[Kevin Sevcik]

I love the idea, but I'm concerned about legality in the face of picky inspectors. That's not part of a standard bumper cross-section, nor is it attachment hardware used to attach the bumper to the frame perimeter. Your handles basically don't have anything to do with bumper functionality. You couldn't get away with attaching a sensor system or motor to your bumpers (to save weight) and claim it was part of your attachment system.

I'd Q&A those handles and have a back-up solution worked out, unless running without any handles is acceptable.