I quite like the front ones and may give them a go. I realise they are 'no name' from Aliexpress and prob twice the cost they should be (£135) but there's a 20% discount on at the moment so will give them a whirl. Rear ones, not so keen.
No. The headlight itself is not part of pedestrian impact rules. Part of it is the surrounding frame of the headlight and if the headlight stretches to the top of the fender (like the old Nissan Quashqai). Check UN-ECE R127, section 2.5 and appendix 5 which defines the single tests ( https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:42020X0638 ). You can find all tests which must be performed for pedestrian safety. Where no test exists there is also no reference. Without a reference you can not tell is it legal or not. That means: no test = no refrence = not part of the pedestrian impact rules.
As far as I can see these are round bars and the bends have a big radius. It must be at least 2.5 mm (UN ECE R26, section 5.5 and 6.2.1)
See my post here: https://www.theineosforum.com/threads/diff-locks.12411674/page-2#post-1333183134Well, @Jean Mercier can certainly tell you a thing or two about that.
...and my wife said: IGL please, don't mention Jean's broken rear light (loosely based on Basil Fawlty)...At @IGL : not nice to make from me the "shame" of the forum
These things are not in the front and therefore pedestrian impact rules do not apply. Pedestrian impact rules only exist for M1 and N1 cars. R26 does also not apply, as this is only for M1 cars. As there is no UN ECE regulation for that kind of installation, like glass transport racks, national rules apply. In Germany are no special rules, so the one general rule applies, that something like a transport rack should should minimize danger for all others. A manufacturer has to show that to official engineers who signs that off by checking if this rule was followed. How that is realized is up to the company building such transport systems.
I have the rear light protectors, I removed part of the adhesive tape and used Sikaflex 227. they have stayed put so far. Someone commented that they would damage the panel if impact happened, I said yes, but- that panel is plastic and easily removed. the light is $1k AU to replace (not sure about the panel) so IMO for lightish strikes they should be effective.OP: There was a thread about this previously and someone here did purchase the front and rear set IIRC. Hopefully they’ll pop in and give their thoughts. It’s been at least 6 months I reckon.
Personal opinion is that they’re aesthetic but that’s OK, they do look cool IMO. I’m with IGL on the double sided tape and cleaning issues.
What would make me try these, especially the rear set, would be if they made it in two parts. The first would be the base/ring that attaches to the truck. The second would be the wire guard itself that would attach by locking into the base with a twist. That way it’s easy to remove to clean, and also replace if the guard were to get damaged.
The Molle panels are stuck on with rubber suckers
Look awesome, link to oreder them, please??
