http://www.swrt.com/cpimages/382982.jpg
is the front bumper or body panels or whatever they use on the rally car coming off in this picture?

no, that bumper is held on securly at this point.

j/k the force of the car hitting the water and the water coming around and hitting the back of the bumper broke it off on both sides of the car, i think it was replaced or removed at the next stage

ahhh ok

thanks :)

Yeah good bye 5,000 dollar bumper!

That must have hit hard.

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eah good bye 5,000 dollar bumper!

"What"! $5k?:monkey: wow :eek:

Originally posted by marc_mun
Yeah good bye 5,000 dollar bumper!

That must have hit hard.

'=' holy crap!! whats it made out of? hand laid carbon fiber and gold plating?

it is indeed a $5000 carbon fiber bumper...

well, thats pretty damn expensive. and it cant hold up to 5000lbs. worth of water pushing on the outer edges? what a rip:D

yeah 5000 is pretty bad....although i read that they spend 50k annually on........DECALS and thats in pounds
http://www.swrt.com/107453.html

bumper coming off is pretty typical..

Yep, hand laid carbon fiber, quite a few bits on the car are. It is actually strong enough to support the weight of the car, just not a sever thrashing like landing the many yumps they probably had before the water crossing. They get destroyed almost every race.

oh yeah that bumper im sure was grabbed by some fans and sold on ebay !lol that bumper has to cost some $$

great pic by the way. Remenber last year when a fan brought a broken bumper up to Gronholm and asked him to sign it? He was nice enough to do so just before he told the fan that he would have to return it. big money on those body panels

I say if a fan is gonna fish out and carry around a bumper or body panel the least they could do is let you hold on to it.