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1. Re:Rubber Bumper Crash Test (score: 1): Author: "Dave Munroe" <brutusdog1@hotmail.com>; Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 15:12:42 -0400; Mike; This is an interesting question: the Rubber Bumpers were designed to meet the 5 mph "no damage" rule, but I have never seen any information related to their relative advantage over Chrome Bump; /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00173.html (8,443 bytes)
2. Re:Rubber Bumper Crash Test (score: 1): Author: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 11:34:01 -0800 (PST); I would have to believe that the RB's are stronger than the CB's. I have personal experience of being rear-ended in my '76 B when I was stopped. The guy behind me (in a Pontiac Sunfire) hit me at bet; /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00176.html (8,812 bytes)
3. Re: Rubber Bumper Crash Test (score: 1): Author: Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 14:05:18 -0600; I drive a CB B and have had the things off the car. The bumpers are made of succ thing gauge steel that they wouldn't absorb much in the way of shock at all. All you can say about them is that they l; /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00180.html (7,910 bytes)
4. Re: Rubber Bumper Crash Test (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 12:40:42 -0800; I don't know about "stronger", but definitely more crush zone (as well as better coverage). The way the chrome bumpers are fitted tightly to the body, with a tiny (way less than one inch) gap, even e; /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00182.html (10,968 bytes)
5. Re: Rubber Bumper Crash Test (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 16:11:22 -0500; One could argue that the raised height of the rubber bumper provides some protection that the chrome bumper would not. Twice my '75 MGB was rear-ended, once hard enough to slam my head hard against t; /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00183.html (8,947 bytes)
6. Re: Rubber Bumper Crash Test (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 16:37:12 -0500; I've been amazed a few times at how very violent-feeling colissions can leave no marks. I was rear ended once in my Celica, hard enough to send my tapes flying around inside the car, not a scratch. I; /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00184.html (9,141 bytes)
7. Re: Rubber Bumper Crash Test (score: 1): Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 14:17:03 -0800; So, Bob, have you had your brake lights fixed yet.....?{VBG} Lawrie -- Original Message -- From: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com> To: <brutusdog1@hotmail.com> Cc: <miket_nyc@juno.com>; <mgs@autox.team.net; /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00185.html (8,324 bytes)
8. Re: Rubber Bumper Crash Test (score: 1): Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>; Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 15:33:42 -0700; I can safely say the chrome bumpers absorb virtually no shock at all. In two separate incidents, I have had people back their car right into the front of two of my MGs. In each case, the person put t; /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00186.html (8,803 bytes)
9. Re: Rubber Bumper Crash Test (score: 1): Author: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 16:25:42 -0800 (PST); Good point, Max, as I don't remember if I was on the brakes or not.... I suspect not, as the road was flat and I was fully stopped. All I remember is hearing screeching brakes behind me and looking i; /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00187.html (8,347 bytes)
10. Re: Rubber bumper crash test (score: 1): Author: "mghirsch" <mghirsch@netzero.net>; Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 19:17:33 -0600; I don't know what the ratings are, but I am told that the rubber bumper B's meet all current crash tests, except for side impact. BTW, I have been in two accidents with my RB. The worst one had me as; /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00196.html (8,587 bytes)
11. Re: Rubber Bumper Crash Test (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 08:46:04 -0500; Ha. Sensitive as I am to the limited illumination of the MGB taillamps, I confirmed that they worked after the attacks. But nice of you to ask. Sometime later I came up with the idea of installing an; /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00210.html (8,674 bytes)
12. Re: Rubber Bumper Crash Test (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 08:12:16 -0800; Good scheme, Bob! Anything that can be done to brighten an MG's visibility is always a good safety measure. Cheers, Lawrie /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-b; /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00213.html (9,215 bytes)
13. Re: Rubber Bumper Crash Test (score: 1): Author: "Larry Hoy" <larryhoy@prodigy.net>; Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 14:58:42 -0700; Somewhere, probably on this list, I read about someone re-wiring the rear lights on an MGB to do the following: When the headlights are on all four bulbs were lit. When the brake lights went on the a; /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00216.html (8,802 bytes)
14. Re: Rubber Bumper Crash Test (score: 1): Author: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 16:53:30 -0000; I seem to recall someone (Bob Munch?) posted before and after pictures using halogen stop/tail lights and they were concerned about the relative lack of differentiation between the two filaments. ///; /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00244.html (8,345 bytes)
15. Re: Rubber Bumper Crash Test (score: 1): Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>; Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 13:38:52 -0500; I can't speak to the relative brightness of the halogen bulbs for the MGB, but I do have them in my TD. It may be that the relative brightness is less, but suggest that the brake light is so much br; /html/mgs/2001-11/msg00255.html (9,300 bytes)

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