One idea that might work if you're worried about bending it may be to either not install all the clips that hold the bumper cover to the rad support and replace the 2 bolts on the outer corners with a clip or plastic screw that would shear off easily. Maybe just a thin ziptie? I'd say most of the bent rad supports I see are caused by hitting something with the front edge of the bumper. I don't know how the rest happen. I've seen rad supports bent up and back, with the bumper bolts being shave down so a socket doesn't fit anymore. I sometimes see huge scrape marks down the k-frame that looks like they went rock crawling yet no marks on the oil pans. The one subframe that was horse shoed into the floor was still my favorite lol Never did find out wtf that guy did, he stuck to his I don't know what happened, just heard a bang.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage SE wussie cvt edition. 1.2 automatic: 37.7 mpg (US) ... 16.0 km/L ... 6.2 L/100 km ... 45.3 mpg (Imp)