Bumpers

Thin bits of metal and bright blue light. Including glass & trim.

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Plasticman
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Just curious,you don't need bumpers for the motc ,so what was so sharp that needed covering
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Yes ours passed without any endcaps on.

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metalmick8y wrote:Just curious,you don't need bumpers for the motc ,so what was so sharp that needed covering
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With mine which had no bumpers front or back but did have the two Brackets / Hanger's(?) For the rear bumper it would have failed.

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True ,up here in York's we,d have either removed them or fixed a bit of 3x2 across the back, :lol:
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My caravelle hasn't had a rear bumper since I got it, and has passed four MOTs like that. I keep meaning to make a tow bar from some scaffolding pole I have. I thought it was only sharp edges on the front our sides that count? You are hardly likely to reverse into a pedestrian at speed.
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I did this to my current van: https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.p ... 4#p8091749" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Time consuming perhaps but worth it :ok

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metalmick8y wrote:True ,up here in York's we,d have either removed them or fixed a bit of 3x2 across the back, :lol:
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With my memory I'd have to go with the timber

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Got my rear bumper from GSF with one of the weekly discount deals and had it powder coated by a mate of a mate:

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Re: Bumpers

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In the continuing saga with Just kampers regarding the travel paint not only should I have painted the bumpers I should have removed the transit paint and preped them first.

Whatever next?

I don't know why but the two mentions of " transit " paint above becomes " trifle " when posted, is my tàblet trying to tell me something? Well artificial intelligence or not I changed the first one to travel paint to see what happens

Make that three times with this final E D I T!

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