It's actually ever-so-slightly off! I noticed that at the end of the day. If you look, the wrench flats on the bottom of the ball are not perfectly straight. I must be getting sloppy.

What do I do about the hole in my bumper? There was some (gasp) rust under that ball. Not anymore though (NevR-Dull).

 

I see what you mean about the flats. Easy fix. As for the hole, I hadn't thought about it but I have the same problem. I'd bet there are filler plugs that'll go into the hole, which is probably 1". If the parts store doesn't have them I'd think a body shop would or could get them. Something like this: Rick's Automotive Hardware. I just guessed on the 1", but they have other sizes. And you might have to glue it in.

 

Yeah, something like that would work, thanks!

 

What I call a boo-boo plug - covers up the boo-boo.

Hardware store might have 'em, too.

 

Just clean and paint the step in the bumper. it will look just fine

 

That would definitely help the appearance. The step portion looks to be grayish paint. I also thought to maybe cover the step portion (thus hiding the hole) with a trimmed piece of this:

 

That rubber would work well. I like that.

 

I think that would look tacky. Like stick on hood scoops

 

How about some non-slip trimmed to fit?

 

This is what I did to my bumper. After cleaning it up real good and getting rid of the rust, I epoxy primed the back and the step where the ball was. Once that was done I used some undercoat spray on both places. I will admit that it is not a show quality look, but the bumper was used when it was given to me by another member on here. It does, however, serve it's purpose well.

 

I think it looks good. And I applaud you having painted the back side as well. Mine is rusty back there and I plan to POR15 it when the time comes.

 

Yeah, mine was kind of rusty too when I got it. It was also bent up a little and I had to beat it back into submission. I also did the same thing to the front bumper. Both of those places seem to collect a lot of mud and road grime (and salt up north) that tend to cause deterioration. I thought it would be just a little preventive maintenance.

 

Dave, your step bumper looks like it might be the 7" tall variant, as opposed to the 5" tall lighter version that my truck has. Your painting looks good and utilitarian. And Brad, I don't think the adhesive rubber step would look cheap if it was trimmed nicely to fit and didn't peel up at the edges. But I agree that just carefully repainting the step by itself would serve to make mine look better.

 

That is a nice AfterMarket bumper Grubbworm

 

Thanks, I got it from someone on here. I can't recall his name at this time, but he lived on the other side of Atlanta from me. He had a bunch of extra stuff left over from his truck rebuild and offered it to me before he hauled it to the dump. I took everything that I thought I might use. I thank him for all of the extra stuff that I he gave me.