[quote]Originally posted by ddewhurst:
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For driver protection I'll take the NASCAR side protection. For chassis strength I'll take the "X".

From my NASCAR days we found on a chassis flex tester that the X was stiffer ( that seems obvious ) but if the "NASCAR" bars were properly braced ( in between diagonals ) the strength was the same and side impact was better with the NASCAR setup and offered more crush and reduced transmitted impact. I will take an extra few inches from someones bumper left or right side...

Kirk, BTW I think X bars LOOK better