Originally Posted by
samnelso
I can't say that I even necessarily agree with my own statement of needed a hard bumper. When I first started back racing it was recommended to me to use a hard bumper, I did, and never looked back. Therefore, I have zero experience with regular bumpers, how they handle impact, or what the weight does to the vehicle dynamics. Also, I should clarify that personally I get the hard bumper for the hardness, not for the heavy
They heavy is just a consequence of the hard.
...i'm tired
From my experience, stock bumper just crumbles on hard impact. Not all the time, but with right angle and with right impact. I've been using hard bumper for 6 months and I'm pretty happy about it. Still keeps the shape nicely and seems to have handled the impact pretty well. I usually don't make any big crash or accident but I have flown my car out of the tracks quite a few times and the bumper has held it well.