The term - front "bar"

[~SlideWays~]

Where the hell did this come from? Was it one of the bling car mags that started it and all the cool kids now call it a bar and not a bumper?

I don't know why but it annoys me, its a bumper...how is it a bar?

Am I missing something?

[XERO]

didnt it used to be called an 'air dam' back in the days?

[MrOizo]

you referring to this post at all?
viewtopic.php?t=51906

Might be a aussie thing by the looks of it.. or they getting it from us? :O

[Distrb]

werent they refered to back in the day as a 'bumper bar' as they were exactly just that, a piece of metal..

maybe 'front bar' is a bastardisation of the original term 'bumper bar'?

[~SlideWays~]

Hmmm that metal bar would make sense, but it seems to get referred to for something like a aftermarket fibreglass front....bumper.

To me it just sounds like since a car mag used a term - probably because they get tired of writing the same thing in each article so they experiment with words like "donk" for an engine or "bar" for a numper... then all of a sudden thats what kids start calling it.

Maybe its because I get annoyed with 'sheep' who just follow others?

[flygt4]

hadnt we already concluded you're a dick gav

[~SlideWays~]

hadnt we already concluded you're a dick gav

Wrong forum dude..hadn't we concluded that you need to give me a drive in your car?

[flygt4]

come round sometime in the weekend , or giv me yr addy better get in while its behaving itself

[CaM]

aussie mags have called front kits/bumpers, fornt bars for years
crossover form there lik how shitkick kids think they're african-amercian ganstuhz

[~SlideWays~]

aussie mags have called front kits/bumpers, fornt bars for years
crossover form there lik how shitkick kids think they're african-amercian ganstuhz

shitkick.. I like it

[~SlideWays~]

come round sometime in the weekend , or giv me yr addy better get in while its behaving itself

Yeah man, I'll pop round once I've finished unpacking everthing in the new house. Freaking car parts all over the garage floor and boxes all over the house! Well the dog has been fenced in and the cars etc are sorted...the gf can do the rest

[flygt4]

sounds like our house. scanning the kitchen and dining room i see ....
a 600x300 i/c , 3 turbo comp covers(vf24, t3/t4 , ta45) , the rest of the t3/t4 turbo and downpipe , a tial wastegate , 3x 15" race rims, a microtech lt10s and hand controller , a 3"-2.5" samco reducer elbow , some assorted black vacuum line, , a vf 24 wastegate actuator and some v bands.

all within 1m of where im sitting

[strx7]

a few panel beaters we get ringing up call them front bar's i think its there shortform of front bumper bar from "back in the days"....

[Si]

that and bumpers were normaly bolted onto the front of the car, now they are all in one (or dont exist at all)

[Dragger_Dan]

In race terms they seem to call it a splitter, which makes sense if actually used for that purpose.

[Akane]

Also it could be called a front spoiler, but mostly referring to the bottom lip.

[gmacrae]

sounds like our house. scanning the kitchen and dining room i see ....
a 600x300 i/c , 3 turbo comp covers(vf24, t3/t4 , ta45) , the rest of the t3/t4 turbo and downpipe , a tial wastegate , 3x 15" race rims, a microtech lt10s and hand controller , a 3"-2.5" samco reducer elbow , some assorted black vacuum line, , a vf 24 wastegate actuator and some v bands.

all within 1m of where im sitting

yo flygt4, incase you wanna sell that lt10s, and its set up for 13b, PM my mate Psycho_Dad - he's after one

[Skin]

sounds like our house. scanning the kitchen and dining room i see ....
a 600x300 i/c , 3 turbo comp covers(vf24, t3/t4 , ta45) , the rest of the t3/t4 turbo and downpipe , a tial wastegate , 3x 15" race rims, a microtech lt10s and hand controller , a 3"-2.5" samco reducer elbow , some assorted black vacuum line, , a vf 24 wastegate actuator and some v bands.

all within 1m of where im sitting

yo flygt4, incase you wanna sell that lt10s, and its set up for 13b, PM my mate Psycho_Dad - he's after one

Ha somehow I dont think thats going to happen - its my one for my seven

[blitza]

aussie mags have called front kits/bumpers, fornt bars for years
crossover form there lik how shitkick kids think they're african-amercian ganstuhz

'ROO BAR!!

[Loudtoy]

In race terms they seem to call it a splitter, which makes sense if actually used for that purpose.

An example of this would be in NZ V8's where the front "splitter" is used to split the gap between the 2 cars that haven't quite got the same corner exit speed as you, or are braking 10 meters before what you thought the correct braking point and using the front "spliiter" to push the cars wide enough apart for you to get through.
Adj splitting to cut things cleanly in half of more than one things into there respective pieces