Filling Gap after new bumper install

wildman · Oct 30, 2005

I recently installed this bumper from jcroffroad.com. Installation went fine, bumper looks great and functions perfectly. One problem though, a cosmetic one. If you look under the lights, there is that infamous gap left by most non-stock bumpers. Has anyone found a simple way to fix this problem by filling that gap? I'd appreciate any input you guys can give me.

Here's a pic of the bumper.
http://www.crawfishdesigns.com/aXJREAR.jpg

Timber · Oct 30, 2005

What about welding some square tube of the appropriate size just underneath? Cap the ends of new small tubes and it should look pretty decent. I know I've seen this recently but can't remember which post.

mack · Oct 30, 2005

hmm, i would think the manufacturer would have done that..

thats a big gap.

Littlewhitexj · Oct 30, 2005

Call up the JCR guys, Im sure they would be willing to help you out, they are really good guys. Ill be giving them a LOT of business in the near future, and have in the past.

wildman · Oct 30, 2005

I think I'll do that...In the meantime, if anyone can come up with some pics of ideas, post em up, or e-mail me. I may also try your idea Timber. Just depends on how much time I have on my hands

Chero-King · Oct 30, 2005

As a temp. Fix until you figure out what you want to do, spray some black paint on the gap, it'll look a hell of a lot less noticable than it is now.

wildman · Oct 30, 2005

Chero-King said:
As a temp. Fix until you figure out what you want to do, spray some black paint on the gap, it'll look a hell of a lot less noticable than it is now.

Lol....way ahead of you chero. I couldn't stand it any longer so I whipped out the dupli-color. ya gots 2 do what ya gots 2 do........

Chero-King · Oct 30, 2005

wildman said:
Lol....way ahead of you chero. I couldn't stand it any longer so I whipped out the dupli-color. ya gots 2 do what ya gots 2 do........

haha
Exactly what I would've done.
and is it still really noticable or just from close up?

Gojeep · Oct 30, 2005

What I did when I made mine was cut pieces to lay over at the same angle as the body there.

You can see it here tacked in place.

Here it is fully welded in and ground.

And painted

Chero-King · Oct 30, 2005

Wow,
that looks awesome
nice work

wildman · Oct 30, 2005

not as noticeable at all with a squirt of paint...lol...dam gojeep, that bumper is awesome. I don't think I have the necessary skills to build one quite like that. I took 4 pieces of square tubing that completely filled the gap, 2 on each side, and cut em at 45's to the proper length, welded em together, and painted em to match, waiting for the paint to dry right now, then I'll post a couple more links to the pics. Check back here in about 10 minutes to see. (1:35a.m. Central Time). Tell me what you think...it ain't gonna be super purty. but what can I say, I haven't had alot of experience working with metals. engines yes, machining/fabricating, NO.

wildman · Oct 30, 2005

Sorry it took so long. Had to run down to wal-mart and get another camera battery. here's the link

http://www.crawfishdesigns.com/bfnaft.htm

Chero-King · Oct 30, 2005

That looks good,
nice job

norcal420 · Oct 30, 2005

I just trimmed the stock black rubber insert to fit the gap between my C4X4 bumper and the back of the heep. I added some screws to the back off the bumper and slid the rubber over that.... covers it perfectly.

Let me know if you want a pic . . .

DR

norcal420 · Oct 30, 2005

After a request, here are some pics of the stock rubber I used to close the gap. The plastic is a "[" shape, so I trimmed it to length like this:

http://myweb.cableone.net/norcal/Sundry/bumper gap.jpg

Before that, I sliced the edge slightly so the plastic would slide over a screw, about 4 total IIRC to hold it in place. Here's a pic from the underside where you can sorta see the plastic being held in place by a screw:

http://myweb.cableone.net/norcal/Sundry/bumper gap_under.jpg

Best to do this before you mount the bumper. Hope this helps . . .

DR

Gojeep · Oct 31, 2005

norcal420 said:
After a request, here are some pics of the stock rubber I used to close the gap. The plastic is a "[" shape, so I trimmed it to length like this:

http://myweb.cableone.net/norcal/Sundry/bumper gap.jpg

Before that, I sliced the edge slightly so the plastic would slide over a screw, about 4 total IIRC to hold it in place. Here's a pic from the underside where you can sorta see the plastic being held in place by a screw:

http://myweb.cableone.net/norcal/Sundry/bumper gap_under.jpg

Best to do this before you mount the bumper. Hope this helps . . .

DR

He was after a cure for the gap under the taillights but that is a good one for the one right along the bumper and body.
I have to see a better picture of the solution in the end used under the taillights as it is too dark to see any difference.

wildman · Oct 31, 2005

sorry bout the darkness, it was taken at like 2 am...when I get my camera back I will post more pics

norcal420 · Oct 31, 2005

Gojeep said:
He was after a cure for the gap under the taillights but that is a good one for the one right along the bumper and body.
I have to see a better picture of the solution in the end used under the taillights as it is too dark to see any difference.

Whoops, my bad. Guess I don't have that problem with the C4X4 bumper . . .(it's raised under the lights).

DR

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