De Bumpering

[Curtis126]

im wanting to soon get a 126 as a project for me to do, i want to remove the bumpers to make it smooth, i heard somewhere that its not road legal if you do so, but i was under to conclusion that as long as there are no sharp edges on shown which could possibly damage a pedestrian then its road legal.

can someone clarify this for me.

[dajwid]

Mick this is one for you )

Mick is the specialist in de-bumpering and the Police

[Gordan]

...and starting an economic crisis... 

[stuey]

mot regs state you must not have any sharp or protuding body work so as long as you rehang your number plates etc and I assume you are smoothing out the body work you shouldnt have any problems.

[bis13]

whoever told you that should be placed in a firm headlock until they go blue and dribble.

[Curtis126]

ok cheers for ya help, i may just stick with the plastic bumpers now to save me hassel.

[Tomasz]

I have never had the front one off but i had the rear off and it passed an mot without that.  It still had the side mounting holes for the plastic too but i have since filled them in.  Will be putting the chrome one back on soon.
If you want a cleaner look you could consider fitting chrome bumbers instead of the plastic ones.

[bis13]

no bumpers , no problems.

[Gordan]

no bumpers, no MOT  (EVEN here, one has to have bumpers if one wishes to drive legally )

[Curtis126]

no worries guys ive decided to go with the idea of keeping the plastic bumpers but removing the strips on the doors, ta for all ya help thou, much appreciated.

[hudsonhenry]

I took the bumpers off my 500 years ago and never had a problem with the MOT, the only thing they look out for is sharp edges and things that stick out, so if you remove the bumpers then you will also have to take off all the brackets.

[bis13]

like i said i have no bumpers on most of my cars as i tend to get them stuck whilst ramming people with rage and end up pulling them off and always get through the mot regardless. as for you gordan we live in  britain not a civilised country...

[Gordan]

mick no insults now, were not civilised  [-/
but seriously, a guy i know didnt pass the test with his aircooled cos he had no front bumper... maby the guy that worked there had a bad day... 

[bis13]

or maybe the guy who owned the car had slept with his sister! lol glad to see your cars back up and running by the way .

[Gordan]

cheers dude...