ARB bumper knockoff?

the tie ins are pretty weak compared to everything else basically especially for a winch bumper. they are also very thin and dent easily because of this.

I had been considering getting that bumper. But I've also been looking at the custom 4x4 winch bumper too.

This is interesting news though.
 
Y'all need to knock it off.

Didn't I just say I was trying to sell an ARB?

On and on with your nasty bad-mouthin, I won't get squat if my buyers see this.

D'ahells d'matter witchew?

Robert
 
:lecture: ARB bumpers are awful and you need to get rid of yours NOW before it blows up. Give it to me and I can dispose (erm, install) it properly :lecture:
 
Absolutely!

$500, and I'll even deliver it to the Lone Star State!*

*In November when I'll be in Houston anyway...

Robert
 
As much as I want to take it off of your hands for real, that is a month's worth of rent and I'm a lowly college student waiting tables. Sorry man

On a brighter note, for $500 you will sell it pretty quickly :-)
 
I seem to recall reading that the Australian manufacturers have to have their products tested by the govt, and anything you bolt on the front of the car(or rear)can not interfere with the factory crumple zones. If you used ANY bracing other then the factory 3 bolt mount, it would upset/change the factory crumple zone(you know, the frame rail)
I would say the regulation accounts for the ARBs "flimsiness" and the testing probably accounts for the expense.
 
But does that mean it is somehow inferior to other bumpers as some say here? Or are they just jealous because they cannot afford one?
 
But does that mean it is somehow inferior to other bumpers as some say here?
I think what they're knocking is that the ARB bumper seems to crumple just like the stock bumper, which it is designed to do. It would be "inferior" to the bumpers that use a 3/16" or 1/4" plate extending a foot back down both frame rails and attached by 7 or 8 bolts per side, from a tow point strength/rail reinforcement point of view. My post was informational concerning why the ARB bumper had such a (supposedly) weak mount system.
 
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