Very insightful thanks for the input. Are you saying you would want it built out of stainless steel? obviously very doable, but it would change the cost a good bit for various reasons. whatever material i'd be using, id certainly go with 1/4in for almost everythingMy dream bumpers would look very much like the Savvy but with a few small changes. I'd like to clean up the corner reinforcements some, maybe move to a thinner stainless for more sliding ability.
Material would bump up to 1/4" for the front one and be designed around being that thick so the holes would line up better.
I'd like the winch deck to bump up to 1/4" for some of the more hardcore stuff we run into from time to time.
I'd like to add some material in some key spots inside the rear bumper so you could drill and tap for some corner reinforcements since you can't use through bolts back there.
I'd also like to widen out the front by 1/2" per side to make it easier to install and run a SwayLOC with the bumper corners.