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RabidRat 06-28-2025 07:37 PM

The What Is This Thing? Thread
 
What is this thing in their rear bumper?? Doesn't look like a tow hitch.

https://i.imgur.com/NMJ3NJ4.jpeg

Badhobz 06-28-2025 07:57 PM

looks like a ghetto rear diffuser cuz this weirdo muffler setup doesnt have a proper diffuser.

whitev70r 06-28-2025 08:03 PM

I'm going to take a stab ... looks like a brace for when you take off at a red light and the front end lifts a bit, this is to prevent car from flipping over ... obviously, it's just for show.

Badhobz 06-28-2025 08:10 PM

^That's a good assessment, but there's no way that thing has enough torque to lift..... ever. Unless he drops in that ferrari v8, but even then.....

whitev70r 06-28-2025 08:23 PM

yah, it's all for show ... obviously a pretender.

underscore 06-28-2025 08:53 PM

I think they're supposed to be a jacking point for drift cars, so you can raise the one end easier to swap tires. They look terrible though. Just get a better jack and lift at the subframe.

headhunt3r 06-28-2025 09:10 PM

Jack point was my guess too

RabidRat 06-29-2025 09:01 AM

Lol I wonder if they'd need one in the front too then.

underscore 06-29-2025 09:49 AM

They make them for the front too. I remembered last night it's called a bash bar. Not a great idea on a street car if you get rear-ended.

Traum 06-29-2025 11:29 AM

I seem to think I see these on drift cars, both at the front and the back. So I have always assumed they were there to mitigate the damage in case they accidentally tapped a wall or something -- which supposedly happens every now and then.

trollface 06-29-2025 12:40 PM

Jack and crash bar for drift cars


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