I slightly bumped into a snow bank and my lower front bumper became pushed in. The license plate bracket provided enough resistance against the snow, the bumper just bent inward.
The metal on these front bumpers is so thin, I am shocked and so angry.
Just a little warning to everyone out there .

 

What was in that snow bank that you bumped up against man?

 

Probrably a bulletproof iceburg if anything like the snow banks around here!

 

If you need a new Chrome bumper, Ive got one without fog lights. Came off of my 2008 xlt.

 

just pull it off and build a tube bumper.

 

And i thought I was the only one that done that they are flimsy I got lucky though mine isn't that noticeable but I know it's there which ticks me off

 

With the challange of squeezing out the best mile per gallon rating, Ford and other truck manufacturers have to reduce weight. The bumpers are just one of the many items that get this weight reduction. If they put on a bumper that trucks of yester year had, our mileage would be worse, and you and I would be paying a "gas gussler" tax when we bought them.

As others have said, buy an aftermarket one if you think the possibility of another snow bank jumps in front of you.

The good news? Every truck out there is in the same situation as you, unless its owner replaced the bumper with an aftermarket one.

 

Hey Buck You have to watch out for those Snow banks they move fast they just pop up out of nowhere I'm telling ya they're evil LOL