Porche - I got your back on this one.



Most people over estimate the angle that they are off camber on, and the steepness of the hill they're climbing/decending, etc...because the seat of the pants makes it feel steeper due to the Oh SHIT! factor. (Shit is a gravitational lubricant...)



The REAL purpose of the decent approach angle on a front bumper/departure on a rear bumper...has little to do with the steepness of the slope...as you are 100% right that most rigs can't climb that steep a slope w/o massive traction aid.

For me at least...its more like a point of impact obstacle...like a ledge/stair step...or, coming down off a steep drop.

So, I can approach a rock that, if it were a mountain, I could never climb it...but, if its just a ledge or step I can finagale my way onto...being able to bite onto the ledge face and ride up and over, maybe make a top of ledge turn to get an inside rear tire to bite too and boost me over...etc...

....or to come down off a ledge in a typical jersey face plant...and be able to hit a tire before metal or plastic hit...that's worth it to me.

So being able to clamber over a sheer ledge face 3' tall is not the same as climbing El Capitan (sic?) or the Palisades on the Hudson River...etc.



So I can approach something steep, and bite it, and eat it for dinner....as long as its not so tall I run out of wheelbase or traction, etc.



People get so loyal to their brands...myself included...but we have to step back and get a reality check once in a while.

OK - So one bumper works better than all the others...but you like one of the other bumpers better...that's OK....its not like the other bumpers don't work....hell, there's guys who wheeled with grill guards for years before they ran into terrian that made them throw in the towel and ditch the guard...

The one's who wheel where they just don't approach that type of obstacle, and just need a place to mount the winch, will never miss the few more degrees of clearance.

If you wheel where you WANT those few degree back...then you need to get something that gives it to you.

Its the same argument about 32's vs 33's...

Hell, its just a half inch more clearance, and a inch more width...what obstacle would you make it with 33's, and NOT make it with 32's?

For a lot of terrain, it just won't matter...for SOME terrain, the extra flotation/contact patch/clearance actually makes a real difference.

I have 33's...and I know 35's would get me even more places...but I have made MY compromise based on MY terrain, which includes 40-60K miles a year on streets, in addition to a statistically miniscule amount of miles off road....and 35's would KILL me.

I wheeled sat and sun, pretty much two full days...I think we covered a total of about 25 off road miles maximum, maybe less than 20...compared to the street miles, that's nothing.



So - If you like 32's instead of 33's, or a Calmini over a Shrock...its all personal preference...and, unless you wheel where you need either to make it, it won't matter which you get...its win - win.