Clive its all sitting ready to go. It comes in a kit form and you have to build it like Meccano. I just need to prep the rear and then fingers crossed it should be on for Lincomb. I have one swing out and will get a second at some stage but at £600 a swing out they not cheap.
Tell me about it! I fitted my unit about 4 years ago and for several reasons I've been disappointed. Don't want to put you off 'cos it's already too late, but I could give you some tips to look out for:
1. I was upset because loads of bits were missing from the kit, such as the gas spring-ram bolt-on ball at the bumper end, the small rectangular reflectors and other bits and bobs;
2. The swing-out pivot bearing assebmly never seemed to fit properly and always had play in it. I've re-bushed it since but it's going lose again. After 4 years at the price they are, I would have expected better.
3. The paint or so-called powder-coat is rusting through all over the place. It's expected to fail where stones hit just behind the mud flaps, but this rust is all over, especially on the wheel carrier;
4. The light units are the cheapest and nastiest that could ever be made. The units fill with water and there's no venting for them to dry out. The bulb carriers are rotted clean away on mine after 4 years. Not easy to replace either, with that peep-hole window design arount them.
So my advice would be to grease up the bulb and carrier parts inside the light units and make sure there's a drain hole or some way to let water or condensation out of the units.
Also keep your eye out for rust and please complain to the supplier if you see any. There's hardly any paint on mine that's not bubbled underneath with rust, even though there's no scratches in the finish. Mine had vertical rubber/plastic trims where the rear parts meet the side rails. These have disappeared, forced out by the two metal parts rusting and expanding. Mine is really Morris Marina stuff.
My complaints don't stop at the rear bumper. My ARB front bumper is as bad, no scratches but rusting very badly from the inside-out. Same story on the ARB side steps and front wing brush bars.
Sorry to dampen your enthusiasm, but your truck is so beautiful, it would be a shame to let ARB make it look so bad in a few years time. Please grease everything well, all the fixing bolts and especially the swing-out pivots.
I really hope you have more luck than I did with it long-term.
To conclude, the metal is thick and structurally they're very well made. The paint/powder coat (on mine) is crap and a disgrace at the price.
This year I hope to get mine off, front and back (and the side steps) and have them grit blasted and re-painted properly.
Good luck. Again, your truck is a beauty and deserves better than I got from ARB.
All the best,
Clive