Don't stress it. They won't get snagged. I ran 3 inch man a fre drop brackets and never had an issue with clearance. Run them and see what happens. I bet you never get rid of them.
The MAF brackets are beefy. And for the price much easier to install than caster plates. Plus you don't have to hack up the radius arm mounts on the axle. Iron man makes some now as well. I wasted a lot of time trying to fix caster until I bought the brackets. Never had a problem and never got...
That was the iron man 4 inch with adjustable front and rear panhards and the radius arm drop brackets from man a fre. Iron man sells a radius arm drop bracket now as well. I went with dobinsons 4-6 inch lift shocks though because I already had them
I went the opposite route. I took mine to a local powder coater for oilfield equipment 2 years ago. Frontvand rear bumper cost 400. I haven't had a single piece chip or rust. Prior to that I was repainting every 6 months to a year. I do a bunch of trails and don't rock crawl so that probably helps
I made mine really tight and use a foot long cheater pipe to open and close it. Easy to open and no rattles. Thinking about just welding an extension on the latch.