As promised I welded together some metal, which in my head would look good...but it's like Internet dates, the real deal can be horrifying!
I had 4 pieces lying around with about a 35 degrees bent in them and along strip of 2" wide.
I welded it on the inside
here the ouside
and then I test fitted it. at this stage I still thought it kinda looked ok, but I still had to fill the gaps
I had a choice, just continue and think about fitment and making corners later, or immediately start molding and bending. I decided for the first option...
yugh! I was hoping to get rid of the whole clunky look..but at this stage I'm ready to scrap it. But I'll see it though, I still have to make space in the middle for the license plate and make the ends. I was thinking about letting the bottom edge curve up towards the ends. Friday my mate will be there to help and he's pretty creative, so i'll ask for his opinion as well.