235/85-16 on Stock Suspension, No Body Lift & All Original Panels

Onto the rear bumper.
Ther chassis wasn't as butchered as the front but still still hacked about. The right rear looked normal but the left looked like it had had the fectory scalloped box under chassis removed & replaced with some thicker box section. No idea why.

 









Couldn't see a use for this piece so took it off along with the rusty old piece of box section on the other chassis end.

With a clear chassis we offered up the rear bumper & like the front nothing lined up. The brackets were way out. Was the chassis seriously bent or are there differences in the Japanese tin top & the Spanish soft top ?

This is how out the chassis mounts were.




Finally the left lined up


The right side was still out


The bumper was hitting the body


Just a small cut to clear the body.




Because this was so long ago I've lost a load of pics, like the one of the bumper lining up.

With new front & rear bumpers offering the most clearance I could afford for the 235/85-16 with no cutting cos I wasn't going anywhere near them with an angle grinder or any kind of gas axe and keeping all standard factory suspension it was time for the main event....

Ever so slightly used/tested.....

TIBUS OFFROAD PORTAL BOXES

Again, since it's been so long, I've lost the original pics from my old phone so had to nap these from an old post.

According to Tibus the portals give about 4.5" lift and 115% gear reduction.
I figured if a 4" suspension lift clears 235/85-16 then I'd be good with these for both lift and gearing compensation.

What's in the kit.
4 Portal Boxes
4 new HD Front & Rear Axle Shafts
Rear Disk Brake Conversation Kit
Manual Free Wheeling Hubs for the rear which becomes a Full Floating Axle.

Parts Needed
Pair of Jimny Front Hubs & Spindles/Stub Axles for the rear. (Tibus gave me a pair of hubs but the Centre hole was different to the front so I ordered a pair to keep everything the same on the front as the rear)
4 Jimny Manual Free Wheeling Hubs. (Tibus gave me a pair)
Pair of Jimny Front Brake Discs for the rear ( mine is 107mm Centre Hole. Brembo # 08526610)
 

Tibus markets this and their other kits as bolt-on that can be installed on the vehicle in under 2 days.
However 1 mount has to be welded to the underside of each axle end.
Because of this, it's probably better to take the axles off the vehicle.
Also because of the extra weight of the portal boxes on the end of the axles, I thought it would be a good opportunity to strengthen them with some trusses.

So we've seen what was in the box 
but
What's in the boxes ?
You have to open them to install them.