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Bumper:
Bumpers are attached to the front and rear of the vehicle with the aim of protecting the vehicle’s bodywork as much as possible in a minor collision. In the past, bumpers were often heavily constructed and even in fairly severe collisions inflicted relatively little damage. Nowadays, bumpers are made of plastic and are streamlined into the design of the car. The disadvantage of these bumpers is that they are very easily damaged. A small nudge from another vehicle can already cause cracks in the paint, or visibly crack the bumper.
Shock-absorbing bumper:
The bumper with shock-absorbing components protects the vehicle’s bodywork in low-speed collisions up to 8 km/h.a0
The image shows the components of the shock-absorbing rear bumper. The vehicle bodywork is colored dark blue. The light blue strip is a mounting bracket for the wiring of the PDC sensors, among other things.
The metal bumper beam (green) is screwed to the bodywork by means of shock absorbers (green). The shock absorbers have the property of collapsing in a collision; this absorbs the force of the impact. The shock absorbers become deformed and thus remain permanently deformed.
The rear bumper (red) is slid into the guide brackets (brown) during installation. Once the bumper is slid into these, it is finally secured with a number of bolts.
The front bumper features similar shock-absorbing components.
