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Since the RAV is built unibody style there isn't much structure to support a guard, unlike for example pickup trucks which have a strong frame structure. I had already crawled under the front of my RAV and viewed its limitations for a guard and when I suggested having a bar at my servicing dealer and they had lifted the RAV for service the manager showed me the situation again and recommended that I not have a bar. He said that if I had a guard and hit one of the deer we have here at normal highway speed having a bar might actually increase the damage.
I thought about having our local do-everything-regarding-metal person install reinforcing, but decided to scrap the entire idea.
I thought about having our local do-everything-regarding-metal person install reinforcing, but decided to scrap the entire idea.