New aftermarket front bumper

[H3slate]

That is great looking!! Hope they made it to work with the 06-07 front skid plate!

[stagger_lee]

I have been waiting on them since I bought my H3 in Feb '07. Cant wait. ARB is top notch. Who's the secret agent OP? You could go on there site or call them and know they were working on it.

[hummerconvert]

The bumper in the pic is the completed one for the Australia market. There are some changes being made for the North American model that should be completed shortly.

[hummerconvert]

Details as promised........

[hummerconvert]

Originally Posted by H3slate

That is great looking!! Hope they made it to work with the 06-07 front skid plate!

06-07 Models will require a purchase of the 08 Skidplate. The 08 bolted right on mine, I will post pics of the one on my rig later today.

[H3slate]

Awesome!!! Thanks for the info! So, what colors will be available??

[timgco]

OK, Late June ETA, but the questions still remains about that bumper fitting ALPHAS.

The 08 H3 and 08 H3 Alpha have a difference in the front end's support.

Due to the additional corssbar, if they didn;t look into that, it will not work with 08 or newer Alpha models...maybe it will and they worked around it.

Other H3 bumpers (I know of two manufacts) didn;t take this into account (mainly because the Alpha's wern't out as of yet) and you have to cut that support bar out or hack the hell out of the new bumper for it to fit. Cut the support bar out and your warranty is done on a few EXPENSIVE items.

So, does anyone have confirmation that it will work on the Alphas?

[H3slate]

Here is the Australia info from ARB's website.

http://www.arb.com.au/new-products/Hummer-H3.pdf

Standard color will be black, with an option to color match the color.

[hummerconvert]

Are you talking about the bar that bolts on across the front under the radiator? The same support bar that is the reason for the different skid plate?

Originally Posted by timgco

OK, Late June ETA, but the questions still remains about that bumper fitting ALPHAS.

The 08 H3 and 08 H3 Alpha have a difference in the front end's support.

Due to the additional corssbar, if they didn;t look into that, it will not work with 08 or newer Alpha models...maybe it will and they worked around it.

Other H3 bumpers (I know of two manufacts) didn;t take this into account (mainly because the Alpha's wern't out as of yet) and you have to cut that support bar out or hack the hell out of the new bumper for it to fit. Cut the support bar out and your warranty is done on a few EXPENSIVE items.

So, does anyone have confirmation that it will work on the Alphas?

[hummerconvert]

Here is the pic of Mine as promised.

[H3slate]

Nice!! Thanks for the pic! So, is that an ARB roof rack on top of your rig? Could we get a side shot of the bumper?

Thanks for all the info!

[timgco]

Originally Posted by hummerconvert

Are you talking about the bar that bolts on across the front under the radiator? The same support bar that is the reason for the different skid plate?

This bar is connected to the frame rails that the tow hooks attach to. Could you forward an EMail address to me through PM, I can send you hi-res pic of the bar.
From what I understand this bar acts as a lateral support bar so the frame cannot twist on teh front end. I'm not sure on the proper terminology for it.

Do you work for ARB? If so, I'd like to talk with you if you have a few minutes.

[H3slate]

So the wider bumper for the flares is available!!

http://www.ok4wd.com/index.php/catal...for_hummer_h3/

$1015 plus shipping.

And another pic of the bumper