impact durability of plate bumper?

[brillo_76]

Made the frame unbreakable, and move your crumple zones into replaceable bumpers. Keep her under 60 mph. And drive smart.
:cowboy:

There are bend points all over those frame rails. The arch areas have them as well. Unless your area is different then mine. You can drive as smart as you like, but people run into you. That is another reason why I plate inside frame from bumper to bumper. I may get ran into, but that Civic is not going to drive away...

Bumpers are not bumpers anymore they are 5mph tin foil or plastic bump guards...::lookout:

 

[brillo_76]

However I must add. Plate bumpers are bumpers and I am liking some of these setups. Way stronger them the OEM tin foil ones.

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[thenightman]

In my old 4x4 I had a high clearance plate bumper well tied into the frame. I absolutely destroyed the toyota previa that hit me from the side at about 40 mph. Literally plowed a furrow from the front headlight to the drivers side door. Enough of an impact that some of his tires were popped, and my vehicle spun about 120 degrees. After the accident report, he was winched onto a rollback and they had to clean up a bunch of fluids.

I drove home.

I am looking forward to finally building a bumper for the 4runner. The stock bumper just keeps getting more and more deformed, it is not up to the task of wheeling.

 

[jross20]

There are bend points all over those frame rails. The arch areas have them as well. Unless your area is different then mine. You can drive as smart as you like, but people run into you. That is another reason why I plate inside frame from bumper to bumper. I may get ran into, but that Civic is not going to drive away...

Bumpers are not bumpers anymore they are 5mph tin foil or plastic bump guards...::lookout:

Honestly this is why I'm getting the ARB bumper, it has crash cans. it's really unfortunate that they don't have something you could install, weld on, whatever, basically an energy absorber that would save you and the frame. Something that you would just have to replace after it was used instead of scraping a perfectly fine vehicle

 

[UnderFire]

It's "Done" first iteration. The paint sucks but I'm fine with it. Just for anyone wondering what the finished product looked like. Sheetmetal protection was at about the lowest priority for me, I'd already trimmed back the core support significantly to increase clearance. I'm surprised how well it suits the lines of the truck considering how little actual measurement was done.

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