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Old 06-02-2012, 12:32 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Srenity View Post
Regardless of the actual functional safety of the crash beam compared to factory you are taking a huge assumed liability by swapping this out. In the event that you do get into an accident and you or a passenger get injured and the insurance company finds out that the factory front crash bumper was replaced they will no longer accept the liability. Hope that never happens to you but be warned this item may be just as safe but that will not matter in the eyes of the insurance company or court system. Assumed liability is a biatttch.
This is a HUGE change to the structured engineering and I would be VERY concerned! On that note I wonder what the liability would be if the insured had a sunroof installed and the vehicle was involved in a rollover were some of the injuries were due in part by the sunroof.
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