Well yesterday/today I took my bumpers off. I still haven't removed the front supports yet as I'm going to "invest" in a lower profile jack so I don't have to shove the car up on boards for clearance.
My winter project is to make new bumper supports that bring the bumpers in about 3/4"-1" so they don't look so massive and ungainly but still benefit from the protection and retain most of the stock look. I'm also going to paint the bumpers and surrounding trim black or something better than the patchy body color paint on them now. I'll end up making a thread about the bumper "tuck" when I get down to business. Anyway I took a couple photos of the backside w/o bumper, mind you this is in my garage with sketchy lighting.