What did you do to your jimny today?

Gave the jimny some abuse today, good days laning complete with a few troubles.
Found some great lanes, made it half way do own violets lane aswell but bottled it as the light was fading and the water had hit the windscreen enough times already :laugh:

welded the bottom shock mount back on the rear axle ( it just fell off ) and fitted the shock relocation brackets so it wont fall off again

Drove it. First time in weeks. :laugh:

helijohn wrote: Drove it. First time in weeks. :laugh:

and did it smoke lots on start up

robs5230 wrote: welded the bottom shock mount back on the rear axle ( it just fell off ) and fitted the shock relocation brackets so it wont fall off again

So do the brackets reduce the load the shocks pot onto the chassis bracket? That was my understanding but I was not !00% sure I understand the purpose of them.

GuardianAngel wrote:

robs5230 wrote: welded the bottom shock mount back on the rear axle ( it just fell off ) and fitted the shock relocation brackets so it wont fall off again

So do the brackets reduce the load the shocks pot onto the chassis bracket? That was my understanding but I was not !00% sure I understand the purpose of them.

the relocation brackets reduce the stress on the mount big time allowing the shock to move in a more suitable plane ( the bottom of the shock is turned 90 degrees with the brackets
with a lifted jim in particular the springs touch the shocks without the bracket. a good dose of off road and somethings gonna break.
as standard the shock is positioned at an angle on the bottom mounting bolt. excess axle articulation usually results in broken bolts but all the pressure will stress the mounts too.
i'd recommend for any off road jimny

markyp2000 wrote:

helijohn wrote: Drove it. First time in weeks. :laugh:

and did it smoke lots on start up

No. looked for it specially. Brill eh!

Wiltec17 wrote: Gave the jimny some abuse today, good days laning complete with a few troubles.
Found some great lanes, made it half way do own violets lane aswell but bottled it as the light was fading and the water had hit the windscreen enough times already :laugh:

You found violets lane ok then? We did warn you it can be deep lol.

My old mans LR is gettin a new gearbox so when thats sorted im sure we'll go for a days laning will let you know.

Fitted a set of wheels and tyres i managed to get for the right money. Seriously need it lifted now before i even tackle a speedbump without it rubbing.

Picked up some sj rims as a second set for mud tyre $40 aswell plus a free spare, bit of surface rust but nothing abit of sanding and a lick of paint wont fix. Guy said if they don't fit properly aswell he will take them back but im sure I read somewhere sj rims fit straight on?

hunter1084 wrote: Picked up some sj rims as a second set for mud tyre $40 aswell plus a free spare, bit of surface rust but nothing abit of sanding and a lick of paint wont fix. Guy said if they don't fit properly aswell he will take them back but im sure I read somewhere sj rims fit straight on?

Yes they will fit unless they are over wide.
I have used SJ rims on my Jimny.
Lots of Vitrara + SJ rims get swapped over.

jonesyba420 wrote:

Wiltec17 wrote: Gave the jimny some abuse today, good days laning complete with a few troubles.
Found some great lanes, made it half way do own violets lane aswell but bottled it as the light was fading and the water had hit the windscreen enough times already :laugh:

You found violets lane ok then? We did warn you it can be deep lol.

My old mans LR is gettin a new gearbox so when thats sorted im sure we'll go for a days laning will let you know.

Yeh it was a great laugh, would have liked to have had a few more diesels there to get me out if needs be but tbh I reckon I could of made it, just stayed on the side of caution.
Yeh definatly let me know