Thanks for the pics! I did something similar to what you did with the bumper-to-skidplate transition, though with a bit more coverage... will have to get some pics of that the next time I take off the front bumper. And I've been trying to figure out the rear too... had ideas similar to what you did, but seeing how you did it is awesome! Think that helped FE?
Edit: Oh look, I'd already taken a pic:
(Hope you don't mind me adding pics of my mods in your Jetta mods thread)