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So, here is a question for you to answer (and may you have the right answer as the inspectors): If there is a heavy piece of metal, that serves no purpose in the fastening system or the bumper, and it is attached to the bumper, is it legal or illegal? Assume for the sake of discussion that the fabric is clamped using an obvious system not involving said piece of metal.
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If it served no purpose to the fastening system, (just there to add stiffness / weight.) I would say that it is not legal. If it is an integral part of the fastening system then you have a good argument for it being legal regardless of the side benefit.
A side story, In the way back days of show room stock car racing. Some people came up with the idea of attaching the roll bars in such a way to make the chassis stiffer. (Bob Sharp cars driven by Paul Newman if memory serves me correctly) Competitors complained until they did the same thing to their cars. I am not trying to equate that to putting metal rods in bumper noodles.