Can any of you guys please post close-up pics of the rear stubby? Someone backed into my rear bumper and the left corner ie under the licence plate is punched in.....I think I could get away with converting it to a stubby...I am a newbie, never done any mods...I will probably leave my front bumper stock for a while, but the rear damaged bumper looks ugly.....Please help a newbie....

 

Ok I am back home and will attemt this this weekend. After looking at them I have a couple questions.

1. Is it better to leave the front bumper on and cut or remove and cut on the floor?

2. Do I need to remove any other pieces like the front frame cover?

3. If I leave the plastice bumper on, should I cut the plastic first then the metal second? I wanted to recess the metal cut in an inch or so. Also I was going to use a knife to cut the plastice and a sawzall for the metal.

4. If I cut the metal past the two bolts that afix to the bumper, do I have to add additional mounts futher in, past the line that I cut, or are there additional mounts that will be secure enough to hold the front bumper on?

5. Rear bumper, If I just remove the brackets, which is my plan, do I have to add additional rear bumper supports?

Thanks so much to all you stubby pioneers!

 

Try hitting it with a heat gun or blow dryer first. You might be able to pop it back out. It's worth a try at least.

 

me thinks the stubby looks cooler though....no?

 

Even so it would be nice to try it for the research sake itself. Then cut it off!

 

i will try it......

 

Ok here is how she came out! Thank you all for your help!

 

Here's another pic of the front stubby in action:

 

I added new pics of the ends I fashioned out of the pieces I cut off. See two posts above.

 

How did you get yours to look so clean? mine looks nasty, haha....