Bounce Test?
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Bounce Test?
How exactly do they perform the bounce test?
Do they actually push down on your bumper or do they open your hood and push down on the unibody frame?
Do they check for bounce in both front and rear or just front?
Thanks!
Do they actually push down on your bumper or do they open your hood and push down on the unibody frame?
Do they check for bounce in both front and rear or just front?
Thanks!
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Your car will also be subjected to a "bounce test" to check for adequate suspension travel. They typically test this at a front corner or at the middle of the bumper by pushing down on it. You need to have visible (not necessarily 2 inches) of suspension travel.
#3
Is this for recon? It depends on which inspector you get, it's very subjective. When I went, he pushed down on the front fender. When my friend went, they let him stand on the door sill and jump on it.
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Some advice, make sure nothing on your car says "for off road use only". No stickers on the windows, make sure your tint is legal, intake is secured, battery secured, and make sure you have the foam under the bumper cover. Some napples or manapua couldn't hurt either.
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How do they even see if this is back there?
Haha... they won't be like "Hey... you got something to hide so you're bringing me this?"
Any one ever pass the bounce test with Ohlins R&T coilovers or am I going to have to get some weak @ss springs?
Haha... they won't be like "Hey... you got something to hide so you're bringing me this?"
Any one ever pass the bounce test with Ohlins R&T coilovers or am I going to have to get some weak @ss springs?
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They get a flashlight and look in through the front grill, then put their hand up into the bumper and find it. Blew me away when the guy did that, I was thinking... wtf is he doing? then shortly afterward... F***............................
#15
He DID however feel for foam, at the time I taped cooler foam looool and they didn't say anything.
Things they really get ya for IME,
- Amber corners and markers.
- Decals.
- Foam.