rear bumper hold shape without bumer support?
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rear bumper hold shape without bumer support?
looking to shed some pounds for the track, but i dont want to sacfrice my bumper sagging.
any guys had it out for a while with results? bumper all wavy or still holding shape?
any guys had it out for a while with results? bumper all wavy or still holding shape?
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Re: rear bumper hold shape without bumer support?
Mine has kept it's position. It makes it difficult if you have to push the car around.
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Re: rear bumper hold shape without bumer support?
mine's holding fine, but it'll almost definitely chip the paint if you push it with a 4 wheeler or something
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Re: rear bumper hold shape without bumer support?
I built some fairly lightweight support behind mine utlizing 1/2 electrical conduit and some bed-frame angle iron and four short pieces of 1/2 pipe. Keeps the bumpers form, and is solid enough to push the car around by. - I attached the four pipes to the body(one on either side, two splitting the middle) and welded a short piece of angle iron to them at the bumper angle. I then connected between them with the conduit and ran a couple angled braces using the conduit. All together it weighs less then the plastic "egg-crate" energy absorbent did and I can still push the car around as needed.
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Re: rear bumper hold shape without bumer support?
Mine looks fine...Quay made the stock bumper mounts the mount for the Chute. had it out since 03
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