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

P.s don't forget to show gusthegorilla your new set of BLACK rims :evil: :whistle:

Seen them already, and I think they look terrific Dave :woohoo: :woohoo:

On a more serious note, I DO like the wheel arch extensions...are these freely available??

Keep up the good work, mate, the Jim's putting on some real muscle now

Gus

Land Rover +2" Defender Arches

Cut with a slitting disk in the angle grinder, and warmed a bit to get the right flex with a hot air gun...

S200KYS wrote:

TomDK wrote: Thanks Dave

Already have Richard on Facebook. Have talked to him before about other ratios.. Just never seen this 4.87

A new bucket, sounds interesting. Is it the one with the 360 spine thing?

4.87:1, and more particularly the 1.63:1 high side will suit my new tyres best, hence going for these over the existing rocklobster I have fitted, the 6.x:1 are more expensive, and possibly a bit low for greenlaning in the UK (more suited to rockcrawling Samurais?), so I plumbed for these...

Also, these (4.87) are new gears too, not re-manufactured gears as in the traditional rocklobster...

360^o spine? Errr... :whistle:

:woohoo:

Like this

Looks better now dave will definitely look better with black bumpers looks like mine now. I've got some zuki Andy arches in garage think you have inspired me to fit this weekend
What's next 1.6 ??

Looks so much better without the silver I often keep thinking about changing the silver but then think whats the point with it been a laner.defender arches look great,be good to hear feedback on tyres as I like those.

suzukisam wrote: Looks better now dave will definitely look better with black bumpers looks like mine now. I've got some zuki Andy arches in garage think you have inspired me to fit this weekend
What's next 1.6 ??

Nah, no engine upgrade for me, rather do it with the gearing, hence the new transfer box on the way...

gaz3359 wrote: Looks so much better without the silver I often keep thinking about changing the silver but then think whats the point with it been a laner.defender arches look great,be good to hear feedback on tyres as I like those.

Hmmm, yes, but I quite liked the silver, but couldn't continue it when the black Defender arches went on... kinda think a black lower half would look good now though?... we'll see... but as you say, it's a 'laner and will inevitably get (more) scratches...

I originally had smaller Maxxis Trepadors on this Jimny, they were sold to Martin for his son's Jim'... very nice on the road, we'll see how the big ones perform offroad... interesting to note that Rob Butler from the ORA is running hooge ones on his race buggy these days?...