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Old 10-26-2004, 12:03 AM
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DIY with 2mm plastic plate
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Old 10-26-2004, 12:12 AM
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i was just going to put another bottom plate on top of the bumper, after i cut off the body posts of course.
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Old 10-26-2004, 12:44 AM
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Yes, we can recycle the blended bottom bumper plate. Don't throw away the old one.

It may become the offical mod for next generation of M18
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Old 10-30-2004, 08:03 PM
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hey wus up again, well i took the old bottom plate and cut off the body posts, and then i dremeled out the hole to make it bigger and i cut out the shock post holes so it would not interfere with the shocks. I like it because now the front of the car is a lot stiffer then before. Now when i do crash the foam bumper will really take the brunt of the crash (now the bumper can do its job instead of caving into the shock bodies)
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Old 10-31-2004, 01:01 AM
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looks cool ! I got alot of broken bumpers, maybe i could do this..
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Old 10-31-2004, 10:01 AM
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Hey DK you should man, you will see how stiff the front end is
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Old 10-31-2004, 07:41 PM
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My car body still in good shape after so many crash. Much better than the 1/10 one.
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hey wus up again, well i took the old bottom plate and cut off the body posts, and then i dremeled out the hole to make it bigger and i cut out the shock post holes so it would not interfere with the shocks. I like it because now the front of the car is a lot stiffer then before. Now when i do crash the foam bumper will really take the brunt of the crash (now the bumper can do its job instead of caving into the shock bodies)
So the concept here is to "sandwich" the front foam piece between to solid hard objects (the existing and old bottom plates) and on impact, the foam still absorbs the brunt of the impact and wont cave in as much?
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Old 10-31-2004, 11:51 PM
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yes Homer and the upper brace really works well if you have an impact. A lot of 1/10th scale onroaders have an upper brace for the front bumper. I took a hard crash today and i was in shock that the front bumper didnt cave into the shocks, works really well i say.
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Old 11-01-2004, 03:08 AM
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The bumper plate may be out of stock later.
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