I'm a little more worried about your driving from the sound of things.

 

I don't think you understand how collisions and modern vehicles work. They're not supposed to be that solid. Vehicles are built with crumple zones throughout the entire vehicle, no matter how big or thick your bumper is, the frame will still crumple. Also, by having a solid structure in front you may also kill someone else in a collision, while isn't a bad thing if the wreck is not your fault, but if you are the fault of a collision and a death happened or even extensive damage, your insurance could actually not cover it and drop you instead.

 

Today, vehicles are built light, to increase fuel economy! Insurance companies would support mods that prevent damage to the vehicle, causing less out of pocket expense to repair your vehicle. Your insurance company is not going to drop you for that. They may drop you if you modify your ride to make it more at a risk for damage, but not if you make it more safe.
Ever heard the term: "twisted steel" in a collision? Get hit head on, the front bumper bends in, because of the light weight steel, then pulls the frame in with it. Bottom line, your rig would have less damage with a stronger bumper, and yes, the stronger bumper would lower the mpg's.

 

MPG= Miles per GALLON
MPH= Miles per HOUR

I know what you meant, just wanted to correct you, because of my post, that extra weight lowers your fuel economy, well worth it, because that looks good to me. I hope you didn't buy that H3 for fuel economy! I know I didn't.

 

You do know that any "tree" hit with the front of the HUMMER above will push the OEM BG into the grill and hood before it makes contact with your cow pusher.

 

I think the "crumple " is designed into unibody cars but not into full frame trucks. but face it, if you hit anything there will be damage. I wonder how strong the bumper needs to be to prevent bending into the wheel area?
I think VERY tough with 5000 pounds behind it.

 

Sure I know it. I did not put that grill guard on there, it came with the vehicle. The purpose of my super bumper is not to protect any plastic or sheet metal on the vehicle. Its to protect the precious life inside of the vehicle (I'm thinking mainly of my wife since my life isn't all that "precious"...). Here's the thinking behind my bumper. Any impact that is only a glancing blow to the front of ANY of the newer cars results in the entire impact (after crushing some flimsy plastic) to be taken by the front tire. That impact breaks the front suspension loose but usually stays attached to the frame and pivots back and up into the floorboards of the passenger compartment. If on the driver's side, this also can result in the steering column being pushed out of alignment with the driver and causing the airbag to deploy off center. All of this together results in extreme injury or death. My bumper is there to take the initial impact and expend some of that energy in "bending" my bumper so that there's less energy left to drive the wheel up into the passenger compartment...

 

Let's see, in 47 years of driving I've had about 3 little fender benders (in my early days before I learned to watch my surroundings) and ONE accident in deep snow and ice when I slid into a ditch and caused a big repair bill to my little LeBaron convertible (that car was AWFUL in snow). I've lived in Alaska, driven in China (have a current Chinese DL) and on the Autobahn... I'll put my driving record up against anyone who wants to compare.

But I'm sure your comment was tounge-in-cheek and I admit that my desire for extra front end protection sounds suspicious, but I'm mainly concerned about my wife's driving ability and I bought this big heavy tank to keep her safe. I prefer to drive my Corvette (and it has pretty much zero protection in any kind of accident...)
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wow! fantastic job. sounds like you are outnumbered on that forum huh?
what gives?
hope you don't mind me saving pix!!

 

Yeah I was just joking around but as a fellow Vette owner what would ever possess to do that to your poor car. That's just wrong.