Some of you might remember that I had bought an ARB bullbar from a local shop and it turned out to be missing the mounting system. Long story short, I finally have a mounting system, which arrived today from ARB. My question for anyone who has installed one of these things: Is the bumper supposed to slide relatively easily onto the mounting system? I can see how they're supposed to fit together, but the mounting system seems to be slightly wider, maybe an eighth of an inch, than the opening in the bumper. The package arrived just before I left for work and I tried to test fit it by inserting the mounting system into the bumper on the floor of my garage, and it'll slide in on either side but not on both sides at once. I didn't have time to measure anything, but the mounting system very obviously doesn't easily slide into the bumper. Is it supposed to be that hard?

When i installed mine it slid on with ease.

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07 Jeep Green Latitude Edition.
TeraFlex budget boost.
Full Set of factory skids.
Custom made rock rails.

Crap. Just getting this part from ARB has been like pulling teeth. I must have really p*ssed off the gods somehow. I didn't have a lot of time to mess with it cuz I was already late for work but it definitely wasn't going to go on easily.

That sucks. I remember you having a tough time with not having the system and then actually getting it. Now that you got it, it isn't fitting quite right. It has to work somehow. Keep at it and hopefully someone on here can lend a hand with some info.

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My Jeep Build ----> Big Black

Crisis averted! It fits. Thanks everybody for your help.