Originally Posted by Super Werty

even if you had to remove the front crash bar, I dont believe(just my theory) its main purpose is occupant safety. It's aluminum and its meant for very low speed impact protection for the engine compartment

or in other words it's meant to protect the engine(expensive bits) from getting a hole poked through it from a measly 20-30 mph crash...has "almost nothing" to do with protecting the driver