I have the ARB rear bumper and carrier on my JK Unlimited. I have a Duratrac 35" mounted on it. Initially it squeaked a lot, but found that I needed to do two things to stop it completely. It is quiet as a church mouse now. First, adjust the turnbuckle so that the carrier rubber bumpers are tight against the rear tailgate. Second, make sure you close the tailgate nice and hard. I push on the tire itself when I close the tailgate. That eliminated any noise so far. Overall I am very happy with the product. I did wish it had provisions to mount my Hi-Lift. I plan to weld up a solution myself sometime in the future.
Beside the above mine is already rusting.
Paint snapped arround the carrier pinion and on the inside towards the tailgate.
Contacted Arb today!
I'll post the pics soon cause today I was realy to pissed of.
In Europe such a combo costs 1600 Euro, just do the math in USD. I've trusted ARB! Almost everything on my Jk is Arb but this was to much!
AEV is better what you think? At least to try being optimistic!
Initially I would go Shrockworks but was discuraged by long terms in producing and unbelievable shipment cost to Europe. That's it!
LE: I have this Arb combo sine may 2012, never put larger tires then 33"; offroad the carrier is loud cause it's bumping up and down hence all settings are done by the book; never did extreme offroading or rock crawling; the bumper is another animal and it's realy tough and well designed; carrier instead is not ARB because lately I believe it's a mater of quality rather then engineering!
Client suport great, Marc Bowers Arb Usa Technical Supervisor & Warranty Manager Air Locker, Inc. great guy and replied all the time and guided me through, but this rusty business is unfortunately out of his powers so my case moved upwards!
Cheers
John
LE: as promised here in My Garage folder I've uploaded some pics right after install of the ARB combo and thereafter with the snapped paint issues -> 9 months of absolute normal usage :-(