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Nobody stocks them. Your only option would be finding a good chassis and getting it galvanised yourself. But it would be cheaper to cut your losses and buy another Jimny that wasn't rotten. If the chassis has rotted, the body won't be far behind and you can't galvanise that!
I'm surprised that the chassis has rotted ahead of the body as Suzuki chassis are quite good but the body shells are not.
As has been said, getting a good used one would be the answer but I wouldn't go to the time and expense of galvanising it as it will out last the rest of the car making it uneconomical if you are prepared to scrap it later due to body rot.
You will run into vehicle identification issues though. As long as you grind off the old chassis number and stamp it with your original one I don't see the issue as you are changing it like for like - just as Landrover folk do with new chassis and there's nothing dishonest about it if the donor car is not stolen.
Kirkynut
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kirkynut wrote: You will run into vehicle identification issues though. As long as you grind off the old chassis number and stamp it with your original one I don't see the issue as you are changing it like for like - just as Landrover folk do with new chassis and there's nothing dishonest about it if the donor car is not stolen.
Kirkynut
I don't believe that is legal, as I understand it its illegal to alter the chassis number therefore you should stamp the new number next to the old one; the law is intended to ensure that the replacement chassis is traceable. A new replacement chassis is different because it will be provided without a number.
My understanding is, (and i'm happy to be proved wrong). The registration and number plate stay with the chassis, not the body.
To grind off a chassis number and re-stamp it, Is creating a ringer.
Jezz wrote: My understanding is, (and i'm happy to be proved wrong). The registration and number plate stay with the chassis, not the body.
A chassis swap alone won't give enough points to retain the number plate from the vehicle that donated the chassis. Technically its not a chassis number but a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) so it stays with the vehicle.
Some Suzukis and a bunch of motorcycles.
Last edit: 27 Jun 2016 20:12 by Rhinoman. Reason: clarification
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