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Originally Posted by RNG
I'm not sure but I thought the aftermarket ones were stronger? I might be wrong I just don't know that is
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Stronger is worse. Crumple zones need to crumple so you don’t crumple. You also pose a bigger danger to other cars and pedestrians. The bar may be even at the wrong height to even interface with the other car’s crash structure in a crash. It could just punch straight through a door because it is too high/low/not wide enough to hit the crossbar in the door.
Crash mechanics are incredibly complicated and hard to predict, I always strongly recommend keeping all the crash structure completely unmodified, it’s not worth the risk to you and others.