jmat1980

Anyone chop their rugged ridge bumper?? I think I might want to trim my ends to make the bumper a "mid with" Has anyone done this?? What tools would I need?? I have a dewalt angle grinder, I figured that and some painers tape and a can of bedline may be it

Any suggestions??

rexicon

Hi, funny you should post this. I just installed buswacker flats and can't stand the width of my rugged ridge rear bumper I'm thinking of taking a grinder and hacking it even with the body line of the jeep.

PS. Please post up photos if you do

YingYang

Sawzall is not all that bad. The metal actually cuts better that you may think. I cut 1/2" off the rear return cause my tires would hit at full stuff.

I want to mid width mine also. I have seen a post somewhere that had a trimmed RR rear bumper.

Rexicon - You do it first so I can see what it looks like.

jmat1980

II would think a grinder with a metal cutting wheel would be better than a sawzall...

I was thinking about doing the front...its not stubby at all when you have the ends on....

As for the rear, Ive seen some pics with bushwackers and it didnt look too bad, do you have any pics of your RR rear with bushwackers??

jmat1980

I dont have a welder or anything...I fig cutting the existing ones would be easier, but I didnt know how they would turn out...Id hate to ruin the $150 bumper ends

shockwaveaz

I have been thinking about doing the same exact thing. I have the front SRC and was just going to cut off the tube ends.

What bumper do you have?



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YingYang

Sawzall cuts it really nice, just make sure you have a nice new blade, plus your not slinging hot metal all around near your paint. It makes a nice cut edge. Opps, just saw in your first post that you have an angle grinder, use that if you dont have a sawzall.

Why not just take the ends off??

I dont think the rear looks to bad with the Bushwackers. The front looks like azz with ends on and Bushwacker flats.

jmat1980

Ya, that rear looks decent with the flats. I was gonna take the ends off, but Id rather have a midwith than a stubby, and since I already have the ends I was thinking about hacking them up. I have a sawzall and a grinder, but I just thought that the sawzall would cut it like shit, I cant really imagine it being smooth

I could just sell the ends and get the new RR ends that are coming out soon. They are stubby, but not flat...they stick out a little. I wish they would just make midwith ends...

YingYang

I sold mine after the bushwacker install. Hmmm, havent seen the new ends, other than the storage ones. Im thinking about getting rid of my XHD rear bumper and getting the Poision Spyder one.

rexicon

Yeah I'm thinking I should just sell my xhd and tire carrier instead of chopping it. Then I can get a new bumper/carrier that isn't a POS.....

BTW... It doesn't look that bad from the rear as in the photo shown, but side on with a 2 door the bumper comes into the wheel well past the flare. Just looks bad IMO.