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Originally Posted by Armhunter I thought this was funny... You are not really supposed to be hitting anything though.. I have not hit anything in over 20 years! But people

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Old 10-08-2012, 12:25 PM   #1 (permalink)
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You are not really supposed to be hitting anything though.. I have not hit anything in over 20 years! But people have hit me.. So I wont be modding my back end of the car anytime soon!
Yeah, I doubt a 12oz piece of foam is really going to save your bumper in the event of a fender bender, even at 2mph. Either way the bumper would be damaged.
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Yeah, I doubt a 12oz piece of foam is really going to save your bumper in the event of a fender bender, even at 2mph. Either way the bumper would be damaged.
Actually, by law your bumper has to sustain a 5 MPH front-end collision without any damage. The foam absorbs some of the energy that would otherwise crumple your bumper.

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