crash bar

[1995 gst]

I puit in a fmic and removed the crash bar for some little weigh loss. is there a rear crashbar or is it only a front? I would asoom there would be a rear.

 

[jcart953]

Its not metal or styrofoam. Its fiberglass

never said it was either but thanks for clearing it up

 

[bmoha7321]

The front end feels loose to me without that fiberglass reinforcement bar installed. Similar to what it feels like without a strut tower brace. I don't like driving a noodle. Our cars are crazy amounts of not stiff. And even if you do trim it like the pic posted above it still ties the end of the front frame members together. And the fiberglass reinforcement bar still sticks out farther than any of the parts of the front end including hopefully a front mount.

 

[SlickPyro]

OP- Since everyone is talking about 2gs and you are referring to 1gs as per your title "1g crash bar" I just wanted to let you know that 1gs have both front and rear metal crash beams underneath the plastic bumper cover. If you had your front bumper off to do your fmic then you know what the front crash beam looks like, the rear is very similar.

I have a punishment fmic kit on my 1gb laser and I just cut out the center of the metal crash beam with a sawzall so that I still had the three bolt holes under the headlights that hold the bumper up and the holes to mount my foglights. If you dont care about safety of having the crashbeam there or the sagging bumper then have at it. Its your car, your canvas. they do weigh alot so I don't blame you for taking it off. I think its JM Fab that sells a race 1g front plastic bumper support if you're interested in fixing your bumper cover sag.

I hope this 1g insight helps instead of all the posts above about 2gs in your 1g titled thread.

 

[Colt4G63 also]

Intercoolers are pretty tough, I would think it could absorb a pretty good amount of impact if the end tanks were mounted securely.

 

[bmoha7321]

On mt Talon I did cut the center out of the fiberglass reinforcement bar completely and then bolted in a section of 1/4" wall aluminum tubing across the span.

 

[Colt4G63 also]

The front end feels loose to me without that fiberglass reinforcement bar installed. Similar to what it feels like without a strut tower brace. I don't like driving a noodle. Our cars are crazy amounts of not stiff. And even if you do trim it like the pic posted above it still ties the end of the front frame members together. And the fiberglass reinforcement bar still sticks out farther than any of the parts of the front end including hopefully a front mount.

This is a good point.

 

[ktgurl87]

1gs have a metal bumper?

 

[99gst_racer]

1gs have a metal bumper?

Yup, front and rear. Heavy as hell too.

 

[ktgurl87]

Damn all that. Might as well just tote around a tree trunk.

 

[1995 gst]

Thanks for all of the feedback, but honestly if im going to crash fast enough for the crash bar to be effective its wrecked anyway, i supose my intercooler and radiator will be my new crash bar, possibly an engine, and the crashbar are around 20 pounds. or at least my front one is every small amount makes a difference.

 

[9!'clipseDOHC]

Yes, 1g crash bars are all metal. This is all I had to trim mine to fit my VRSF FMIC:

I'd say it would still be pretty effective, not at saving the FMIC, but at saving my frame in a low speed hit.

Thanks for all of the feedback, but honestly if im going to crash fast enough for the crash bar to be effective its wrecked anyway, i supose my intercooler and radiator will be my new crash bar, possibly an engine, and the crashbar are around 20 pounds. or at least my front one is every small amount makes a difference.

They are designed for LOW SPEED collisions. In a high speed collision it won't matter if you have the crash bean or not. It is designed to save your car in a little fender bender, parking lot accident, someone hitting you at a stop, etc. In those cases the crash bar compresses and can save your car for some serious damage. I kept mine not because I'm worried about my driving, but because I'm worried about some idiot hitting me in a parking lot (Its happened before and my crash bar did its job).

 

[ErikTande]

Yes, 1g crash bars are all metal. This is all I had to trim mine to fit my VRSF FMIC:

I'd say it would still be pretty effective, not at saving the FMIC, but at saving my frame in a low speed hit.


They are designed for LOW SPEED collisions. In a high speed collision it won't matter if you have the crash bean or not. It is designed to save your car in a little fender bender, parking lot accident, someone hitting you at a stop, etc. In those cases the crash bar compresses and can save your car for some serious damage. I kept mine not because I'm worried about my driving, but because I'm worried about some idiot hitting me in a parking lot (Its happened before and my crash bar did its job).

So if I get one of these:
1G DSM Race Bumper - JM Fabrications

I'm only putting the car at risk right? Not my personal safety?