I think I had read somewhere that the Opel Astra bumper and fender both had some kind of shock absorption mechanism built in that prevented the bumper/fender from bending on small knocks. But if the same thing works so well on the Optra, then nothing like it. In today's bumper to bumper traffic, such back to front knocks are common. But those bull bars are pretty dangerous since they take all the impact to the body and only save the fender. Wonder why so many people get them fitted. |