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djmattyh

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15th Feb 10 at 13:22

Hi, don't know wether it's the best thing to do in terms of safety but, Can i take the reinforcement bars off from behind the bumpers? as they weigh a fair bit.

Btw i'm stripping my corsa so any tips of what i can get rid of & pics etc, would be appreciated.

AlexW

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15th Feb 10 at 13:33

You can do yes, i presume its a track/fast road car?

djmattyh

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15th Feb 10 at 13:38

Bit of both mate. mainly a road car but will take it on the track when it's all finished hopefully.

flybikeslee

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15th Feb 10 at 13:46

is there for a reason, in event of a crash takes a lot of force out of the impact

djmattyh

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15th Feb 10 at 13:53

yeah i know. maybe just for track cars then.

flybikeslee

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15th Feb 10 at 14:12

ideally yessum,

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15th Feb 10 at 14:13

they dont weigh anything, less than 2kg each, proberly not even that

Fro

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15th Feb 10 at 14:18

James could probably give you the weight of every corsa part to the nearest gram. I hear that's why his car is taking so long.

djmattyh

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15th Feb 10 at 14:43

lol. all adds up though

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15th Feb 10 at 14:45

quote:
Originally posted by djmattyh
lol. all adds up though

it will have a more positive effect leaving it that in will removing it, i got my corsa with glass in it down to 780kg and still had the bumper bars etc on

djmattyh

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15th Feb 10 at 14:51

fair do's then

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15th Feb 10 at 15:15

They weight about 2 grams

Maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but I'd leave the front one on no matter what.

djmattyh

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15th Feb 10 at 23:02

i don't know lol. i'l probably leave them on then

Nic Barnes

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16th Feb 10 at 00:40

throw them away. be right. its not as if a corsa is a massively save car to crash in anyway so wont matter much.

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16th Feb 10 at 00:45

They are not massively heavy and equally they are not a thick gauge steel or massively re-inforced.

They may help with a low speed 'bump' but even then the impact would be spread onto the 2 (IIRC) mounting points.

Bin them.

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16th Feb 10 at 09:28

But it will protect the engine in low speed collisions. Think of the ball ache of breaking your radiator miles away from home.

[Edited on 16-02-2010 by ed]

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16th Feb 10 at 09:29

quote:
Originally posted by LETGSI16V
They are not massively heavy and equally they are not a thick gauge steel or massively re-inforced.

They may help with a low speed 'bump' but even then the impact would be spread onto the 2 (IIRC) mounting points.

Bin them.

Heavy gauge doesn't mean strong. It effectively works like a piece of rope catching whatever you've driven into.

Nic Barnes

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16th Feb 10 at 09:34

its a corsa. A bent crash car could write it off.

gazza808

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16th Feb 10 at 09:49

ditch them, useless above 10mph,

mine pretty much bent in half at 5mph
and did more damage it's self, than the knock.

shaunmods

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16th Feb 10 at 10:04

I wouldnt take them off. If you do even the smallest of knocks is going to bend stuff.

[Edited on 16-02-2010 by shaunmods]

JaffaTB

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16th Feb 10 at 10:14

Early Corsas get written off at the slightest bit of damage now though, i would prob leave the front on and take the back off if i was doing it

Nic Barnes

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16th Feb 10 at 10:29

honestly children. Dont kid yourself. Corsa is made from thin metal. Will bend stuff any way. Its not going to save you in a crash. You are fucked no matter what. A 16 year old chassis design is not like the modern n cap stuff.

djmattyh

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16th Feb 10 at 12:45

off they go then

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