Ok, If I remove my bumper supports for reasons of weight reduction...and I get into an accident would my insurance company deny payment bc of the fact that I had no bumper supports???

 

**** yeah they would.

[edit]Just leave them on...they are there for a reason[/edit]


[Modified by Bob#455, 8:34 PM 4/4/2002]

 

Also, How much do factory hoods weigh? and how much weight would I shave off my going with a CF hood?

 

you'd save a few pounds, and have a large, resistant-to-deforming guillotine pointed at your head...especially if you remove your bumpers. the hood is very much a part of a modern car's crumple-zone strategy....probably best to get a CF hood after a cage that will help keep it from your neck.

 

hey pinhead look at this link http://www.darksol.com/showcase.html go down to the weight savings about 16 LBS

 

oh Keith ma dear lad. Ibe tihnkin dat you neeed a wee bit of da ole' weight a savin's. you need to be tinkin dat yer best bet would to be some old fashioned carbon Fibre.

 

that **** is funny as hell lol......

 

Seatbelts and airbags add weight too

 

JDM, Euro and AUS ITRs don't have them!!!

 

Well, I shaved 86lbs buy removing the calipers, rotors , master cylinder, and lines. And that steering wheel is heavy as fu¢k, too. All you REALLY need there is a pair of vice grips.

 

Baaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahahah!

That was hysterical!

 

I've heard this before here. Is there any proof of this happening or is it just speculation?

 

F safety.

I have no bumper supports, no SRS system and a CF hood.

 

Mikey K ma dear lad you's needs to be safe when you be drivin' sonny boy. or else you wont grow strong passing your name on to ya future clan

 

as stated above, the Euro Aussie..etc.. dont have them.. draw your own conclusions...

And NO. A CF hood WILL NOT become a "razor" and cut your head off. CF is very brittle and will splinter into a million pieces, even when coming into contact with a shattered windshield

 

wtf is with this irish butt pirate ****? lol

 

everyone talks in that gay hacker code. ill speak how i want.


oh BTW - - - da Irish not be But-pirate's me lad. we be real men lad. you tink we be ***-burglers you need to be tinkin again.

 

Ok, we've determined:

Aussies and UK ITRs don't have bumper supports
Irish aren't butt-pirates
Vegeta is smoking crack
And CF hoods are still a question mark.

But the original question, What would the Insurance company do if you get in an accident with no bumper supports and say a Benen Rear Strong bar?

Reefer_Bob.

 

Thank you Bob

 

Total the car... and not cover it because you altered its structural integrity..

OR...

NOTHING and pay out like normall.. depends on the company that insures you..

 

Bumper Supports?? What are those----that would be my response to the insurance co.

 

How would they ever know if you had them or not?

 

I would think if you got rear ended, and your entire back 1/4 of the car was demolished by a 5 mph impact, and the body shop started fixing it, saying what's wrong here, why doesn't this look like my helms, someone might raise a flag... Just my though.

I'd love to take out the bumper supports and replace them with the Strong Bar, I'm just a little scared of what would happen in a rear end collision... I'm all about saving as much weight as I can... I'm slow enough as it is!

 

I suppose, I guess I just kinda figure that everyone's got a favorite body shop where they know the people and no one would raise the issue. The bodyshop shouldn't give a rats *** either way.

Do the JDM/EuroDM, etc have anything at all there? (Front and rear) Or is it smaller or what?

Wut is this strong bar j00 speak of?


[Modified by sackdz, 1:18 PM 4/5/2002]

 

Ever watch turn 1 of a formula 1 race. Carbon fiber shatters.....might get some nice shards impaling you but NOOOOOOOO decapitation