Okay to start off, I know you can order the 4x innovation bumper to compensate for the body lift gap but I didn't have one on at the time I got the bumper. I also didn't want to cut and weld the bumper brackets to correct the hideous gap.
My first attempt to close the bumper gap was weather stripping
FAIL. It may look good in that picture but but the more it got wet from the rain the more flimsy it got. Which doesn't make since to me because it's weather stripping.
So I decided to do something more permanent and close the gap for sure. I have a 2 inch body lift so I got (2) 4' x2" metal angle. The overall width of the bumper is 7' (angles included)
I made some measurements and market where I would need to bend the metal angle to follow the path of the bumper and to make it as flush as possible.
What I did was cut triangles in the bottom of the angle where I needed the metal to bend to follow the bumper. Then I put it in the vise and bent it to the proper angle.
I then tack welded my newly fabricated piece onto my bumper and I honestly think it looks great. I just need to touch up my bumper from chips and from working on the bumper gap and paint the new fabbed up piece.
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