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yeap illegal, cant go driving around without a front bar they will slap ya with a nice yellow decal to suit (as it will look like you just drove out of a nice minor front ender and your bar was left at the scene) :ermm:

Ill be driving my 32r around without a bumper to workshops over the next couple days. If cops pull me over ill be explaining the troubleshooting process.. theyd have to be bastards to sticker it. Trouble is.. they just sticker you for anything so its a risk.

Just because it might do more damage wouldn't make it illegal.. Bull bars are legal. But pedestrians would probably get sliced up when you try to run them over I guess

actually only some bull bars are legal

you can not have massively oversized t wing spoilers for the same reason... they take pedestrians heads off

Ill be driving my 32r around without a bumper to workshops over the next couple days. If cops pull me over ill be explaining the troubleshooting process.. theyd have to be bastards to sticker it. Trouble is.. they just sticker you for anything so its a risk.

yeap thats exactly it, why risk getting a yellow (and the whole process of taking your car through the pits etc) just for a stoopid front bar which wasnt fitted, not worth it.

if your just driving home from a workshop without a frontbar im sure it will be ok.

just drive normal, and if i cop pulls you over explain it just come from the workshop etc... i did it when i had to tow the car to the workshop then i was able to drive it home (took off the frontbar to make it easier for the tow-truck)

I drove around in my old car (VT wagon) for a week or 2 without a front bumper. Didnt have any problems. . not sure if cops saw me or not but didnt get pulled over while it was off. But yeah im pretty sure it is illegal for reasons like dan mentioned. And yeah im pretty sure no bonnet is illegal too

what about no bonnet. sometimes i have had to drive to the welder or muffler men without a bonnet. for them to do turbo work etc?

What. f**k. The. I would imagine it to be as legal as driving without doors on the car. :wave:

And in case you are serious that you don't leave your car at a workshop to be worked on, isn't the smartest idea to drive without a bonnet with all your wiring, spinning belts & fans & everything else exposed.

Its all illegal, as Dan put it...over the roof and a cool story or loose the legs. Have a look at a street driven hotrod like a T-bucket... blacked out fenders...and the plods give them easier time than imports. *...must be something to do with age*

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