Thoughts on Aluminum

I have the coastal offroad extreme clearance in aluminum and prefer something like this where it has some give in a high impact situation. It helps keep the passengers safer by having some crumple.

At the same time, I have hit it hard into a rock at 15 mph and it held up fine. I didn't see the crevice/ditch right before it and thought I could clear it.

I ran the trd aluminum skid plate for a while until I rubbed holes in it from over use. Still did it's job in the meantime. Now running the coastal offroad aluminum setup, which has held up better so far, but I still see it as a part that will get worn down slowly.

I went steel on my sliders of course and rear high clearance bumper. Wasn't really adding much weight since the hitch is being replaced by it anyways

 

hit a Honda gold wing going 40+ head on on the driver side with this bumper after I got rid of the allpro, still has some scratches but held up well. I think the bike + people was 1200lbs..
this bumper is steel, but day to day I would rather have aluminum for the weight savings