MdMassey
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- Hemi 5.7
The frame comes up over the front axle, then back down to behind the bumper.
I know it doesn't look like it but that long tube IS the frame. In my case, it doesn't look like it as it was bent almost 90 degrees to the side along the front of the truck.
Do ya see much of a inner bumper structure there at all? Nope, it was totally relocated to the driver's side.
Here is another shot. The frame is bent at 90 degrees to the left, and you can follow the line of the frame as it moves rearward, up and over the front axle.
Just FYI, the frame is hydroformed.
That part isn't the frame. It's part of the body and bends at that same location... just not as much as it is there. The frame is right below that part and the bumper is bolted to it. The part in the picture attaches to the cab at the firewall.
The tow hooks for some reason are designed to break off in frontal collisions but not when being pulled on. Prolly so they don't transfer collision energy into the frame before the bumper does it's job.