What did you do to your jimny today?

LoL!

Here I go again! Forgot to take before shots so you'll have to use your imagination.

So, I've had this Rhino Rays front bumper for nearly 3 years, bought used and then left it under the bench.
Till today!

Someone had drilled holes in it to attach a front number plate instead of double sided tape, or my favourite, sticky magnetic sheet.

So I dragged the mig out and welded up the holes and then ground flat again.

As I said earlier, I forgot the Before pictures. :blush:

What do you guys recommend to get the old black lumpy paint off?
Blow torch or paint stripper?

Angle grinder with wire cup brush is too noisy and makes my hand go numb. :laugh:

Keefe wrote: What do you guys recommend to get the old black lumpy paint off?
Blow torch or paint stripper?

I'm liking that!! Where is that new button when you want it!! :woohoo:
I would either grit blast it or use a blowtorch so we have a winner.................blowtorch!
Thanks for showing us...........oh damn, no thanks button.

Will have to ask the nurse if I'm allowed access to a blow torch?

Mmm...I remember last time I lit up..... :woohoo: :evil:

So, the results with blowtorch after forty five minutes......

Perhaps home-made napalm may be a better bet?

Now where's the fairy liquid and my stock of old petrol??? :evil:

Keefe wrote: So, the results with blowtorch after forty five minutes......

Perhaps home-made napalm may be a better bet?

Now where's the fairy liquid and my stock of old petrol??? :evil:

Paint remover will need the blowtorch after as well to clean up! :laugh: :laugh:
Looking good.

:laugh:
Just been searching for grit blasters in Barnsley area.
Just found one less than a mile away!!!!!!!! :laugh:
Just emailed him for a price.

Keefe wrote: :laugh:
Just been searching for grit blasters in Barnsley area.
Just found one less than a mile away!!!!!!!! :laugh:
Just emailed him for a price.

I hope it is not a lot because it is THE way to get back to bare metal.

I would say a use a flappy disc on a grinder or trow it on a bonfire lol

Took the other toy for its first day out on the back of the Jimny.
My old man has spent all winter doing the boat upm youl'd never know it's 40 years old and was black when I bought it!




Towed lovelly, hardly knew it was there and the wing mirrors are so big on the Jim you can see down both sides including the trailer tyres and the straps holding the boat down even though its almost 7 ft wide.

Got lots of admiring looks and a few nice comments too.

Leathery1 wrote: Got lots of admiring looks and a few nice comments too.

Nice, that's a good use for the Jimny. How is the rear suspension??

No problems. 3inch lift and es1000 shocks. Ride is quite nice on road with a bit more weight on the back axle but the nose weight of the trailer is only about 45kgs, so could be that we were 3 up as well as the trailer weight. Passenger in the rear seat in photos, no one in the front so it looks a bit back heavy but isn't.

Should have built the trailer without a launch trolley though, would have been a good excuse to drive in to the river down the slipway to get the boat on and off!

Fitted my rear zukiandy extended arches,