[sdcantrell56]

I am assuming you did not have bumpers in the front where the metal was being bent? I know of a couple teams (233) who used even thinner aluminum sheet in front and back and they didn't bent anything, of course they had bumpers around the whole thing. Bumpers also help a lot more than just a piece of wood. As far as reversing the plates, I will look into that more. No matter the orientation, I am still planning on having brackets for the bumpers to slide into on top so we don't have to deal with bolts through the drive module, so really with the bend facing in or out it is the same.