Modified rear bumper

[kbach]

Has anyone ever done this?

I had removed my hitch because it hung so low but then I was left without any tow points on the rear end. I'm not a serious trail runner but I still didn't feel comfortable without any attachment points in the back so I started looking at bumpers. I really didn't want to alter the looks as much as all the aftermarket ones that I had seen so I started thinking.

Here is what I came up with. I removed the center section of the bumper made a template and had a local shop cut out the curved pieces. Then I started fitting it to existing bumper ends and bolted to the frame where the hitch had been, welded in a two inch reciever and some reinforcement plates, painted it to match. The bumper cover fits right back on and most people would think it is stock, but now I have something to pull and lift on if I need to.

 

[downpour11]

Very nice! :thumb3: There are variations of that but yours is the cleanest I've seen.

 

[Park]

Very very nice. I really like that, looks super clean.

 

[nicolasballia]

Omg!! The kbach mod !!!!!

 

[shootmymime]

Dude your in ks, finally someone semi close.

im in kc. there are a few others in overland park or st joe.

 

[GhostRing]

Very nice!
Any issues with the bumper hitting the body/hatch now that it is no longer moving with it?

 

[kbach]

That's one of the good questions that I hadn't thought of. I'll do some jacking around on it and try to find out.

 

[sggaz]

I'll do some jacking around on it.

Careful friend, you could go blind that way.:wow:

I kid. The bumper mod is well done.

 

[98OzarksRunner]

Very nicely done.:hatsoff:

 

[smkd13]

Better than my idea (cleaner looking for sure)

 

[Hollywood1]

Clean but are you gonna be towing with that?
would be alot more secure with some triangulated bracing in the back of the bumper.