Your cosmetic touches to the wheel arch look the goods - Its the sort of thing that happens whenever I go DIY except I'd have been left with a smouldering pile of jeep parts....Love the Rene sticker, where did you get it?

2.2m that's bordering on being a pain in the bum for car parks etc...If you changed your cross bars to the Rola "aero" or Rhino sports (I think those are the model names) you might pick up an inch or two. I have the aero bars they are almost flat and have a really low profile - the vortex basket mounts exactly the same as it does in your pic but finding a shovel bracket hasn't been easy.

Of course, you may not give a rats about the height...