I say build it, and make it better than factory.

Id come all the way from the front bumper back over the oil pan. Reason for this is you protect the radiator too. I once bought a cheap 300TD where someone had tapped a curb which was exactly the correct height to hit that thin body metal under and behind the bumper, and it was pushed up and cracked the radiator plastic.

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