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Xevin 
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 Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:46 pm Post subject: Re: Late bay bumper weight? |
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| Bendejo wrote: |
My bumper with a fresh coat of paint is 11.7 lbs on my NIST calibrated bathroom scale. 
Pretty silly question, but there's your answer |
That’s 5.037Kg. I hope you’ll be OK in a crash. Did you sand it before you painted it? 
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Bendejo
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:50 pm Post subject: Re: Late bay bumper weight? |
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I did sand it.
Also bumped my life insurance policy up a little. |
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: Late bay bumper weight? |
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| I would guess the steel is toward the low end of the range for a medium carbon steel. |
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Howie78
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 7:13 pm Post subject: Re: Late bay bumper weight? |
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Thanks for the answer
Much appreciated  |
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Howie78
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| Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 12:53 am Post subject: Re: Late bay bumper weight? |
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If people think it’s a silly question
Why answer? |
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Clatter
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| Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 1:05 am Post subject: Re: Late bay bumper weight? |
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I like the aftermarket ones better.
Lighter weight for racing..
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Clatter
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| Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 1:07 am Post subject: Re: Late bay bumper weight? |
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I'd weigh mine for ya,
But it's all drilled full of 'speed holes' to lighten it up..
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 5:13 am Post subject: Re: Late bay bumper weight? |
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| Clatter wrote: |
I'd weigh mine for ya,
But it's all drilled full of 'speed holes' to lighten it up.. |
They’re great for racing.
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Iain
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 12:26 am Post subject: Re: Late bay bumper weight? |
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Because I didn’t want to know the thickness of the steel?
If I did, I’d ask |
Not to be pedantic (OK, I'm pedantic), 5.6 kg is not a weight -- it's a mass. Weight would be in pounds or newtons. |
Being even more pedantic, pounds can be mass too, SI for weight is Newtons as standard.
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Abscate
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 4:26 am Post subject: Re: Late bay bumper weight? |
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I'm going to slug people if they start this thread again.
Is that an African orEuropean bumper ?
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alman72
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 4:43 am Post subject: Re: Late bay bumper weight? |
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| what weighs more, an ounce of your bumper or an ounce of gold? |
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alman72
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 4:49 am Post subject: Re: Late bay bumper weight? |
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cliveawn
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2018 6:16 am Post subject: Re: Late bay bumper weight? |
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I will weigh mine if you tell us why you want to know only the weight?
mine is off the car and painted,maybe add 500 grams for paint and uderbody sealer...
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Sage79
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 5:55 am Post subject: Re: Late bay bumper weight? |
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People! Steel is steel as far as weight is concerned (this is not exotic metalurgy on these). Therefore the weight of a bumper is directly proportional to its thickness. An OG bumper weighs a lot more than a flimsy aftermarket one (which is thinner). As soon as I got it out of the box I knew it was too light. I sent the aftermarket one back and had the body shop straighten the OG one after a rear end wreck, well worth it.
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Abscate
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 6:28 pm Post subject: Re: Late bay bumper weight? |
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My friend HIGGS the bosons mate believes you mean mass.
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alman72
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| Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2018 6:45 pm Post subject: Re: Late bay bumper weight? |
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| an ounce of a solid gold bumper weighs more, of course. |
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jtauxe
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 12:47 pm Post subject: Re: Late bay bumper weight? |
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| Iain wrote: |
| Being even more pedantic, pounds can be mass too, SI for weight is Newtons as standard. |
And mass in our Fred Flinstone units is...
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| I'm going to slug people if they start this thread again. |
Ding Ding Ding... we have a winner!
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| People! Steel is steel as far as density is concerned. |
FTFY
weight /= mass /= density
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alman72
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| Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2018 4:35 pm Post subject: Re: Late bay bumper weight? |
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| I would weigh mine, but it is covered with snow, and am not sure how to remove it. |
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