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Most bumpers are just decorative plastic nowadays. Only in the past when they were made of girders did they have any structual strength on them. Its the crash limiters behind then (usually sat behind front trim) that offers protection.
 
rhanagar said:
Most bumpers are just decorative plastic nowadays. Only in the past when they were made of girders did they have any structual strength on them. Its the crash limiters behind then (usually sat behind front trim) that offers protection.
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One is assuming that bumpers are merely for protecting the car - what happens with f/g or c/f bumpers if you hit something and the 'sharp' metal supports are exposed to that 'something' ?
 
So long as the sharp metal bits are not exposed at time of MOT then all is legal. As said bumpers are more decorative now. You must of seen the huge amount of original VW Beetles that have the bumpers removed and those little chrome bits that are placed there instead.

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I can see where you are coming from though Sean. personally I wouldn't like to be hit by them. I would prefer in fact they weren't there in the first place and I could just roll over the car without getting caught on them and ripping myself apart. As for the f/g and c/f bumpers issue they are there to look pretty. If they shatter on impact then that is an issue for legislation as to whether they should be legal. As far as I know the MOT states (examiners discretion) that no protruding sharp object is allowed to be exposed.
 
rhanagar said:
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As far as I know the MOT states (examiners discretion) that no protruding sharp object is allowed to be exposed.
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I'd fail these ! As you say - better not to have them !

Sorry Ian - back on topic - why ally ones and not SS or c/f or whatever else ?
 
Sean, I wouldn't drive around without bumpers if I had a nice paint job and my car spent a lot of it's time on the road.

As far as safety is concerned I don't think my bumpers would have made much difference. I don't have any brackets fitted nor solid towing eyes and my front end (valance, bonnet and headlight pods) are FG.

Enough said, this is very off-topic.
 
Hi Rob,
Next choice and the next thing I have to look into. Toyo's/Yokahamas/or some soft semi slick/road legal tyres I drove a 260z on, which held very nicely. All I know at the moment it will be some decent rubber.
 
Well, for those who like the wheels, here is one I had painted and polished. I am happy with it, so all will be done so. Looks even better with some paint.
 

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Thanks all. Rob, I did, finding it a bit difficult to find a size that I want and/or live with, and be as near to the OEM dia. as I can. Will carry on looking.....might have to go less tyre width so I get the tyre dia. right.
 
On the assumption that it isn't a negative offset -

A 205mm tyre will work well on a 7" rim and recomended by most alloy wheel suppliers. I ran 205mm on my 7's.

To keep your rolling distance close to standard a 60% profile would suit the 15" wheels.

I've had a quick check on Camskill Performance web site and they have two track-day type tyres (Dunlop D84J's & Yokohama A048R's), there's plenty of other road tyres available in that size, but premium road tyres seem to be lacking -
i.e. you can't get Toyo T1R's but you can CF1's.
 
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Well, for those who like the wheels, here is one I had painted and polished. I am happy with it, so all will be done so. Looks even better with some paint.
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that is a BIG improvement on the ebay pictures :thumbs::thumbs:
 
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