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Old 2011.10.24, 01:54 AM   #76
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While the Mantis front bumper is held on by one screw, it is 100x more durable than the stock bumper, and it does not stick in the rails nearly as bad as the stock one either. I only use the V1, as it is designed more for racing than its looks. The V2 works better than stock, but not as well as the V1 for me. In my time using the Mantis bumpers (which is a lot), I have only broken one, and it is still usable.

You can easily drill 2 holes into the bumper, and use washers if needed to mount the front wing to the bumper.

The stock bumper is held on by 2 screws, but would be better off held on by double sided tape since they break so easily. I used to go through at least one if not two stock bumpers at every event that I raced F1 at. At stock speeds, or with an X-Speed, it works fine, but at modified speeds, it gets obliterated very easily. The Mantis bumper has been proven durable, even with its one screw design. It is not designed to be used with the stock wing, but replace it. Which is why the V2 was created to increase front downforce comparable to what the stock wing does as well as look more similar to the current style wings.

To call it crap is insulting to Mantis, and everyone that helped develop the product. It may not be exactly what you want, but in reality, it is the best bumper on the market for the F1. You can easily add two more mounting points by drilling holes in the bumper and screwing into the two holes that the stock bumper mounts. I was a little wary when I first got the bumper as well, but in my testing it proved to be MUCH stronger than I had first anticipated. While I did crack a clear chassis, it was after many hits, and the the car was used a lot for testing and racing. The black chassis is much stronger, and does not show any signs of stress near the mounting point.

Most manufacturers have pulled out of F1. I think the only one left developing parts is 3Racing, which R246 has copied and re-badged like most of their other products.
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Old 2011.10.24, 08:05 AM   #77
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You're right EMU, the Mantis bumper is the best I've used to date. It's not fair for me to rag on it without mentioning the shortcomings of others (which are much worse ).

The stock bumper mounts with two screws to the chassis and another two to the front wing for good rigidity. The black plastic version is actually stronger than it looks, but offers no protection from getting stuck under RCP rails. It extends past the front of the wing for frontal protection, but offers no protection for the sides and isn't wide enough to prevent the front wheels from snagging.

The clear Atomic bumper is a little bit better, and mounts identically to stock. It does protect the side of the the wing and is raised all around to help with RCP rails. However, it still isn't wide enough, isn't very pretty and the plastic gets stress cracked after a while.

The Mantis V2 bumper is wide enough and offers the best RCP protection compared to the other two. However, I wish it was made to work with the stock front wing and mounted more similarly to stock. Most guys I know end up putting the stock front wing on top of the bumper anyways, since the CF aero pieces are useless since they break off so easily (it's also nice to run unadulterated autoscales ).

To me, it seems like a lot of work and thought was put into shaping the CF aero pieces for the Mantis bumper, instead of then mounting design (which to me is much more important). Maybe some of these considerations can be taken into account for the next iteration of the bumper for the picky ones like me . It shouldn't be too hard to change the shape of the bumper plate a little to add a few extra holes and to ditch the CF aero bits, right (could even be cheaper to make)? Mantis V3 bumper?

Sorry for drifting off topic in a picture thread.
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Old 2012.11.16, 02:09 AM   #79
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Old 2012.11.16, 07:04 AM   #80
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Kaden that F1 is seriously bad brah Love the customization...
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Old 2013.06.17, 06:01 PM   #81
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Old 2013.06.17, 07:13 PM   #82
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Old 2013.06.18, 10:15 AM   #83
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Nice! How do you like the new Atomic rear pod?
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I drive my F1 with the new Atomic rear pod and it rocks, I am very happy with it. I drove the manitsworx T-bar for a while and it is a to big p i t a to run... and I found the new atomic to be better for me.

I'll see if I can upload i picture.
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