Need a little ARB help.

[TEC3]

So I totally have screwed up...

I got my wife an 06 hundy. She loves it. A buddy of mine had an 01 he was parting out. So without checking I jump in the truck drive 4 hours each way and picked up his ARB bull bar and dropped off my wife's bumper as part of the trade.

Upon arrival home the 01 bumper is a little tall for the 06...

I go online... see that they are split 98-02 and 03-07... dang it.

Anyone successfully mounted an early ARB bumper to a 03-07?

I am more than willing to modify. I have a welder and can make stuff. Looking for some direction or help or basically trying to not get stabbed by my wife.

 

[DirtDawg]

The bumper should bolt up no issue. There is no difference between the years for bumper mounting. Hence why slee, dissent, BIOR, etc all sell 1 bumper for all years. The difference in the ARB bumpers is simply styling changes.

 

[TEC3]

It didn't bolt right up, but we did get it mounted. I agree that their shouldn't be much difference in them, but the fit wasn't the same. I will post a photo or two tomorrow. the wife is happy... lol we had to remove some of the thin metal bracing behind the grille to get everything to line up.

 

[gpxl]

we had to remove some of the thin metal bracing behind the grille to get everything to line up.

I had to do the same thing on my 99 LX for a Sahara bar. I hadnt heard anyone else mention this anywhere so I thought it was just an LC-LX difference. Here's a shot of the part hitting the bumper before we cut it