More stripping - Saxperience

Crocko2 · 9th October 2018, 08:11

Does anyone know what all the plastic behind the rear bumper is for? I know the bumper connects to it, but I'm sure the big grey lump of plastic could be ditched and new bumper connections fitted.

karl_mh · 9th October 2018, 18:52

If its directly mounted / attached to the bumper skin it would be to absorb some of the impact during a crash.

Crocko2 · 9th October 2018, 19:04

Not essential then as it's gonna be a track car. Cheers think I'll ditch it.

Crocko2 · 16th October 2018, 18:45

It's suprising what weight can be dropped! Whilst looking into ditching the rear crash bar I discovered some seriously impacted mud up under the rear wheel arch plastic covers. After much scraping I collected it up - 1kg of 16 years worth of mud removed, and that's just on one side !!!!

MartinObviously · 16th October 2018, 21:25

You'll need to flat floor the rear end/fit diffuser as the bumper will have no strength it'll catch the wind and flap about. Unless you cut it so air can't gather under the boot floor.

Crocko2 · 17th October 2018, 18:53

I've drilled it quite a bit, so hoping that'll help with airflow.