Euro 90q20v Sport Bumpers Pics
Kneale Brownson
knotnook at traverse.com
Tue Jan 15 20:51:57 EST 2002
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I'm thinking more in terms of your car being parked at the curb downtown
and somebody in a SUV test driving your European "bumper" for you. Nobody
expects any kind of bumper to survive a 160-mph collision with anything
bigger than a ladlybug. Alexander already has the European bumper and he
voices the same cautions.
At 08:32 PM 01/15/2002 -0500, Michael L. Riebs wrote:
> > You should be aware that most of the attractive European front bumpers do
> > not meet even DOT minimum crash standards.
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>And thank goodness for DOT and their great safety standards. If I had proper
>lighting (E-spec), then perhaps I would be able to see far enough to not
>need to test the crash rating of the bumpers, which, by the way, are built
>for driving 160+ MpH on the Autobahn...
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>What's the speed limit here again? I think the E-spec bumpers might just
>barely suffice...
>I'll take my chances!
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> > At 11:04 AM 01/15/2002 -0500, Michael L. Riebs wrote:
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> > >WOW, they REALLY look good! How do I get the originally intended European
> > >bumpers on my '90 V8Q ???
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