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Hoovey689

iTrader: (16)

Warped the wheel just a bit but otherwise structurally sound

Aron9000

What do you want to bet the bike and car are around the same price lol

Gojirra99

I thought bumpers are made with plastic anyway

mmarshall

What do you want to bet they're WORTH around the same price LOL

mmarshall

American-spec bumpers (which have to withstand at least a 2.5 MPH impact) are usually done with large foam blocks underneath and a somewhat flexible vinyl covering over that. Chinese-spec bumpers probably don't have any specific regulations on their durability, so you're likely to find almost anything in their construction.

Och

iTrader: (3)

That bike is also Chinese, google it up.

mmarshall

Good catch, Och. That's true. Still doesn't say much for Chinese bumpers, though, LOL.

Och

iTrader: (3)

Plastic bumper covers are not particularly strong on any make of car. There are a ton of parts under that cover, and sometimes after an accident body shops do a lousy repair job, sometimes not even installing all necessary parts, and then hide their shoddy workmanship with the plastic cover.

mmarshall

True, but American-spec bumpers, by Federal regulations, have to withstand a 2.5 MPH impact without transferring the damage to any safety-related component.

Och

iTrader: (3)

Bumpers yes, but bumper cover is just a bumper cover. The actual bumper braces could be missing or incomplete under these covers if the car has not been properly repaired after an accident.

Aron9000

Usually under the plastic bumper cover there is still a steel bumper(in years past the bumper was chrome plated and an integral part of the car's styling), that is sometimes surrounded by foam so the bumper cover will spring back/not crack, thus meeting that 2.5mph standard quoted above.

In that picture it doesn't look like the steel bumper extends all the way to the corner of the car.

BornDriver

You've seen nothing yet.

At least, the yellow car looks much better than the VW Jetta.

blacksc400

iTrader: (4)

I think they don't even put in any impact obsorber inside the bumper, to save the cost. How much a reinforcement or foam cost anyway :/