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Hello, Can anyone educate me on the bumper close off caps? I see them for the plastic bumpers, do they make them for the Rubicon Steel bumpers? It seals the back inside of bumper ends.

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Ryan, Your right, the end caps are there. But between there and where it mounts there is a large hole with exposed wiring. I'm remembering the last time I got stuck at thew ranch in my JK, there was mud in every crevice in that area. I'll attach a pic. I was mainly trying to protect the wiring and connections in my pic.. You can see the tire in the pic in relation to wires and connectors.
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Rear caps on the removable side wings are standard.

The back of the center bumper section is open by default. Here's an aluminum panel option:
https://www.utahdesignfoundry.com/products/jl-steel-bumper-closeout-panel

There are many others. Before those ^ existed I bought some cheap laser-cut acrylic panels, and they cracked the first time I applied torque to the screws. Do not recommend. Mine haven't fallen off yet, so I still have them. I've also seen some in more flexible plastics that shouldn't crack as easy, and also 3D print files shared here
 
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I saw those but didn’t realize it was for stock steel bumper. Thanks
 

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I ordered the aluminum panels, just what I was looking for. Thanks again.
 

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I just ordered a set from UDF last week. The pics look great.
 

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Those look great! I was hoping to leave bumper ends on it.
 

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Greetings all, and I appreciate the kind words @bigrittie.

Actually, if you are looking for the caps to work with the extensions installed, I have those as well.

Here are a few pics to give you an idea of what they look like. (These are only red to simply show contrast.)

If you are interested, feel free to hit me up here on eBay. I make the caps on a per customer basis, so be sure to PM me before ordering if you choose to do so. The "Mojave" was custom-made for bigrittie, but I can do just about any lettering up to 8 chars.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/277428490804

cheers - mike

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