JerseyJeeper

I'm having trouble figuring out what's goning to give me the cleanest cut on the bumper. Has anyone used something to trim the bottom lip of the front bumper and the end caps? If you have pics that would be a huge help!!
Thanks, Ryan

alpine.adrenaline

The bottom plastic and endcaps come undone if you remove the hardware on the inside of the bumper. No point in cutting them. Otherwise, use a grinder with a cutoff wheel or sawzall.

JerseyJeeper

Thanks. I just need to cut the caps actually because I don't want the open ended bumper.

mike albo

if you cut the caps,you'll still have an open ended bumper.

JerseyJeeper

Not the sides just the bottoms

mike albo

Ok, I see what you mean.

84supersport

I dont know if i'm following what you're looking for but heres my stock bumper. I want to box it on the sides with some metal of the same thickness down the road.

98twodoor

i took the endcap off the jeep warmed up the plastic with a heat gun and used an olfa knife with a new blade. i'm referring to the 99 and up endcaps. the middle piece of plastic is attached to the bumper with some crazy *** rivets. i had to drill those out. it cleaned up and simplified the front end of the jeep i think.

JerseyJeeper

That's exactly what i want to do! Thanks!!

JerseyJeeper

This is what I was going for, but keeing my flairs for now.

cooperk85

i want to do this same thing, i am planning on cutting the bottom plastic off, and cutting holes in the bumper for my fog lights.

ahenderl

I trimmed mine last night and used a grinder. The plasic was a tad frayed looking, so I cleaned it up with a flat file.

Like you , I want to keep my stock flares, so I just slightly trimmed so that the flares would still look ok and line up with the endcaps.

1jeepman

Here is my front bumper with ends cut and end caps slid in with the bottom cut off. I used a sawsall and utility knife. Used masking tape to outline where i wanted to cut compared bothsides and cut.

1jeepman

The bumper was cut just beside the brackets about 1/4". You also have to remove horns and flip the bracket to clear the end caps, and you have to remove the triangular brackets from fender to radiator support. All of this is if you would like to make it look like the pic. If not then just cut the end caps like explained. Good luck and post some pics.

prushinfox

I used a dremel tool. I used tape to line out the path of the cut, then just slowly cut it. If you set the dremel too high, you melt the plastic. After cutting and dry fitting the ends, I used a file to get rid of the stray stuff. I then made fine trimming adjustments with a lead knife (used for cutting lead cames for stained glass).

Don't have pictures here at work. Sorry.