Trying to decide on a new bumper

[Pznivy]

Very nice! How funny, I just put my ARB bumper on this weekend. Wish I could say my install went as smoothly, however, I learned just how in-accurate the Ausie's are in the fabrication process.

Here's the good/bad about the ARB bumper:

GOOD

• Looks great
• Powder coating is awesome
• Has hi-jack lift points
• Has some nice pre-drilled holes for mounting other gear
• Cheaper than AEV (if you are looking for a full width.)

BAD

• Fabrication is not exactly accurate, had numerous mount points not lining up
• Instructions leave something to be desired, a few extra words here and there would save a ton of time, let alone more pictures (in color would be a plus.)
• Some very stupid design decisions. They have you drill two new holes in the bumper when they could have just added a few inches on the bumper to reach to existing holes already in place.
• Mounting of fog lights is retarded. Uses too long of bolts that get bent on install. Can't replace fog lights without removing the entire bumper.
• They literally include a "bag" of nuts, bolts, washers, etc. Took me easily an hour to line up the right bolts with the manuals various steps and separate everything out in a logical manner.

It looks great tho. Now that its on, do you l love it? Lots of bumpers require you to take the bumper off to alter fog lights.

[Timmy]

It looks great tho. Now that its on, do you l love it? Lots of bumpers require you to take the bumper off to alter fog lights.

Thx so much. Yep, love the bumper, love the way it looks. I didn't realize that so many bumpers required they be taken off to get at the fog lights. That is just retarded given how easy they are to access from behind. I was thinking I could replace the stupid bolt/nuts with a clip type bolt that I've seen used on license plate holder for vehicles (no idea what they are called, I just know I have two that are too large for this application but the idea is the same.) If I had those on, then it would simply be four screws to undo from the back and the fogs could pop right out. Truthfully, I could get the fog lights out easily, that's not the issue. The issue is in trying to put them back in because I would have no way of accessing the nut because it's sandwiched between the fog light bracket and the bumper itself. Sooooo dumb.