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Old Apr 4, 2015 | 04:52 PM
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Thumbs up Bumper test

Typical with plastic patio chair

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Front bumper

@ 70 mph.

Bumper won without ANY damage.
Phew! Got lucky that all it was was a chair. It shattered into scraps. About a mile down the road a P/U was pulled over tieing down his belongings . Looked like he was moving. I suspect he was missing a chair.
If I had hit that with my car , I would have needed a new nose for it. But then I probably would have been able to dodge it.
 
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Old Apr 4, 2015 | 06:55 PM
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Sure glad none of it went thru your windshield !!
 
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naw , too low for that
it was cold so it grenaded
 
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Old Apr 4, 2015 | 08:24 PM
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This is a no brainier test...........







 
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Old Apr 4, 2015 | 08:31 PM
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Well I would have preferred not to conduct it on my van.........LOL
 
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I've used my front bumper to push vehicles into the shop before, top to bottom covers a pretty big height difference. I try to line up with the end of the frame rails so I don't hurt it much.
plastic cover is still intact but held on by a few self drilling/tapping screws.




took a deer off the L corner last summer but its hooves did more damage to the front door and side of van than anything else. sure made a cool BONG when it hit.


but that was only at 55mph/90km.
 
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