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Stubby mod to factory bumper

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Old Jan 31, 2015 | 01:36 PM
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Wanting to do this this week and was looking at the RC end caps. Any way to do it with the ends I'm cutting off to get it a little atubbbier than those do but keep it clean as well?
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Old Jan 31, 2015 | 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by jeremyreed
Wanting to do this this week and was looking at the RC end caps. Any way to do it with the ends I'm cutting off to get it a little atubbbier than those do but keep it clean as well?
I have seen a few guys be pretty successful but I could not make them look good so I went with the RC end caps and have been going strong for over two years and lots of off roading.
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Old Jan 31, 2015 | 05:54 PM
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I cut my ends of and hollowed them out then screw them on threw the back side.. I think it looked cleaner than the caps they sell
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Old Jan 31, 2015 | 06:20 PM
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I made mine flat on the end using pieces of the ends I cut off. Used JB plastic weld to finish the seams and then painted with rustoleum bedliner.



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Old Jan 31, 2015 | 08:23 PM
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Cut down and then took part of the stuff that was cut off and made new caps.

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Old Jan 31, 2015 | 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by bdavid
I cut my ends of and hollowed them out then screw them on threw the back side.. I think it looked cleaner than the caps they sell
I'd love to see a close up of how you did that. It looks great in the pic.
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Old Jan 31, 2015 | 10:27 PM
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You know, so far all of those home done stubby ends you guys posted look a heck of a lot better that those ugly ends you can buy.
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Old Jan 31, 2015 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by bdavid
I cut my ends of and hollowed them out then screw them on threw the back side.. I think it looked cleaner than the caps they sell
This looks great! This looks as though it came from the factory that way.
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Old Jan 31, 2015 | 10:35 PM
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I prefer these homemade stubby bumpers over the caps as well. I might give it a shot.
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Old Feb 1, 2015 | 01:29 AM
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Yea I need some instructional pics lol
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