Dave's la(te)st buggy build...

Yup, I was thinking and hoping the same... too much hassle to collect it...

I mentioned in the S200KYS ongoing build thread that my work on repairing it for the MOT was disturbed by a couple of visitors?...



GV42 and his brother popped round... I'd messaged him about some JimnyBits front recovery points he'd posted for sale on this fine forum, and he popped round with them -





... in exchange for an anti-roll-bar disconnect kit, and I threw in some breather parts (a Vitara kit that I base my own Jimny ones on) to make the exchange fairer in my view! And a nice cuppa and a natter of course

THANKS VERY MUCH 'GV42' Cheers! Dave

They're going on the front of the buggy's chassis as recovery points and also to mout the lower front grill / donut fairlead and bumper to, as they have multiple strong bolts to the chassis rails

More and more parts... just need more TIME! (fixing S200KYS doesn't help!) :lol:

I had an hour or so off this afternoon... so after walking the labradors, I started having a look at the JimnyBits front recovery points...



I got these from GV42 who advertised them on this very forum, the idea being that they are bolt-on - as I don't want to alter the chassis in any way on this build, been there done that, and fell foul of the DVLA and VOSA...so that I can also mount the front lower grill section to them, and the donut fairlead on the end of the winch rope tube from the rear winch, and some sort of front half-bumper 'bumperette' affair too... ...



Loosely fitted to give me an idea of their placement...



So the donut fairlead has to fit slightly above... so I plan to weld in some box section across the two L-shaped brackets that bolt to the main brackets and through the top of the chassis rails...

Something like this -



Got it in my head, just need to transfer it to steel !

I know, I seem to jump around the buggy, looking and working on various bits, over-lapping it would seem... but it depends on how much time I have on any given day, whether I have time to get mucky and have a shower afterwards, or just mock stuff up and sit back and stare at it for a while... things all need to integrate with each other and look right at the end... so apologies if I see,m to flit around!

Don't worry about that, you just keep us all informed and that will do. It's all good!

Your project Dave do what you like mate, I like watching the progress for any build and it certainly doesn't matter what order its done in.... Its all part of the build