the body seams or lower tub will be covered once i build the swing out tire carrier.

 

Bumper looks great for a Homebrew!

You can tuck it up higher if you cut the framerails. That's what I had to do to install this poison Spyder bumper...

 

TCORUM - I like the bumper. If the tire carrier doesn't cover the tub ugliness, don't worry about it. Just hose it down w/ something black.

 

I first sprayed mine with Rustoleum undercoating, which left it a brownish color so I went back over it with flat black Rustoleum. Makes a big difference!

I also sprayed the factory muffler with high temp flat black. I ran no rear bumper like you for about a month and the muffler was a huge eyesore before I painted it.

For the OP you will probably want to spray the tub also. Makes a huge difference in making the bumper look integrated.

Before painting there was a bunch of tub and muffler glaring:



After it looks much better, even without the bumper. This bumper is very slim and doesn't hide much so the paint made a huge difference:

 

I used Duplicolor spray bedliner.

 

i have beeing thinking about the very thing after all the talk about the my naked tub.

 

Have you no shame?? Cover that thing up.

 

This thread inspired me!

I went out into the garage last night and in 5 minutes had that ugly POS plastic excuse for a bumper off. It looks SO MUCH better without it!

The only thing I want to do is cover up the frame rail ends with steel plates or a very short bumper that is just a little longer than the frame rail width.

I don't even mind the extra bit of tub that is showing. It kind of reminds me of my CJ-7 with the hitch mount. It's more jeep like now.

 

closing the ends.

 

thanks ECHO!
just about finished with the first stage. need to sand, primer, and bed coat tomorrow. may do the tub too. in the next few weeks im going to start the tire carrier.