Eurolights, slush and blizzards

[Tom Nas]

one at humanspeakers.com wrote:

> > >I think the 5 mph "hardware" is just the two damper mounts that force
> > >the bumper to be further forward - hence there is actually *more* room
> > >to play.  The 90Q has enough room to stash two small (or one medium
> > >size) children in there...
> >
> > Hmmm... no steel or alu beams? So, the US bumpers on the 90q are as useless
> > as the Euro items, struts apart?
>
>Maybe I didn't mean it that way - the actual bumper is certainly a nice
>heavy (aluminum?) chunk of metal under that pretty plastic - but the
>dampers hold it 4-6" out from any other sheet metal to allow them to
>absorb minor pushes with no damage to the car.

OK, that's what I thought. And as the stock headlight washers on the 90q 
bolt to the plastic bumper cover, you might have a problem fitting them- 
unless you hack away a great big chunk of that beam. The nozzles themselves 
aren't that substantial, but that hose _is_.
It's too cold to take the front bumper off my 90q for a couple of 
close-ups, maybe the 'front-end repairs' pics on the 'My 90' page on my 
site show the setup clearly enough.

Tom

Tom Nas
Zeist, The Netherlands

1987 Audi 90 quattro 10v, NG engine, 170k km, Tizian red metallic
1987 Audi 80, RU engine, 253k km, Sapphire blue metallic
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