ARB Summit Bumper is awesome but a pain to install

My truck spent about 10 hours at 4WP. 35 hrs seems like a lot but maybe they haven’t installed many of these bumpers? They aren’t exactly a walk in the park. Lots of parts and steps. Installing the winch shouldn’t take too long. Good luck. Post up a pic when you get your truck back!

PS: If you plan on upgrading the fogs, go ahead and do it now if possible to save the headache later. I’m running the fogs arb included but I wanna upgrade to Diode Dynamics Amber SS3s.

 

My truck took all of 10hrs… I also had to tak off to add little stuff I skipped.

 

35 hours? I hope you aren't paying by the hour!

 

Ya I didn’t mine in a day with no info on the internet at that time.

 

Those look right, they put the SS2 a hair high, but work pretty well

 

Thanks brother!

 

Can anyone confirm what fogs from Diode Dynamics will for sure fit the fog light housing on this bumper?

 

Insurance did as a subcontract for fixing it. I could not believe it.

Ss3 max, the regular mount style with amber backlights and the paranoid brackets are what I have in mine.

 

Same!

 

Wrapped the factory ARB fogs in amber film today to tie me over until I jump to the Diode dynamics SS3s. I removed the fogs with housings from the bumper. The way ARB chose to mount the lamps into the housing is absolutely ridiculous, lol. Wrapping the lamps wasn't as easy as it looks. A heat gun, thumbs, and a lot of patience,
and you will prevail. Small victories. Cheers

 

Does anyone have a definitive answer on whether headlights/grill can be replaced while keeping the bumper on?

 

Have you called ARB yet? They generally have great customer service and can usually answer technical questions like this over the phone. I did remember reading a post a while back where someone said they had to loosen the bumper mounting bolts in order to “droop” the bumper forward in order to install new head lamps. As for the grill I’m not sure, I feel like it would be tight but doable. Better to be safe than sorry and upgrade grill and headlights before bumper install. Reply back here when/if you find an answer!

 

Just installed with Baja design Amber fogs

 

Called ARB this morning. They said “our engineers would not have designed a bumper that limited access to the grille or headlights”. Well… maybe they did, maybe they didn’t. I pushed them on it and the technical support guy said he didn’t have any other information. I asked if they have an applications team he can put me in contact with and he said no. Dead end with ARB customer service.

To answer this question we really need someone with experience to weigh in. Hopefully with photos

 

In addition to the grill/headlights replacement question… have you had any issues with your TSS (radar)? ARB claims it only fits thru the 2018 model year. I don’t think anything is substantially different between 2018-2021. 2018 has TSS right? You might be the only summit owner on this thread with a truck new enough to know.

 

Went full circle.. truck I started thread with is gone. Back to a white tundra and ARB again lol. Diesel got expensive and I miss the Toyota reliability

 

The more I look at this bumper, I think it overwhelmes the look of the Tundra. Maybe the Dobinsons is a bit more diminutive and wouldn’t have this effect.

 

No it’s perfect

 

it’s definitely not for everyone. It is a BIG ASS bumper, but in turn offers a lot of protection. Personally, I think it’s the best balance of protection and off road functionality.

 

About a month ago I installed the arb summit bull bar.so far it took me 3 days. still needs parking sensors, fogs,marker lights,and the 3 bottom plates.

 

Camper on.

upgrading to dobinson heavy coils in a week or so

 

Before the snow today

 

I had the same thought...lol.

 

Love the look of the ARB on these trucks.

 

Bumper worked for me the first week I had it on small Doe Hit driver side… not a scratch

 

For the DIY crowd, what have you used to make the cuts to the extension panels and grill? As far as lifting the bumper up onto the frame, can a couple dudes dead lift it up and jockey it onto the brackets or is something to lift it required?

 

Used a jigsaw on mine and then me and my grandfather lifted up and installed it. Had a 12k pound winch on it as well. It's not bad. A jack underneath can help take some of the strain

 

Thanks! That doesn't sound bad at all.

I'm going to get one of these ordered. I had a local shop that specializes in this stuff quote me $1600 to install, which is not unreasonable though I'd rather put that towards some suspension upgrades to support it. My truck is not my DD so I can afford to take my time putting it all together.

 

Do any of you have issues with your side panels, the fog light access in the wheel well, coming loose? I was looking today at more squirrel damage and my passenger side is missing two of the bolts and is rattling around. Hoping blue locktite will prevent this in the future.

 

I used my engine hoist to lift it...made it easy w the winch on there, even when I had to reclock and swap it end to end because I are smart.

Manual jigsaw or oscillating saw for the other cuts worked well.