Oh where to begin...
If they are bent, or get bent you can hardly tell unless its a BIG bend. They can get bent and damaged pretty easily.
Seen many of them have stress cracks all over the place. These were not from racing or anything...probably going up steep driveways, and smacking the bottom of the car hard.
Then...there is racing with them...and having so much power, you rip the mounts right out of them, letting the frame almost fall out the bottom of the car. Seen that in person with INTENSE's drag car at the Pontiac Nationals one year.
and a picture we stagged for the fun of it to make Scott laugh.
Vs. with steel...
you hit them, they dent, and wont break or crack unless your really hitting something hard...like a curb dead on.
The steel out weighs the aluminum ones. I will find and sell the aluminum ones for those wanting them...but after all I have seen on regular street cars going back to the dealership...the ones that show up in the junk yards...or those ones racing...I'll never run one, but did plan to at one time, then wised up. LOL
~F~