The Good, The BAd, and the Ugly!

Well, I ordered my Front and rear bumper from Shrock Feb 28th, and today I began putting parts on the X...Yay!

The Good:

Rear tire carrier arrived and installed! Ordered mine in Xterra Gray, and I am glad I did. The match is very close to the corner pieces.





THE BAD!
I had to mess around with the latch and the tab to get it sit right. had to use a BFM on the tab ot get it to unlatch properly. No big deal it works fine now. My exhaust tip rattle a bit on the bumper...will have to mess with that later. I am annoyed that my locking reciever pin will not fit. The hole is too close to the bumper to slide in and allow the lock to fasten on the end.
the pic shows it inserted as far as it will go.


THE UGLY:
While I am a happy Shrock customer, and have sliders, 2 of the 4 skids, and now the rear bumper, the front bumper did not arrive as promised. Upon calling Jim, I was informed of a little border skirmish between him and his powedercoat vendor, and my bumper is the primary casualty. I am most pissed off that he did not bother to inform me that they are having to make me a new one, I had to call after the one I was expecting did not arrive and find this out. How do you lose a 4 foot steel bumper?
My truck is now partially naked: