ARB Summit bumper installed 5/20/2024.

[EasternSierra]

Wow, this is definitely something I've had in mind. The alternative I'm considering is the IAG tall bull bar, either on the mod bumper or on the capable bumper* which I now have.

The ARB looks a lot stouter, and likely it would do a good job of fending off a deer while minimizing body damage. OTOH it's a whole lot heavier. Since I'm not planning on a winch I don't even need the space and structural weight provided for one. I'd probably go to Eibach heavy duty springs in front to handle the extra weight.

The IAG is lighter, costs less, and shouldn't need HD springs. It also looks not as strong.

Any thoughts on either choice?

Thanks, Bill

*This version is still coming at this point.

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[breaddrink]

Wow, this is definitely something I've had in mind. The alternative I'm considering is the IAG tall bull bar, either on the mod bumper or on the capable bumper* which I now have.

The ARB looks a lot stouter, and likely it would do a good job of fending off a deer while minimizing body damage. OTOH it's a whole lot heavier. Since I'm not planning on a winch I don't even need the space and structural weight provided for one. I'd probably go to Eibach heavy duty springs in front to handle the extra weight.

The IAG is lighter, costs less, and shouldn't need HD springs. It also looks not as strong.

Any thoughts on either choice?

Thanks, Bill

*This version is still coming at this point.

I went through this whole thought process too...

I currently don't have a winch in mine. I wanted to get it situated and then see how it rode...

I too looked at the IAG, but heard it was possibly a little light weight for the point of it. It looks good enough, but the whole mass of plastic in my opinion needs protecting.

The Westin bumper is the next step up. It's still bolt together, but heftier.
The ARB summit is seen on a lot of offroaders. You see versions for Jeep and Toyota all over,, and I think it looks particularly good on the Bronco due to it's very squared off front grill body.
It isn't just heavy either. It's beautifully constructed, and the paint is like no other piece of kit I've ever bought. They say it's wax impregnated *shrug*

The install was one of the rougher things I've installed. Instructions read like it's generic with the changes for the Bronco out of sequence with what you should actually do logically. Some of the accessories were not to the same quality as the bumper construction. I actually had to massage the front camera bracket to fit at all, and the placement of the camera is way off. You lose the parking alignment.

I'd always wanted to change suspension anyway, so the weight wasn't a concern, but that said, I've known people who went full bumper and winch, and do offroad. One considerably to Moab, and still didn't swap out that suspension.

He said he liked how it rode softer with more weight on it. He's right. It does take a badlands sasquatch suspension and mellows it. It's a little stiff.

I wasn't sure at first, looks wise, but it's grown on me. And as other accessories begin to show little dots of rust here and there now a couple of years have passed, the bumper continues to look like new.