240zach

do you need to have a bumper on the track to pass a safety inspection? a bumper support or a bash bar would be understandable but what is a fiberglass bumper going to protect?

jacobzking

yes, a stock production vehicle must have all body panels correctly installed. they made an exception after the chief instructor looked at the car after I removed the bumper and gave me the "ok" to finish out the day.

the problem with panels held together by zip ties is that they create a hazard for other drivers.

240zach

well if there was no front bumper what would be the hazard for the other drivers?

jacobzking

ask people that build and manage race tracks. bumpers hide and protect wiring, bulbs, radiators, coolant bottles, oil coolers...

240zach

if its fiberglass its going to blow up on impact and not protect shit

S-Nation S13

Won't save shit, if your going fast enough shits going to break. regardless with your answer it's all about cosmetic to you, just like how you bitched about your bumper, it's simple you could of said no. You agreed to have your instructor drive your car you assume that he won't fuck up.

Just to let you know bumpers main job isn't to hide coolant bottle and the other shit you list, it's main job is for aerodynamics get you shit straight.

This fiber glass is weak shit ..

Can't believe this fucking thread is still alive, didn't you get your shit fixed and handled with..

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240zach

+1 +1 lol thank you for agreeing

jacobzking

up until about 60 seconds ago you were the last dumbass keeping it alive. why respond bitching about people responding? and I never said anything about a bumper's main job. good god you're fucking dumb.

Beejis60

Doesn't matter.
Unless I missed it, the OP makes it seem like the dude just walked away without offering any sort of condolence. I understand what def and cody say, but if he's off like an arrogant asshole, well, I shouldn't say what I would do.

S-Nation S13

The fuck, I'll keep this shit alive just bc you keep responding back. Take what's coming to you, first of all you come in here asking for other peoples opinion on what you should do (you got a brain fucking use it), then you come in and give us some knowledge about fiberglass, front bumper protection and all this bullshit and information that many of us already know (nothing in this fucking thread is useful and has nothing to do with motorsports and skilled driving )fucking post in the right section for example bc you cant read and follow simple rules. You should of posted in chat. This thread fucking died as soon as you hit new thread.

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jacobzking

^^^ is dying to keep this thread alive

PS: Beejis... the instructor DID offer to pay. He wasn't an asshole about it.

240zach

gtfo here with your "i never said what a bumpers main purpose" bull shit.

you hella mad bro

jacobzking

why exactly would I be mad? dumb kids don't make me mad. lol, you do realize that "you hella mad bro" sounds extremely gay, right?

240zach

you do realize this whole thread is extremely dumb right?

jacobzking

yep, most of it is

240zach

i wonder who your guna blame once you put your new painted fiberglass front bumper on and hit a bump and it falls off and you run it over.

jacobzking

myself if i was the one driving it. that was a dumb inquisition.

240zach

it was sarcasm

S-Nation S13

And yet your lame ass is still replying..just shut the fuck up already..get your new bumper let someone else drive it, then report back here when something else happens to your trophy car, so I can come back here to fuck shit up again.

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ZAKU

This might just be the worst thread.

evilpanamajack

Is this bumper thread seriously still going on? Hahahahahah

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BoostSlideWayz

Unfortunately since this happend at a track usually when you sign your name on that paper they hand you.. they and their employees arent held accountable for what happens to your car.. How ever i would try to atleast tell him how much i would help if he could just maybe help you pay for it.. But if he doesnt want to .. theres nothing you can do really..

Also..that car is really nice.. i would consider getting the front bumper fixed how ever you can.. and then just keeping it a nice car.. ill gurantee you that car at a track drifting... WILL trash your car and it will just end up being a piece of shit...

Save up for a car that you know you dont care if your rear bumper or front bumper slams into a barrier.

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JaysPerformance

Your at the track, shit happens. Suck it up and get over it or stay off the track.

evilpanamajack

Wtf kill this thread

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speedracer5

Bwhahah it is still alive this thread smh replace it already and ill drive the beast at the track for u

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vvtisupra

As an instructor, I wouldn't drive your car if you ask me to pay for it. If I had to instruct you and pay for any damages then i'll just drive really slow.


At the track accidents happen, if you spun and someone hit you are you going to pay for their damage?

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zaquanh

where and when was this?

what instructor? certainly not complainint about FM are you? ps if you didnt want anything to happen to your car , you dont ship a drift car from cali to texas ,

go to a drift event , learning or not and expect something not to happen

and for the others , track days are cheap in texas ,

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greenwood

i cant believe you made a thread about this bullshit.

racepar1

This is the bottom line. YOU chose to attend the trackday. YOU chose to ask for instruction. YOU chose to let the instructor drive the car. This is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, NOT the instructor's. Un-expected things happen on-track and it's in bad taste to ask others to pay for it. Now, I have experienced circumstances in which I thought that someone else should have paid for the damages to our Formula Atlantic car. BUT, yours is not one of them. The event organizers have already been more than fair with the two free trackdays, to ask for any more is just not right. Now, I'm not saying that the instructor isn't likely a dumbass. Really he should have been concentrating on showing you the line, rather than pushing the car. But it is all YOUR decisions that put you and him in that position.

Hell, I would let an instructor smash up my bumper for two free trackdays anytime.

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