Re: time to paint

["Chris Chemidlin" <spredhaus@hotmail.com>]

Ive had several vehicles with no bumpers... in NJ, the rule is that the 
tailpipe must NOT be the longest part of the car when viewed from above.  
My LiTE GTi had NO bumpers on it and the tail pipe was just angled 
enough so when you looked down the hatch (and the hatch button) were the 
last things on the car... I guess this was to stop pedestrians from 
getting burnt.
My '69 lowrider bug had no bumpers and no decklid and I used to get 
harassed by one cop. eventually he told me to put the engine lid on or 
cover the pulleys, so I covered the pulleys- the engine was too pretty 
to hide under a lid!
Eventually, he's the cop who told me about the tailpipe law. My 
pea-shooters were hanging out, and he told me to fix it by friday. Sure 
enough, That Friday he pulled me over and I switched the exhaust!  I 
didn't want bumpers!

Your state may vary....

                       CHRIS CHEMIDLIN

          NEW MUSIC!         http://www.spredhaus.com

          58 Type1 Ragtop, 84 Jetta GLi, 87 Foxwagen


>I drove my GTI around for a few months with no front bumper. Nobody 
hassled me
>for it. I got stopped once, though, and I asked the cop if I needed a 
front
>bumper. He said that I didn't, as long as there was a license plate 
there.
>There was. I think he was wrong, though, because I've since been told I 
do need
>one. I dunno. (I have one now, anyway)
>    -Josiah
>    '84 GTI
>    '86 Scirocco 8v (buy me!)
>    '87 QSW
>    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah
>
>Chris Coracini wrote:
>
>> >
>> >
>> >Like it says, it's about time to paint my ride but there's a few 
things
>> >a need to take car of first.  One is the bumpers.  I would take them 
off
>> >and fill the holes if I had my way but I would probably get fucked 
with
>> >by the man for this, right?
>>
>> maybe....  you always run the risk.  i had my 81S for a whole year 
with
>> no bumpers, front OR back.  i never got pulled.  depends where you 
live.
>>  if all the cars around your area are very nice and new, you may.  i
>> really liked the look of the back with no bumpers, the front not as
>> much.  but i never got around to doing anything about it.  if you get 
in
>> a wreck, make sure you don't hit a lawyer...
>>
>> >  The next option is to drill the shocks and
>> >shove them on in.  Now when I do this what do I do about the part 
that
>> >now will stick into the wheel well and look desparately cheesy?  Is
>> >there another bumper I can transplant from another vehicle that is 
more
>> >attractive?  I'm having this growing urge though just to remove the
>> >battering rams.
>>
>> have you considered euro bumpers?
>> >
>>
>> chris
>> 86 16V scirocco


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