After having dented and scratched the lower part of the body several times I decided to just spray it with Duplikolor bed coating, it's cheap and it's easy to touch up. I think a spray can is about $7.00 and with 2 cans you can spray both sides.
Before I installed the welded 14 bolt I had a welded 12 bolt and I drove my truck like that as my daily driver for almost 2 years so I am used to it now. It sucks for driving in the city, on the freeway no problem at all, offroad it is really great. I recently bought a 88 Cherokee that I now use as my daily driver so I don't care about the street part to much anymore.