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 Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 12:47 pm |
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hi, I took my back bumper off to fit a towbar and this is what I saw. not sure whether it is safe. its got a current mot. just looks a bit scary. any thoughts.??
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Last edited by gizmothedog on Sun Dec 01, 2013 12:56 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 12:50 pm |
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 gain....
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 1:06 pm |
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Looks like it had a tow bar before.. 
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 1:16 pm |
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yeah at 30mph 
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 1:16 pm |
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well I believe this car been in some kind of crash,or maybe the old driver had a reverse on a column,so he changed the bumper,but didn't fixed the body.
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 1:30 pm |
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any ideas about safety? I did a hpi check and its come back clear so it obviously wasn't an insurance job
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 1:59 pm |
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Its entirely possible that when that happen the owner at the time thought no damage had been done. Its quite possible to bend the metal part like this, but have the plastic cover spring back into place. I'd expect there to be a lot of cars like this on the road, though now you know about it I'd get it sorted if I was you - it'll hurt less next time it has a rear-end collision if you do.
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 1:59 pm |
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it's safe,nothing to worry about
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 2:07 pm |
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on a slightly different note, I had a look at fitting the towbar earlier today. the channels in which the towbar would slide into seem to have a plate over them. is this correct do you know? the plate is fixed very firm...
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 2:10 pm |
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by the way timon, your 206 looks well
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 2:16 pm |
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 2:17 pm |
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| gizmothedog wrote: |
| by the way timon, your 206 looks well |
Thank you so much 
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 2:20 pm |
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nice one. thanks
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 3:03 pm |
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| gizmothedog wrote: |
| nice one. thanks |
you are most welcome,hope it helps
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 3:13 pm |
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Joined: Sep 16, 2011
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I was wondering why you took the bumper off in the first place? I fitted a tow bar to my 206 and I didn't need to take it off. Mine was similar to the one in Timon2210's instruction sheet. It took about 2 hours in total and another 1/2 hour or so to fit the electric kit. I bought the one that plugs straight into the rear light connectors with no wires to cut, piece of cake to fit.
On a slightly different note, correct me if I'm wrong but shouldn't an 04 plate model have the later boot strip?
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