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tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:23 pm

501 wrote:

JL Rockies wrote:

You and that ABS bypassing dude from the other thread should get together and go bowling. A non compliant bumper can cause the airbag to deploy prematurely and a denial of coverage from your INS co. So if you'd rather take your chances without, best bet is the ARB.

That's one reason I love my 03 so much, no wimpy ABS.

When I was T-boned in my last vehicle the air bags never deployed, lot of help they were. I drove for 30 years without all that crap and have made it so far. People need to stop relying on their vehicle to save their lives and learn how to drive.

X2...............

But getting t-boned will not pop the airbags unless you have side impact bags.

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:10 pm

We just need that stuff they used in Demolition Man, Secure Foam.

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:13 pm

my last car had "secure foam" behind the fascias

i think i'll stick with good ol steel

stumpjumper_09 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:27 am

the air bag sensors are in the body not the bumper, any impact that would set off the air bags with a normal bumper should set off the airbags nomatter what. How about someone with a RL bumper go plow a tree and report results?

durangotang · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:36 am

IIRC, ARB's "airbag approved" rating was a result of them being one of the few companies with pockets deep enough to send a bumper through a crash test on a KJ.

kskj · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 11:25 am

501 wrote:

JL Rockies wrote:

You and that ABS bypassing dude from the other thread should get together and go bowling. A non compliant bumper can cause the airbag to deploy prematurely and a denial of coverage from your INS co. So if you'd rather take your chances without, best bet is the ARB.

That's one reason I love my 03 so much, no wimpy ABS.

When I was T-boned in my last vehicle the air bags never deployed, lot of help they were. I drove for 30 years without all that crap and have made it so far. People need to stop relying on their vehicle to save their lives and learn how to drive.

Some times you can't avoid other drivers. My parents(both in there 70s) got hit head on last week. In the snow, on the interstate, going 45 when a guy going the other direction lost control in the snow came across the median and hit them. They would not be alive to day without airbags.

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