@atnolan94 what happened to your ARB front?
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atnolan94
I'm Your Huckleberry
sitting in my yard and in the classifieds. It’s just tweaked and winch cradle is beyond My ability to repair. Moving on from it.
Hang in there man, glad to see they shipped you a new one. When I ordered it the site said ‘in stock’ but I guess what they meant was “TJM is importing a bunch of them but they’re in a container in the Pacific right now”. So I waited for the ship to arrive, for the container to get through customs, for TJM to inventory and ship
Bumper Superstore did a good job of holding onto my money for me during that 3-4wk interlude I’ll say - free shipping, no tax, low price was worth it. You’ll get your bumper and I hope you love it. I love how it looks on my truck.
Sort of newby here, is this the TJM or another vendors bumper.? I really like Dissent and am trying to decide. Want lightweight though. Nice build!TJM reminds me of the hot girl who ignores your calls 'til her boyfriend dumps her. A couple years ago, trying to get any info on their bumpers for the 100 was just about impossible. Some shops had a few of their ARB/Ironman copycat bumpers, but no one knew if and when they could get their hands on the T17 (or whatever they called it then).
Since then, a handful of highly-skilled fabricators have emerged in the 100/'mud community - creating amazing products developed for, not adapted to our 100s - bumpers, sliders, racks, grilles, drawers... Give a lot of thought to where you send your money. The more we support these guys, the more 100-specific product development we’re likely to see.
That's a Dissent Offload bumper. Similar in appearance. Very different construction.
atnolan94
I'm Your Huckleberry
And a very different price. Bens stuff is great I have his roof rack....which coincidentally has no substantial welds!
My tracking is actually showing the bumper advancing east. The last one stopped at “bumper was picked up.” So hopefully I will have first of next week.
Just tried partial mock-up last night, anyone else think the TJM instructions are a little confusing lol. Did anyone not drill the pinniing holes at the end? Need to readjust for better fitment this weekend
Looks great. I like the black trim with the bumper. I did drill the pinning holes. I’ve seen bumpers move before, and that seems easy insurance.
Good point, did you end up using all the provided nuts and bolts and washers or were there any left over for you? I had some left over
atnolan94
I'm Your Huckleberry
Wow this came out great! I have the same headlights and a LCG grilled and I’m also the same color so I’m glad I went this route!
I’m not entirely sure. I had some on hand that I used (heavier spec), so had a handful left over . If I hadn’t used my own in places I might have come out even? Sorry, not very helpful.
sleepycruiser
I will get by….I will survive -Touch of Grey LC200
What headlights are those? Looks great!
atnolan94
I'm Your Huckleberry
Depo. I have them too.
atnolan94
I'm Your Huckleberry
I am giving my ARB and winch cradle away for free. Needs some work. First to message me and pick it up gets it.
atnolan94
I'm Your Huckleberry
I am having a hard time understanding the bolt on plate things that go through the frame. They are supposed to insert from the inside but they hit the horn for the shell of the bumper? What am I missing?
Yep, I’d do the bottom one first. Those bars bend once you crank the nuts down on the right. I used some big pliers to bend/twist the bars to make it easier to fit them in there. Kindve a pain, kindve clever. It was super fiddly to get them all started, I didn’t tighten until all four were on. Good luck!
Turn the bolt on plate so that the long plate part is facing inside and the bolt ends at the predrilled holes that are already in our frame horns. You’re going to have fish the plate end in first and just try to thread the bolt through the hole. And yes do the bottom one first. I used a little magnetic bolt pickup tool to help
atnolan94
I'm Your Huckleberry
ok makes sense that is going to be interesting
atnolan94
I'm Your Huckleberry
Maybe I’m inept but that was a pain!!
Your truck looks great!! It was a bit of a pain. I had mine on and off a few times getting it right, and I still need to take it off again to fix something and get the fit a bit more snug before drilling the last two pinning bolts into place. Great looking grill and headlights too. DIY grill or ..?
