[Sam N.]

Hm, the wrap around concept seems interesting. However, i recall several instances this year when we had to take our side bumpers off in order to get onto a ramp. We still left our front and rear bumpers on for pushing/defense.

I don't think you an do that with the wrap-arounds.

1351 takes store-bought steel right-angle brackets (two planes of geometry) and we have a welder gusset them into right-triangles. That's OVER-KILL.

We only used steel for our side bumpers. Our front and rear bumpers were mounted with quarter-inch aluminum right angle. We had plenty of spares and a hammer ready because we thought they would bend under the force of impact. ----They held like a dream.

As long as you make sure that all force of impact gets translated through your chassis, you'll be fine. The bumper mount's only purpose should be just to hold the bumper in the bumper zone.

hope this helps
Sam