I could be wrong, but my understandong is this bumper is made of 3/16" plate steel. You would have to bump into a hell of a rock in order to bend it. I think the same sort of collision with the plastic piece would not only trash the plastic, but also damage the body. But hey each to his own. If everbody did the same thing to their X's it would be pretty boring.

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