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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Martin,
Team Update 6 modifies the definition of the FRAME PERIMETER and as such modifies the rules that reference the definition including R16. My impression then is that fasteners as described in TU6 will not be considered to be outside the FRAME PERIMETER in the bumper zone or elsewhere. The drawings displayed this afternoon in this thread are therefore legal.

The update does not modify the definition of the FRAME PERIMETER, it simply says that fasteners are excluded from the determination of it. Which essentially means that even the workaround that was mentioned earlier (using identical dummy bolts in the bumper zone to enlarge the frame perimeter to allow bolt heads to protrude below the bumper zone) will not work because the dummy bolts will not define the FRAME PERIMETER. Thus with the current wording no bolts are allowed to protrude from the FRAME PERIMETER in any place.

However, I agree with Martin, that the update was misworded and the intent of the update is to allow fasteners to protrude, even though the update clearly states that no fasteners can protrude anywhere.