Are there any mounting differences between the two bumpers? I see some aesthetic changes, but would an early model fit my 05 with some minor fabrication, or would it be a major ordeal? I'm new to everything here so I'm not sure of any substantial differences aside from the grills & bumpers between the early and later KJ's.

Sorry if this is a super- newbie question

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05 CRD - rolled and sold back in 2012
Looking for another CRD
91 Isuzu Trooper SAS, 35's, lockers, gears, yadda yadda

the way that i understand it they mount up the same, but to make it look right you will need to do a lot of work


this is a 02-04 arb on a 05-06

but to make it look right you willl need to buy some parts the parts that you will need is

02-04 fender flares
02-04 turn signals
02-04 header pannal - radiator support
02-04 grille
02-04 wheel well liners if you dont want water mud and such to get all over

unless you know of a junk yard that has a liberty, that has been hit in the back and can get the parts cheep. it would be best to buy ARB for an 05-07

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With enough fabbing, time & $, it's certainly possible.
That being said, it's like boinkin' your sister...just because you can, doesn't mean you should.

Right on, thanks. Not much use saving $150 to spend $200 more on the back end.

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05 CRD - rolled and sold back in 2012
Looking for another CRD
91 Isuzu Trooper SAS, 35's, lockers, gears, yadda yadda

Not wanting to start an arguement here fellas but the ARB on my '05 looks like it sits about 3" higher than the 01-04 bumper on an 05-07. The top side of my bumper is just under the headlight. Way higher than what is pictured here. The top of the bull bar on mine is even with the top of the hood on my Renegade.

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Ian

2005 KJ Renegade, ARB'd, OME'd, Rancho'd, Warn'd, skid'd, JBA 4.5s, Cragar Soft 8s, GY MTs 31x10.5x15, and dirty, can't forget the dirty.

Alright, home from work and can get to photobucket...


The bumper itself sits up higher than in the photo posted by tekman02. Might be bigger differences in the attachment bracket and the bumper structure than one would think.

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Ian

2005 KJ Renegade, ARB'd, OME'd, Rancho'd, Warn'd, skid'd, JBA 4.5s, Cragar Soft 8s, GY MTs 31x10.5x15, and dirty, can't forget the dirty.

Yes, the 05-07 bumper definitely sits higher than shown in that photo.
I would assume that the actual mount / crumple zone attaches to the KJ frame itself, is the same.
I believe that the earlier bumpers are the same height.
That specific application must be different than what would normally happen.
If I wasn't on my phone, I'd attach some different photos.

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