Lets put it this way inh just because i bent a bracket is not always indicative of the kit,,
i did do some mighty tough mudding and some pretty high speed (for what i have) running on the logging roads, , but that may be what did it to the brackets,,
if rock crawling or doing slow technical stuff it should be all good,
but my rig is a daily driver in all kinds of weather, ranging from almost 100 degrees to almost 50 below Zero,,
there in lies a possibility in when the bending could have happened, one of them cold days running over 4 foot snow banks,, that could have done it,,