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Landrover previously said:
This whole thing got me thinking of a thread on the Ex One bumper from over a year ago where those guys addressed something very similar.
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Thx for the flex test and the images! This indicates that the front body is designed too rigid, which causes high stress. A vehicle needs to be able to flex. Otherwise it's gotta crack somewhere. The rubber mounts should only be there to damp vibrations and not to take up the entire flex. Just think of the Jeep polyurethan mounts -> they don't flex, and the Jeep is not cracking.
A bumper then can put additional stress into the system when contacting the body, but this I believe is not the root cause for this problem.
