Wings and PanHards On

Wings back on with the bumper now and looks a lot better (ignore the skippo bag to the left lol)

Rear Panhard Rod on and adjusted, image looks a little odd because of the bent chassis end

Closer look of the adjustment, added approx 1.25" onto the length to get the centre point of the tire to the chassis to match on both sides

The front went on a bit easier and there was only a slight adjustment here

While I was underneath I secured the exhaust from flapping around as well.

Winch Bumper On

So the winch bumper arrived and after looking at it for a while I figured out how to fit the thing.

It took a little while to align it properly on my own so I'd suggest you get an extra pair of hands if you can,

Now I'll either have to put back on the wings or else cut the bumper......I think I'll cut the bumper to make it nice and tidy, then again I might try the wings back on first before I make up my mind.

The mounting plate has 3 large 12.5mm bolts on the side and 2 10mm bolts on the front of the chassis legs, then the bumper is mounted with a further 3 12.5mm bolts on each side.

The nice thing is that by removing the two upper bolts the bumper can swing down to gain access to install the winch, or to do maintenance on the winch.

Battery Tray

 Battery Tray installed, some slight banging off the negative terminal when closing the bonnet :(

3" Lift, Wing Removal, New Boots

Finished off the 3" Lift Kit yesterday

Here you can also see that I removed the front wings so the wheels will not be rubbing plus it allows for easier installation of the roll cage.

Vitara 16" Rims with Malatesta Kobra Tyres

Installed the extended brake lines

Installed the extended brake lines

Winch Bumper

Today I ordered the Offroad Armoury Jimny Winch Bumper

http://www.offroad-armory.com

and just to keep things moving here is a some clip of us offroading last weekend

Extended brake lines and panhard rod polybushes

Parts arrived this morning from BigJimny (www.bigjimny.com)

Extended brake lines

 

Panhard rod bushes

Removing plastic bits

So here is the Jimny exterior before I start, all in fairly good condition.

Nice clean bumper

Nice front bumper and A-bar thingy

Door plastics, hmmm I might keep this on to stop water getting into the cab

Remove the rear bumper, few bolts, few plastic clips and disconnect the rear light cluster

Remove the drivers side rear arch and side skirt

Remove the passenger side rear arch and skirt

Remove A-Bar  thingy

Remove front bumper

Remove front arches

So here is how the Jimny looks now with the plastic bits gone. Those outrigger parts on the chassis need to be cut before I mount the winch.

Here is the back arch. The bit sticking out need to be drilled out as it has spot welds and maybe the arch needs to be enlarged, a nice virtual lift

New Jimny

Bought a Suzuki Jimny 1.3 for my next Offroad project. No tax or insurance so towed it home on the trailer. It's very clean (not for long) and everything is working apart from a slight knock on the gearbox when starting so it's possibly a gearbox mount that's gone. It has the typical rust hole in the back where the jack is, this is useful for letting water out!

Brought the Jimny home and parked it in the garden beside the Land Rover. There is about 12" of difference in height at the moment.

Weight Reduction

So last night while painting some wheels I started to take out the rear seats. I ended up removing the seats, carpets, spare wheel mount, brackets and sound proofing. It's a little bit lighter now.

Before:

And after:

Build Plan

So the build plan is as follows:

3" Lift Springs and Shocks (Ordered)

Virtual Lift (cutting arches and removing front wings)
Extended Brake Lines (ordered)
Vitara Wheels (have already)
Malatesta Kobras 245/70 R16 - 29.5 - 30" (have already)
SJ413 Transfer Case (have already)
4.9:1 Reduction Gears (have already, need to fit them)
Rockwalt Transfer case mount and protection
Hardened Panhard Rods

12000lbs Winch
External Roll cage
Weight reduction
CB Radio (have already)