - 10:38 PM
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both these front ends require either the bumper support beam to be removed or the front to be modified (the back of the bumper must be notched out). if you were in a front end collision above 10MPH, your car would likely be totaled because there is nothing besides fiberglass stopping the collision from reaching the radiator support beams and more than likely bending the unibody. your car will no longer hold its crash safety rating making it as illegal as a racing steering wheel w/o being certified to remove the airbag. will you get pulled over by a cop specifically for not having it? no. but if you really were to piss a cop off and he wanted to write you citations for everything wrong with your car, he could possably impound it for that. like i said though, 99% of the time this doesnt happen, and i bet over 50% of bodykits for just about any car require some kind of modification to the 5MPH bumper setup (making it "illegal"). for piece of mind you could probably custom fab a new bumper support beam to not interfere with the kit, but it wont make it any more legal... unless you are really good at custom fabs and the cop doesnt notice it isnt the actual support beam.
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playr158 WHICH FRONT END??? Feb 5, 2004 - 11:27 AM
Einhander If your wanting something to just throw on the car... Feb 5, 2004 - 11:48 AM
boosted_K2 i would really suggest getting sideskirts with eit... Feb 5, 2004 - 2:13 PM
klr_toy ya what Einhander said. invaders are a dime a doz... Feb 6, 2004 - 11:09 AM
Einhander i've heard a lot of people say the cyberbestb... Feb 6, 2004 - 11:48 AM
playr158 yea i'm getting my invader bumper from cyberbe... Feb 7, 2004 - 3:45 PM
Pvc99gT ive heard nothing but bad things about the combat ... Feb 7, 2004 - 6:06 PM
Digndoug yeah does any one know if they make a plastic, or ... Feb 7, 2004 - 6:14 PM
playr158 yea i'm getting the sideskirts too don't w... Feb 10, 2004 - 11:03 PM
Einhander to my knowledge, no one makes a polyurethane kit f... Feb 11, 2004 - 11:51 AM
playr158 ok new idea for the invader.......what about insta... Feb 11, 2004 - 2:42 PM
slipgun Doesnt the invador require the front support bar t... Feb 11, 2004 - 4:35 PM
playr158 how do i notch out my invader bumper to fit over t... Feb 12, 2004 - 9:18 AM
Sh0gunkid8721 QUOTE (playr158 @ Feb 12, 2004 - 7:18 AM) how do i... Feb 12, 2004 - 10:40 AM
klr_toy Anybody ever seen a modified support beam or one t... Feb 12, 2004 - 12:51 PM
boosted_K2 yea, you can notch them both out, jwalk did on the... Feb 12, 2004 - 6:30 PM
NEVERSTOP I did it on my invader front end, took about 2 min... Feb 14, 2004 - 10:29 AM![]() ![]() |
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