I cut mine off my 4 door and replaced it with 2"x3" rec tube. worked great! I can hi lift on the rockers now. I left the vert part on the back of the rocker, this added a spot for the tube to rest against and gave me more weld surface as well.
biggest PITA was welding to the thin suzuki sheet metal! def. not like welding on an american vehcile!