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02-03-2010, 08:53

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Re: legality of bolt and screw heads breaking plane of chassis meeting bumpers

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Originally Posted by IndySam

In 2007 we had a bumper of high quality plywood unsupported over about 30 inches. It snapped like a twig our first match. We replaced the wood and it happened again so we played the rest of the regional with a broken bumper. At our next regional we replaced it with cheep Lowe's plywood and it lasted almost the entire regional before it broke (it had more spring.)

Ah - there's our mistake, we should go to Lowes instead of Home Depot.

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