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Originally Posted by rickashay
I am pretty framiliar with the differences but would love to see a 99-02’ with the “fat lip” completely removed. It’s plastic and I know it can be removed to expose the tighter-to-the-body metal portion behind it.
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this Timmy video. This shows exactly what you see behind the fat lip. I think that's a '99, my '00 looks the same. There is a metal crush bar (5:18) right behind the "fat lip", so removing just the plastic lip wouldn't improve the approach angle significantly. This should all be clear when watching the video.
Even if a person removed the fat lip (and the metal crush bar behind it), the bumper above the "lip" sticks out ~3" beyond the 96-98 bumper! The lip itself is an additional ~1.5". So the 96-98 bumper has a huge improvement in approach angle.