After seeing the bumper on the Rubicon I came to realize very quickly that the crash bar must go. It's kinda ugly when exposed and the extra clearance I'll get once it's gone will be nice. The next few pics show how I accomplished this.
I cut across the crash bar just above the frame leaving this small section attached.
The other side of the drivers side framerail.
From there it was really easy to remove the left over tab and grind down the excess to get ready for paint.
The opposite side.
Once painted you could hardly ever tell they were ever there!
I quickly realized I forgot to account for the vacuum assembly so I chopped up it's original mount, welded it to the frame and painted it.
Tomorrow I will work on moving the swaybar disconnect up out of the way and lay some paint!