Mental quote for resto/ bare metal respray

[...joe]

Blue you tit. driving with softline/TSW tealth alloys will seriously damage your reputation!!!

[Agreeable Slick]

the bumper adds f**k all to the integrity of the shell, the crossmember on the front does that, a bit of plastic isn't going to stop chassis flex "if" something was to happen. It only bolts into a couple of chassis mounts. (the two big blocks you can see just below the headlights.)

[...joe]

don't the bumper bolts go through the cross member and chassis legs before bolting up to the bumper bracket, thereby adding 4 hefty bolts tying everything together? other wise the cross member is only held on by two pissy little bolts while supporting the engine? not saying it'd twist the chassis or anything but i wouldn't like to drive around with those two bots holding everything together.

[Mk1Mad J - 16v]

My brothers mk2 didn't have a cross member  no idea why but it didn't fall apart