View Full Version : What are the little "buttons" on bumper covers for?
lspencer534
09-09-2011, 10:41am
Mainly the rear plastic bumper cover. All of them seem to have little circle thingies in them that resemble a button. Doesn't look like they pop off. My car has one on the front cover to remove and insert a tow hook, but I see no purpose for the ones n the rear. Do the stylists think they look better this way? :confused5:
ZipZap
09-09-2011, 10:42am
radar
beadist
09-09-2011, 10:45am
My new to me 2006 has them too. :bigears:
'77Babe
09-09-2011, 10:46am
Park distance sensors?
xXBUDXx
09-09-2011, 10:47am
Park distance sensors?
:iagree:
beadist
09-09-2011, 11:01am
Ok, that makes sense. The car has that feature.
Mainly the rear plastic bumper cover. All of them seem to have little circle thingies in them that resemble a button. Doesn't look like they pop off. My car has one on the front cover to remove and insert a tow hook, but I see no purpose for the ones n the rear. Do the stylists think they look better this way? :confused5:
no disrespect...but,
you really did not know this?
beadist
09-09-2011, 11:53am
no disrespect...but,
you really did not know this?
Can't speak for the OP, but the newest car I'd owned prior to 3 weeks ago is a 1996.
and BTW, there are no stupid questions only stupid answers....or nasty answers.
:leaving:
lspencer534
09-09-2011, 11:58am
no respect...but,
you really did not know this?
Fixt.
lspencer534
09-09-2011, 12:00pm
:iagree:
Why so many of them, and why are they also on the sides of the bumper cover, not just the rear end?
Sea Six
09-09-2011, 12:01pm
They're breakaway machine gun barrel plugs.
Just leave 'em there. They keep dust and bugs out of the barrels.
When you fire the machine guns, the pressure of the expanding gas blows them harmlessly out of the way; much like the plastic wadding in a shotgun shell.
You can get replacements from ACME.
lspencer534
09-09-2011, 12:06pm
They're breakaway machine gun barrel plugs.
Just leave 'em there. They keep dust and bugs out of the barrels.
When you fire the machine guns, the pressure of the expanding gas blows them harmlessly out of the way; much like the plastic wadding in a shotgun shell.
You can get replacements from ACME.
Beep-Beep!
themonk
09-09-2011, 12:26pm
no disrespect...but,
you really did not know this?
:withstupid: :confused5:
BTW, what are those four black rubber things at the corners of the car for?
jaxgator
09-09-2011, 12:29pm
Park distance sensors?
Correct. :yesnod:
Can't speak for the OP, but the newest car I'd owned prior to 3 weeks ago is a 1996.
and BTW, there are no stupid questions only stupid answers....or nasty answers.
:leaving:
Wrong. The stupid questions are the ones that don't get asked.
:cheers:
xXBUDXx
09-09-2011, 12:54pm
Why so many of them, and why are they also on the sides of the bumper cover, not just the rear end?
So people don't back over shit at an angle. :D
xXBUDXx
09-09-2011, 12:55pm
:withstupid: :confused5:
BTW, what are those four black rubber things at the corners of the car for?
They are there to protect the wheels from being scratched by the pavement.
themonk
09-09-2011, 1:02pm
I thought they were there to insulate you in case of a lightning strike, silly me.
Olustee bus
09-09-2011, 1:11pm
Why so many of them, and why are they also on the sides of the bumper cover, not just the rear end?
Larry, I have tried my best not to post here. You have given us so much to work with, but I just wanted to take the high road here but this last question was too much.
Just what the hell do you think they are for, push buttons to open the trunk? Places to insert a enema? Holes to hook up a ski rope?
They just did not recently appear in Mississippi. Hell, without them, you could back over your damn goat if'n you wadn't careful.
Jeeesh :dance:
lspencer534
09-09-2011, 1:22pm
Larry, I have tried my best not to post here. You have given us so much to work with, but I just wanted to take the high road here but this last question was too much.
Just what the hell do you think they are for, push buttons to open the trunk? Places to insert a enema? Holes to hook up a ski rope?
They just did not recently appear in Mississippi. Hell, without them, you could back over your damn goat if'n you wadn't careful.
Jeeesh :dance:
First of all, we do not have any ski slopes in Mississippi, so there! Serus, why does the back-up sensor need so damn many of them? There are 3 across the back and one at each side of the bumper. Do the 5 of them compare notes? Do they argue? Are the ones destined for Mississippi a little stupider than the regular ones? My back-up warning buzzer pees on itself if I get 3' near a wall.
I forgot the damn question....
Can't speak for the OP, but the newest car I'd owned prior to 3 weeks ago is a 1996.
and BTW, there are no stupid questions only stupid answers....or nasty answers.
:leaving:
As I posted, there was no disrespect meant in my post. And I have not owned a vehicle yet w/ the sensors in the rear bumper...but I know what they are. And one would think an attorney would know this. But then I'm just a HS grad. :cheers:
Olustee bus
09-09-2011, 1:27pm
First of all, we do not have any ski slopes in Mississippi, so there! Serus, why does the back-up sensor need so damn many of them? There are 3 across the back and one at each side of the bumper. Do the 5 of them compare notes? Do they argue? Are the ones destined for Mississippi a little stupider than the regular ones? My back-up warning buzzer pees on itself if I get 3' near a wall.
I forgot the damn question....
Actually, the Engineering Department wanted the sensors to compare notes and collaborate, but the Legal Department nixed that area for obvious reasons.
I would not say that the ones shipped to Mississippi are stupider, just say, more simple.
First of all, we do not have any ski slopes in Mississippi, so there! Serus, why does the back-up sensor need so damn many of them? There are 3 across the back and one at each side of the bumper. Do the 5 of them compare notes? Do they argue? Are the ones destined for Mississippi a little stupider than the regular ones? My back-up warning buzzer pees on itself if I get 3' near a wall.
I forgot the damn question....
I believe I'd want "Cousin' Vinnie" :lol: :cheers:
Olustee bus
09-09-2011, 1:34pm
I believe I'd want "Cousin' Vinnie" :lol: :cheers:
:rofl:
Specially for a High Ennis crime!
lspencer534
09-09-2011, 1:43pm
Actually, the Engineering Department wanted the sensors to compare notes and collaborate, but the Legal Department nixed that area for obvious reasons.
I would not say that the ones shipped to Mississippi are stupider, just say, more simple.
Our grand plan to model Mississippi after Alabama was a failure, wasn't it?
lspencer534
09-09-2011, 1:45pm
As I posted, there was no disrespect meant in my post. And I have not owned a vehicle yet w/ the sensors in the rear bumper...but I know what they are. And one would think an attorney would know this. But then I'm just a HS grad. :cheers:
We'll see you at the Sunday Puzzle. :D
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