posted 05-12-2015 06:29 PM                  

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Originally posted by JeraneW:
[ the front bumper gives me something to sit on at car shows. LOL[/B]

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posted 05-12-2015 06:40 PM                  

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Originally posted by JeraneW:
I think they look appropriate for the color;

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posted 05-12-2015 06:55 PM                  

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Originally posted by Gort:
I prefer on.

Question. Several have said no concerns about safety. What else would you be interested in doing that might fall into that catagory? No seat beats? No safety glass? No air bags? No padded dash? Just curious.

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Not a fan of air bags, they do deploy sometimes when driving down the road, yes guy at work had it happen to his wife's lincoln on the interstate, luckily it was the side bag and she was able to keep the car under control. Then ford wanted to argue who was responsible, that she had to hit something.

If the front air bags deploy when driving a crash WILL HAPPEN! I didn't buy any car planning on crashing it.

Steel dashes, hell yes, they look cool on the old cars.

Some safety features are good and have saved lives, but not all have done it all the time, there are exceptions.

Mandated safety devices add weight and just raise the cost of the vehicle and people end up depending on them to SAVE THEM, instead of people driving like they have some sense. Next year I think rear back up cameras will be mandatory, yes they are helpful due to the POOR DESIGN of the vehicles with high belt lines, OH MANDATED CRASH STANDARDS.

posted 05-13-2015 10:41 AM                  

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Originally posted by JeraneW:
Back in '97 when I fist saw the Prowlers, I thought to myself that if I owned one of these, I would remove the bumpers; however, with the purchase of a Black Tie, I think they look appropriate for the color; besides, the front bumper gives me something to sit on at car shows. LOL

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Have you seen this Black Tie with the bumpers painted silver. All I can say is WOW. I will try and find others.
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posted 05-13-2015 03:26 PM                  

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WOW, I want these rims now

EdIt- no bumpers

posted 05-13-2015 04:27 PM                  

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Originally posted by WildCat:

I could do without a lot of the mandated safety devices, but that is just me. Let the person be responsible instead of the manufacture having to be responsible for stupid people.

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posted 05-13-2015 04:51 PM                  

The car was different and that made it an easy target. Corvairs to the best of my knowledge are the only automobiles to be proven safe in a court of law but people don't remember that, they only remember the accusations.

posted 05-13-2015 04:58 PM                  

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Originally posted by butchcee:
We don't need no stinking bumpers

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posted 05-13-2015 06:18 PM                  

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posted 05-13-2015 09:48 PM                  

They look nice with out. But you feel you need them even for a small hit they can protect.

They do look unique.

I kept mines, they guys here who have prowlers all took them off. I am the last one that has them on.

They keep telling me to take them off. But I tell them I want to stand out at the cruise nights from them.

posted 05-14-2015 09:55 PM                  

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Originally posted by quincy:
Just the fronts removed. I prefer the look. Tom Mills made a retrofit kit for the turn signals. First class and OEM quality all the way. What a genius that man is....

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posted 05-15-2015 09:19 AM                  

http://hotrodsbyboyd.com/wheels/gotcha-series/harm/

http://www.prowleronline.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/019097.html

http://www.prowleronline.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/003805.html

posted 05-15-2015 10:51 PM                  

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Originally posted by BeWare:
For those interested here is more information about the wheels in the picture of the Black Tie I posted. I believe these are aluminum wheels and will require polishing to maintain the shine.

http://hotrodsbyboyd.com/wheels/gotcha-series/harm/

http://www.prowleronline.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/019097.html

http://www.prowleronline.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/003805.html

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You also need a set of Kevlar gloves when polishing, you see the pointers on those babies. Those are beautiful rims. Very nice job on the black tie as a whole

posted 05-16-2015 03:43 AM                  

Any chance of some pictures of your rear bumpers mod ? Sounds interesting

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Originally posted by golfboy:
One of the first things I did when I got my Prowler is remove the front bumpers. I couldn't stand the look of them on the front of the car. I also modified the rear bumpers by stripping off the rubber covers, cutting them down in size to make bumperettes and powder coating them black to go with my black and gold theme. There is no safety advantage to having the front bumpers as they are only rated for a 2 and a half mile per hour collision. LOL. The back bumpers do protect the rear of the car to some degree. As for turn signals, I originally went with the Tom Mills kit which is fine, but recently I removed and sold them and replaced them with my own custom version using small LED motorcycle turn signal lights which are much brighter. For me, driving a completely stock car, any car, is too boring. I enjoy customizing them to my own taste. After all, I'm the one who paid for it. LOL.

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