Looks sweet!
With that on is my thinking correct that you would have to hit something harder now for the airbags to go off?
Most likely not. All of those brushguards are pretty much cosmetic. The tops are connected under the hood in 2 locations to thin sheetmetal. The bottom is bolted to thin sheetmetal. Any good shot to the front would actually cause far more damage than without the guard there and the airbags would still deploy with the same amount of force.Looks sweet!
With that on is my thinking correct that you would have to hit something harder now for the airbags to go off?
Actually that's not completely true. While the cosmetics play a part, the actual construction of the guard makes it appealing as well. The lower brackets are bolted to the main frame of the car, making it quite sturdy.Most likely not. All of those brushguards are pretty much cosmetic. The tops are connected under the hood in 2 locations to thin sheetmetal. The bottom is bolted to thin sheetmetal. Any good shot to the front would actually cause far more damage than without the guard there and the airbags would still deploy with the same amount of force.
I tested mine last night. It isn't magnetic at all. The Bolts are, but I bought new stainless steel bolts and nuts a while ago. I've have no problems.FYI my current knowledge from reviews tells me that their stainless products are in fact no 100% stainless so they have rust problems. They are magnetic, all the proof you need there.
The higher the stainless content, the less magnetic it will be....They are magnetic, all the proof you need there...
I have the stainless grille guard and I literally took a pretty big magnet to it a few days ago and nothing was magnetic. When I had a problem with them not shipping enough bolts to put the guard on my car, it took them about 4-5 days to respond (two of which were weekend days), and then they did end up refunding me $25 to cover the cost of new bolts (which I had told them was unnecessary). All in all, in my opinion, the customer service aspect of Truck Gear Direct is a bit slow, but very reasonable. The product quality and value is very reasonable as well. If my grille guard rusts in 2 years, then so be it, ill get a new one. For $180, I'm just not going to worry about it.I ordered the black powder coat one.
I saw a video review by someone on youtube showing that their stainless brush guard from truckgeardirect was magnetic. They moved the magnet along and showed that it was magnetic and indeed not entirely stainless steel as advertised.
I remember reading another review on another website that said that truckgeardirect did not honor their warranty and was not responsive to customer service requests.
This is getting interesting on my end because i sent them an email four days ago, over 72 business day hours, and have received not reply. I sent them another email advising them that if i do not hear back from them by the end of the day tomorrow, i will take anti-fraud measures both with my bank and legal.
We'll see what happens.
I agree 100% that for the price the product quality is pretty good. No argument there.
On another note, and i will copy this into another seemingly appropriate thread as well:
On my way back from responding to a motor vehicle accident, between 1:00 and 2:00 today, i passed another E with a brush guard going the opposite direct on route 7. It was black powder coat, not stainless, but looked a little different from mine. Are there any other people selling these things for E's, i couldn't find any besides Truck Gear Direct.
I don't remember the color, but i was just wondering if anyone was in the area at the time and happens to have one.
Good evening and TGIF, almost.