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OzECruisers General Discussions E/N/D vehicles General Discussion ONLY. NO TECH THREADS |
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Damaged Front Bar? | 45 | 49.45% | |
Damaged Rear Bar? | 0 | 0% | |
Damaged Both Bars? | 15 | 16.48% | |
Haven't done any Damage? | 15 | 16.48% | |
Car is not low enough to do any Damage? | 16 | 17.58% | |
Voters: 91. You may not vote on this poll |
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31-08-2006, 10:42 AM | #31 | ||
V8 wannaabeee
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Southbank, melb
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ripped my front bumper right off at epping maccas
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31-08-2006, 11:54 AM | #32 | ||
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Location: KNOX
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Ripped one side of my bumper right off, actually my mum did, wasnt a pretty sight, and the drive home was even worse..
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31-08-2006, 12:31 PM | #33 | ||||
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31-08-2006, 12:51 PM | #34 | ||
Mr Impulsive
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I wouldnt say it was damaged as such but it does have scrapes underneath, but they are not visible unless under the car.
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31-08-2006, 02:19 PM | #35 | ||
I'm back. Same car.
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Queensland
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My bumper was already a bit ********* before I fitted SLs and I'm planning to replace it, so using it as a gauge for knowing just how fast I can go over bumps was a good lesson. I found out that some bumps weren't a problem for the bumper, but hit the K-frame on the way down the other side. Did the slightly misjudged uturn thing too and put a nice rip on the underside. On my next one I was thinking about a titanium plate (or similar) to the underside.
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31-08-2006, 02:52 PM | #36 | |||
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I've scraped my front bar more than a few times ;)
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31-08-2006, 04:17 PM | #37 | |||
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Location: Wheelers Hill
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i've pulled off the right side of my front bar at a shopping centre but so has my brother and he is at 4x4 spec!!
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31-08-2006, 08:34 PM | #38 | ||
NF Fairlane ghia
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Location: Gold Coast - upper coomera
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just watch out for those car parks with those concrete slabs bolted down roughly where your front wheels would stop... and when backing out of driveways, don't bounce the front wheels onto the road... its up to you how you drive it..
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31-08-2006, 09:18 PM | #39 | |||
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Just putting it out there to see what has happened to everyone else - as no one is perfect.....
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31-08-2006, 09:23 PM | #40 | |||
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31-08-2006, 11:43 PM | #41 | ||||
Want some classic?
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01-09-2006, 01:30 PM | #42 | ||
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Location: Melb, Vic
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Actually come to think of it i have done some damage to my tyres because of the car being too low!!. On one of the e-series cruises i had a full car load and the whole time the rear wheel arches were scrapping the inside of my tyres. This is beacuse my tyres are 255 and the rear wheel arches havnt been folded over.
Yeh i also hit my towbar every now and again on steep entries into driveways. |
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01-09-2006, 01:37 PM | #43 | |||
I'm back. Same car.
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20-09-2006, 08:17 PM | #44 | ||
ill have a beer milkshake
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Location: cardbboard box Adelaide Hills
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just so you know my front bar is buggered again... might wait till i get back to adelaide to repair it though, these Queensland roads are a joke.
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20-09-2006, 08:34 PM | #45 | |||
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21-09-2006, 07:23 AM | #46 | ||
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Location: Bendigo. Victoria
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haha this post means nothing as my car isnt even lowered!! standard tickford spec!!lol!
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21-09-2006, 07:56 AM | #47 | ||
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I have my EA on lows and well my front bar is pretty square so sits a fair way out, and I have scrapped the bottom of it heaps if I go in or out of alot of driveways too quick and on the concrete parking things.
would love it on superlows but I doubt I would get in or out of my own driveway for a start.
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21-09-2006, 09:52 AM | #48 | |||
Parts bin special
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21-09-2006, 10:11 AM | #49 | ||
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yep i cant drive on to car ramps and i dont even have a spoiler on the front of mine car just gets stuck lol
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21-09-2006, 05:37 PM | #50 | ||
Never late with a V8
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Location: Carrum Downs, Vic
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i have thousands of lowness problems with the EB it scrapes on everything mostly under car stuff exhaust, trans mound etc ive gotta remove the cover off the rear section of my cat coz its nackered from running over speed humps even at like 5kp/h
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21-09-2006, 09:50 PM | #51 | |||
Back to Le Frenchy
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Haven't damaged a bar yet (previous owner did, the undertray is in my shed waiting to be put back on) but I did scrape the underside of the skirt on the passenger side, two days after I got it, I almost cried. The previous owner was obviously a bit of a knob, there is a fair bit of "damn low car with thoughtless driver" damage under it. Nothing major though.
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