I
will need to add the side marker lights, and I would like to add some
steel inside to add more strength.
7/12/02
- I asked Will at CRP would it be better if I added some steel inside
the bumper, glassed in had it ready to fit the frame, rather than being
a hollow tube? So what I am asking here is... would it be better for me
(and you) if you gave me the bumper in two sections?
This
is what Will said:
The rear bumper, we always keep that as light as possible, look for instance
on all the brand new cars they make, the bumpers are made of urethane
just to make everything as light as possible, the steel I put in the bumper
is only for the mounting points, no matter how much steel you put in that
bumper, if you get rear ended your bumper will be shot, but what is worse,
because of the resistance and the weight of the bumper, most likely you
will have more damage to the rear end of the car then only your bumper.
I made one a bumper for a customer, I put a 3x3 steel tube in there, the
steel tube came out of the bumper so you could bolt that to the frame,
he got hit, the bumper was gone, the steel tube was pushed in that the
had to cut a section out of the rear end to replace that because of the
force it was pushed in, his rear deck lid was also cracked and needed
some major repair and repaint, the engine deck lid was dislocated but
was luckily not damaged but it did popped open, this tells me that either
way you will have damage, question is, in what scenario will you have
the least damage, in my experience, leave the bumper the way it is. Have
you ever seen a smashed up Corvette? There are fiberglass segments all
over the place, reason; the fiberglass is installed under tension to get
the necessary stiffness. |
