Was hooking up some led lights on the savage and for some reason thought about this thread and got side tracked on the lights. This is what I came up with.
the front of the body I trimmed way down low, and cut out little hoops and it acts as the front pin brace retainer! the bumper supports are actually locked into the front of the body, and the bumper mounts and pin stops are in line all the time now. Nice. You can see it clearly on this shot: