Has anybody modified their MINI to withstand
the rigours of NYC parking ?





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Why worry ? See SUV backs into my MINI thread.

 

I am in NYC and park my car on the street. Had it for a day, when my driving light was banged in by an suv parking in front of it, and now have a little tiny scratch on my rear bumper from someone who decided to use it as a parking 'marker' Uhhhh! I have been thinking the same thing. I saw another mini in the city, with some kind of styrofoam (a homemade thing) hooked onto his front grille, so if someone backed into it, they'd hit the syrofoam. I wanted to look into having a metal bar, don't know what it is called, that goes around the front of the car like suvs have, but dont know where to get it. Help us, someone!!!

 

You are looking for that?



Ralph
CTD-Germany

 

I think you mean bully bars. Several shops have them for sale in chrome and black i have seen.

 

I heard getting guarding rails on the outside of your car is very bad.

During a frontal collision, the railing affects the timing of the release of your airbags because the sensors get affected late. The result is your airbags going off a second late and impacting you as your body is already forward.

That could be very bag.(mental image)

This is just what I was told from a friend who has a range rover and took their bars off after they read some study about crash impacts and airbags.

Just something to think about.

I would stick to the rub strips, even tho they are ugly.

My solution was to have a crappy car in NYC. Brooklyn is just as brutal, but a crappy car scares them more than you. :smile:

 

Looking for something that protects corners, too: