THIS IS A QUOTE FROM THE GRAVEYARD SECTION FROM SOMEBODY WHO HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. COMMON SENSE ALSO SURELY TELLS YOU THAT REMOVING A STRUCTURAL PIECE OF URE CARS A STUPID THING TO needed a few stitches to my head but out of hospital after a couple of hours. I was driving along the M1 in lane 5, and aquaplaned. The car spun round across all 5 lanes and the rear right corner hit the armco barrier. That bounced me back into the carriageway across all 5 lanes into the concrete central reservation. Amazingly, I didn't hit anyone else. 10 meters of armco was replaced and so was the concrete wall. The front crash bar definitely helped distribute the energy through the car. If you've removed one of these to fit a FMIC, i'd seriously consider putting it back! Very very lucky indeed. Edited by Arnold, 22 March 2013 - 10:25 AM. Quote from the graveyard section of the forum.....