home brew bumper question

[original balzer]

im building my own bumpers the question is i cut off the *rocker* panels behind the back tire and in front of the front tires should i build the bumpers to fill this or leave it empty for clearance or use tube under there to protect whats left and provide more clearance???

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[cybrfire]

If you wheel it hard I'd say get the tubes under what remains of your fenders. More clearance is always nice but you'll never have enough. When I ran mostly mud I didn't protect the corners and never had a problem. If your into rocks you need the armor.