Quick release bumper?

Bludge · Post by **Bludge** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 10:19 pm

I have been thinking about a quick release system on my front bumper, as from time to time it causes a problem, such as ramps at a garage or as some of you may have seen, trying to get onto Spam's random number generator™.

I see a lot of the drift cars running these

But surely they cant be safe for general road use? they look to be nothing more then a chunky rubber band!

Are these useable on the road, or is there another option to consider?

GOONIESnvrSAYdie · Post by **GOONIESnvrSAYdie** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:27 pm

My friend has these on his DC2 track car, but he drives it on the road loads too. He replaced the rubber band with a cable tie to stop the worry of the band snapping.

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 12:10 am

youll say goodby to all the air smoothing stuff under the car and the splash guard. Its all attached. the lude bumper is a bitch considering its not that firmly attached.

Post by **Doggo** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 1:42 am

If you did decide to do something, even given all of the above, would Dzus fasteners not be still pretty quick, but reliable as hell?

Post by **4thgenphil** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 8:09 am

What the dzus?

Post by **4thgenphil** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 8:13 am

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 8:47 am

Those things are constantly popping up on my ebay searches.

I'd certainly replace the rubber band as I'm sure the'd dry out and snap in no time. But other than where that picture shows could you really fit them on a lude? And the fixing they'd replace is actually the easiest/quickest screw to remove anyway, so you wouldn't be gaining much.

When you remove your bumper I assume you remove your bumper bar with it? So you have 6x M10 bolts, 2x M10 nuts, 2x those screws I've just mentioned and the 2x plastic fixings for the nostril bar to the slam panel. Can't you just get quick at removing those?

The hardest ones to get to are the M10 nuts in the engine bay behind the headlights, but I can remove a front bumper in under 5 minutes easy (including getting my tools), so for the sake of how often you're talking and reliability/safety on the road I'd be inclined to stick with the original fixings.

Post by **Merlin** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 8:57 am

On the 4G if you remove the bumper with the bumper bar, separate the two, put the bumper bar back on without the bumper, then slide the bumper back over the top (without using the plastic poppers to attach the two), you can swap bumpers easily in a few minutes. This is what I do.

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:03 am

Or that ^^^.

That's actually what I've done on my project lude, but fitment might not be as good afterwards, especially with an aftermarket bumper.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:15 am

combination of what you all say, IMO

easy to remove with the bumper bar, it's the undertray and wheel arch splash guard fixings that take the time etc.