Drift Armor Drift Bar - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

ML · 02-25-2013, 10:43 PM

http://www.enjukuracing.com/products...Scion-FRS.html

Anyone actually seen this in the field.

EDIT: found this: http://driftarmor.com/Scion_FRS_Drift_Bar.html

Hanakuso · 02-25-2013, 11:19 PM

What's the point of this other then being slightly lighter? I would assume this would be bad in an accident and wouldn't really shield you from anything.

Batman · 02-25-2013, 11:33 PM

Do want.. i have the grill delete, and hate the original crash bar hanging down there

RAWR BRZ · 02-26-2013, 12:43 AM

Would this be better than OEM crash bar when in a crash? If not why do people use these? Cheaper to replace? I noticed them on a lot of drift cars and I never understood why...

jamal · 02-26-2013, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RAWR BRZ

Would this be better than OEM crash bar when in a crash?

Are you fucking serious?

yeah, lets take off the OEM engineered crash structure for something called "drift armor." sounds like a great idea.

OrbitalEllipses · 02-26-2013, 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamal

Are you fucking serious?

yeah, lets take off the OEM engineered crash structure for something called "drift armor." sounds like a great idea.

wut bro cmon it's AMERICAN dawg yo DRIFT!!11!1one!

BlaineWasHere · 02-26-2013, 01:33 AM

This is a really cool way to make your car wildly dangerous in a front end collision.

EarlQHan · 02-26-2013, 02:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamal

Are you fucking serious?

yeah, lets take off the OEM engineered crash structure for something called "drift armor." sounds like a great idea.

Quote:

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

wut bro cmon it's AMERICAN dawg yo DRIFT!!11!1one!

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlaineWasHere

This is a really cool way to make your car wildly dangerous in a front end collision.

Those crash beams are meant for low speed collisions to prevent damage, not for safety purposes. IIRC correctly, they're meant for collisions under 10 MPH and the foam bumper for collisions under 5 MPH. Those heavy beams are required by the US DOT ONLY. Other countries tend to have smaller and lighter crash beams.

jamal · 02-26-2013, 02:05 AM

Oh ok. Take yours off, go drive into a wall at high speed, and let me know how it turns out.

BlaineWasHere · 02-26-2013, 02:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EarlQHan

Those crash beams are meant for low speed collisions to prevent damage, not for safety purposes. IIRC correctly, they're meant for collisions under 10 MPH and the foam bumper for collisions under 5 MPH. Those heavy beams are required by the US DOT ONLY. Other countries tend to have smaller and lighter crash beams.

Great, so you'll take it off to drive home?

EarlQHan · 02-26-2013, 02:09 AM

Look at the JDM STI crash beam. It is about 50% lighter than the USDM one. Don't see any more Japanese STI owners dying than American ones. In fact, look at all the STI owners going FMIC, I'd say they're still safer than OEM Evos. I own an STI with a FMIC for reference, so yes, I have driven without the beam on.

Edit: I'm not defending or endorsing the Drift Armor bars, I'm just clearing up facts.

Ravenlokk · 02-26-2013, 02:35 AM

AFAIK The whole point of the oem crash bar is to collapse and absorb impact in a front end collision- its less about way and more about reducing the force that gets transferred to the passenger compartment.

Hanakuso · 02-26-2013, 02:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamal

Are you fucking serious?

yeah, lets take off the OEM engineered crash structure for something called "drift armor." sounds like a great idea.

you aint bout dat life cuh

EarlQHan · 02-26-2013, 03:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamal

Oh ok. Take yours off, go drive into a wall at high speed, and let me know how it turns out.

Won't help you either way

http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/problems/s...per/index.html

http://www.iihs.org/research/qanda/bumpers.aspx

02-25-2013, 11:33 PM	#3
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RAWR BRZ Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: 2010 BMW M3, 2013 Subaru BRZ Location: Orange County Posts: 376 Thanks: 32 Thanked 97 Times in 56 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Would this be better than OEM crash bar when in a crash? If not why do people use these? Cheaper to replace? I noticed them on a lot of drift cars and I never understood why...

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jamal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: Legacy GT Location: compton Posts: 534 Thanks: 9 Thanked 365 Times in 204 Posts Mentioned: 11 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Oh ok. Take yours off, go drive into a wall at high speed, and let me know how it turns out.

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EarlQHan Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: Subarus Location: Nowhere Posts: 189 Thanks: 20 Thanked 129 Times in 66 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Look at the JDM STI crash beam. It is about 50% lighter than the USDM one. Don't see any more Japanese STI owners dying than American ones. In fact, look at all the STI owners going FMIC, I'd say they're still safer than OEM Evos. I own an STI with a FMIC for reference, so yes, I have driven without the beam on. Edit: I'm not defending or endorsing the Drift Armor bars, I'm just clearing up facts.

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Ravenlokk Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: 2013 Raven FR-S Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 265 Thanks: 34 Thanked 68 Times in 47 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	AFAIK The whole point of the oem crash bar is to collapse and absorb impact in a front end collision- its less about way and more about reducing the force that gets transferred to the passenger compartment.

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