ARB bumper for GU - R5500

[DMH]

Just saw the ad on gumtree chaps

http://www.gumtree.co.za/view.html?adId ... paign=bolt


He's in Jhb

[iandvl]

I would be careful in dealings with this guy. Out of morbid curiosity, I e-mailed and got a response from "Bush Armor Off road".

My word of caution stems from this thread in the Community Forum:

http://www.4x4community.co.za/forum/sho ... p?t=214376

Ian

[Alex Roux]

The add states that it will fit any Patrol from 1999 to 2010.
I can assure you it won't. Since the 2005 facelift the position of the mountings changed. The pictures are of the ARB bumpers for Patrols of 2004 and prior.

Tej, in case you were considering it for your car, it won't fit the GQ either

[JoshJ]

I have to agree with Alex, pre 05 bumper does not fit properly on a post 05 bumper. The nose of a post05 is longer then a pre 05. Not chassis wise but fender bumper, grill lights make the nose a tad longer. This causes the bumper not to fit properly. Thats why i am driving with a 15K bumper and not a 6K. Damm pity actually

[Tinus lotz]

Spoke to the man its on a 99 4.5 there is space to cut out the grill on a 2005 up

[Clem]

Tinus - not following. Will it fit my 2013 GRX?

[Tinus lotz]

Jip it will

[Clem]

Thanks Tinus. I will buy it then.

[Alex Roux]

Tinus - not following. Will it fit my 2013 GRX?

Clem, I had an ARB bumper on my 2004 Patrol that looked exactly like this one (look at my Avatar).
Then I decided I do not like it anymore, it had no place for the fog lights and was not doing my approach angle any good.
So to improve my approach angle and fit fog mist lights, I opted for a custom built front bumper instead (BG Autofit).
Now my approach angle is only limited by my chassis. Having a 2" body lift also helped in this regard.

At the same time another forum member (DawidT) with a post 2005 facelift Patrol wanted my bumper.
To get the pre-2005 ARB bumper to fit his face-lift Patrol required a lot of cutting and refitting and more cutting, until it fitted his grill. Ben at BG Auto fit can tell you that this was time consuming to do.

I therefore cannot agree with Tinus, but if you have the capabilities to cut the steel and the patience for some trial and error refitting it again, then by all means go ahead.

[Clem]

Thanks Alex. I'm going to let it go. There are other options out there. Can you post a pic of your setup sometime?