Well I had my front bumper off today and I decided to take off my crash bar.
I was wondering if anyone else here has done this and have they had any problems?

I haven't put my bumper back on but I noticed that a few of the mounting holes that the bumper attaches to is on that crash beam. is there a mount of some kind that someone has made? Or will the bumper be ok without it?

I would like to keep it out. I like shedding weight wherever I can. My evo's a pig.

thanks guys

 

many many people do it. MANY i would only do it if you dont daily drive the car. and if your insurance company finds out. well ur in trouble.

 

i wanted to know about this also because i am switching to the 7 hood and a bumper that requires this bar to be removed. was it hard to take off?

 

it comes off very easily

if you daily drive your car and you take it off just because that is senseless

 

Glad it is easy to remove. I want to do that too. My pig needs to go on a diet. It has lost ~ 65+ lbs so far. Need it lighter.

 

wow 65 lbs. thats a nice. lol

my car is not a daily driver totally. I have a ranger. Is the bimper ok for lets say 150?

on a closed course of course.

 

ugh....... bumper... hahahahah been a long night.

 

front crash bar is easy to take out, but taking the front bumper can be time consuming. Especially taking out the screws for the undertray. If you want to waste time taking bumper off for something that can be denied by your insurance, that doesn't make sense. The evo already has a bad crash rating, why make it worse?

 

no I had to replace my headlight. so I figured while I was right there why not shave some weight?

Has anyone made a bracket or something to hold the middle of the bumper up?

 

i had to remove mine because of my fmic, but i plan on modifying it so i can use it

 

Actually, I've been trying to find the Evo crash rating data for a while. Do you have any links? Thanks!

 

^me too.

all i've ever heard was word of mouth, but i've never seen any data.

 

Im kinda wondering too because i removed by crash beam after my fmic install. The bumper seems unstable after losing some bolt connections to the beam. Air coming from the front of the bumper shouldn't have any effect, but if you were going in reverse really fast, the bumper could come off.......................................just a thought.

 

http://www.automotive.com/2004/12/mi...ety/index.html
If you need more data, I'll keep looking, thanks

 

http://www.automotive.com/2004/12/mi...ety/index.html

This is not word of mouth, anymore data searching let me know.