Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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track car
leave them on or take off
dunno, if there there i guess they do help or vaux wouldnt have fitted them
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MR2Mike
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Registered: 20th Jan 05
Location: Old Trafford. Drives: MR2 N/A
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they arent exactly strong, take them off
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Stu_22
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Registered: 25th Mar 02
Location: Luton
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Mine are off I think its ok as I have a roll cage
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a_j_mair
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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
Location: Scotland
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leave them, may prevent structural damge if you get a light shunt up the arse
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James R
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Registered: 4th Feb 03
Location: 205GTi16/306GTi16
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stop mincing and take them off, it's been months, just do it!! on track if you crash the crash bar won't save sweet FA.
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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mine are off..... if its in a shunt gives me a reason to reshell to a lighter shell
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MR2Mike
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Registered: 20th Jan 05
Location: Old Trafford. Drives: MR2 N/A
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crash bar doesnt stop balls all, car still criples
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Mike_Corsa
crash bar doesnt stop balls all, car still criples
in a light shunt it will save the rad etc.... and the boot floor... does more than you think
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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hmm dunno
still undecided which engine to run either
think ill re-paint em up and fit them
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Adam_B
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Registered: 13th Dec 00
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but is the front one not a structural thing? i mean like if you remove it is the chassis going to flex more and promote body roll etc?
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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itll have a mtech strengh kit
and a roll cage, but itll have at least 150bhp
so i dunno
itll be quick either way
not arsed about winning shit, just want fun 
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James R
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Registered: 4th Feb 03
Location: 205GTi16/306GTi16
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leave them off then!!!
As for strutcural, a strut brace would do much more. all the race boys remove them (with exception to bangers possibly)
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chr15barn3s
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Registered: 5th Oct 03
Location: Farnborough
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If its for track I would take them off. There only really good for low speed bumps or so ive been told.
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jr
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Registered: 20th May 02
Location: Kent
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leave it off
doen alot off reading on them in genral, and apart from acting as a brce between the 2 front legs they will help in shunts
also the gact the weigh less the a kg eash means its not worht it IMO
if i felt the need to remove them i would, and you know i would
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Adam_B
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Registered: 13th Dec 00
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eh? your telling him to leave them off but you would keep yours on?
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James R
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Registered: 4th Feb 03
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or maybe he's saying remove them and get a bit or angle iron or sqaure bar and wled that to tie the legs in
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MR2Mike
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Registered: 20th Jan 05
Location: Old Trafford. Drives: MR2 N/A
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broster - when you get hit from behind in a corsa at any sort of decent speed, the crash bar will just criple, its thin metal and useless. and yes i have seen the evidence.
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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jf you sayin to me leave em on or takin em off?
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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crash bar does fuck all does it
I pranged the green corsa head-on into a granite wall at about 55mph..... the car was fucked, twisted chassis etc, BUT the crash bar absorted most of the force, meaning my engine was intact, even the rad wasnt damaged
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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i could word that differently.... crash bar didnt really absorb the force.... just took some of it and protected the valuable bits of the car
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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The fact it crumples is good. Compare coming off your bike as a kid with long or shorts pants. Your leg was still mullered, but it always bled more in shorts.
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MR2Mike
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Registered: 20th Jan 05
Location: Old Trafford. Drives: MR2 N/A
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stop spammin Ian.
please dont ban me
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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i think the general feeling here is to leave them on..
seeing as ak has personally tested his theroy ill leave them on
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James R
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Registered: 4th Feb 03
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the weight though 
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
eh? your telling him to leave them off but you would keep yours on?
Jimbo can neither read nor write the queen's English correctly Adam - he's just winging it and hopes nobody notices.
He comes from Nepal you know.
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