Dave's "S200KYS" Jimny 'laner Build...

Dropped Zanfi's Products from my webstore... didn't work out, I won't go into it on the forum, save to say that they don't ship quick enough for my usual levels of service...

Their products seem ok though, so it's best if anyone wants something they order direct from www.Zanfi.it ...

Dave

S200KYS wrote: Impressed with the front light bar too... Never used it in the wild yet as we don't generally 'lane in the dark...

Which light did you get mate? It looks about a 30"

It's this one, from JimnyBits - www.jimnybits.co.uk/shop/electrical/ultr...light/prod_1252.html

So 21" with 18 LEDs in...

Nice as it's the same width as a number plate -

There's a smaller one in the back bumper as a reverse / worklight too!

No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configurationI got this one, Half the price of the Jimnybits one and over three times the power, And fits perfect between the headlights.

03/01/16 - Took me a while to get back to this... I eventually re-welded and re-fitted the old pitman steering arm and bolted the panhard rod back into it's original position to be able to go greenlaning with the rest of "our little group" a couple of times, and then Christmas got in the way of spannering... it's busy in the shop and especially the Post Office over the festive period, and of course family life comes first!

But, with Christmas and New Year out of the way, and a collection of shiny parts in cardboard boxes from various suppliers, I got back to it today...

I decided to ease myself in gently by starting on the back...



This was my existing setup on the back... a JimnyBits adjustable panhard rod, sitting in a JimnyBits-supplied FTS panhard relocation bracket... all very good kit, but with the fix for the front panhard / steering drag link clash, also came a rear panhard rod... so I also ordered a Zanfi +80mm rear panhard relocation bracket to match the front one...



Dis-assembling the old setup, and measuring the old FTS panhard bracket in order to advertise it for sale when the new one went on... 50mm.



With it off, comparing the old with the new... +50mm 'v' + 80mm



New bushes into the new Rockwatt made stainless steel rear panhard bar (to match the front one, more on that later...) A vice, a squirt of grease and a 27mm socket...



And then the insert sleeve in the same fashion...



I'd already translated Zanfi's Italian fitting instructions, so knew what I was doing...

An 8.5mm drill bit first to open the holes on the standard bracket to take some bigger bolts than the FTS bracket.



The Rockwatt stainless steel panhard rod mounted into the chassis end...



And, after a bit of fiddling the Zanfi bracket goes over the original axle bracket and gets bolted in place, and then the adjustable end of the new panhard rod slots nicely into the top of the Zanfi bracket...



With a few (supplied) washers to pad the mounting bush into the slightly wider than stock top of the bracket...



Then the new Rockwatt stainless steel panhard sits nicely parallel to the rear axle...



I did think of having the panhard rod powdercoated, but figured it looked better in bare stainless

Here you can also see where the Zanfi panhard bracket also picks up the radius arm bolt as another anchoring point.



Next, a new Rockwatt bump stop spacer and a Bits4Vits replacement polyurethane cone bump stop went in...



View from the rear...



And then the other side's bump stop spacer and poly cone installed...



Although I used a 75mm Rockwatt bump stop spacer, you can see the cone is a little shorter than the original (which can also be used with Rockwatt's bump stop spacers), so that the overall length was only a bit more, as I've gone from 29" to 31" tyres...

Then... I stopped for a cup of tea...