Removing that cross bar could cost you your life. I met this insight owner at a Del Taco when I used to work at the shop (cutting a long story short here) anyway, he ended up pulling out in front of a speeding motorcycle, and got T boned almost exactly where that bar is, just a hair more front. The bar prevented the vehicle from crumpling in at that spot, which definitely would have ended that man's life. I wish I still had the pictures, but it was a long time, and two phones ago.
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