Kirkynut's Jimny (aka Daddy's Tractor) - The Evolution continues...
viciouspenguin wrote: looks nice, have you had any issues with the tyres catching?
The fronts caught a little on the plastic wheel arch liner as it has a fin shaped part inboard. I zapped that off with the angle grinder quickly as I wanted to leave the arch liners in.
The rears - well they catch on the actual inner wheel arch of the shell! They also catch a little on the plastic arch but that is the least of my worries with them touching the inner wheel arch!
It's no great issue though, extended bump stops are easy on the rear so once they are done all will be well!
Kirkynut
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Love the Tyres .. they are next up for ours ... as soon as the Lobster box is delivered and fitted that is.
How do you find the X Lights ? do you have fog or spot pattern ?
I looked at those for ours too.
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ooky_123 wrote: Looks good mate.
Love the Tyres .. they are next up for ours ... as soon as the Lobster box is delivered and fitted that is.
How do you find the X Lights ? do you have fog or spot pattern ?
I looked at those for ours too.
They are the flood ones but I've not used them offroad yet to give you a verdict. Realistically I won't until our club trip to Slindon in Sep when I might hold back on the beers till we've done a little night driving.
They look tough and are easy to fit and secured with a thick Jubilee clip so that can be sacrificial and less than a pound to replace. I might run some fishing line to it and the cage so if a tree attacks one I won't completely lose it, under water etc...
I'm happy with them though.
Kirkynut
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kirkynut wrote:
ooky_123 wrote: Looks good mate.
Love the Tyres .. they are next up for ours ... as soon as the Lobster box is delivered and fitted that is.
How do you find the X Lights ? do you have fog or spot pattern ?
I looked at those for ours too.
They are the flood ones but I've not used them offroad yet to give you a verdict. Realistically I won't until our club trip to Slindon in Sep when I might hold back on the beers till we've done a little night driving.
They look tough and are easy to fit and secured with a thick Jubilee clip so that can be sacrificial and less than a pound to replace. I might run some fishing line to it and the cage so if a tree attacks one I won't completely lose it, under water etc...
I'm happy with them though.
Kirkynut
I just realised that you don't have a cage Jason, so all my faff about how they mount to mine is no good for you. The other type of mounting they do I've not seen but I can't see that the casing of the lamps will get broken so tree branch damage will depend on what you bolt them to as it will be what you bolt them to that will bend, not the lamp!
Kirkynut
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You can see that the original bumpstop is mounted by a single bolt going down through the mounting on the chassis into the bumpstop and that this is all that fastens it to the car.
So this leaves 2 options of how to extend you bumpstops.
The first, simply unbolt the original, space it with however much you want to extend it by using tube, box section with a hole driled through or whatever and a longer bolt.
The second, weld / bolt something to the plate the original bumpstop would hit, to raise that platform by however much you want the bumpstop extended by, ensuring the raised paltform will be in the right place for the bumpstop to hit.
The first sounds the easiest and in theory is - except for rust. The bolts on mine are seized in place and you can't get a grinder in to take it's head off and extract the rest of the thread once it's on the bench. Nor can you get a socket on the top as it's too close to the chassis. I don't think I could even get a ring spanner onto it.
So I tried the open end of the spanner and predictably rounded the head of the bolt off.
You could chisel the head off the bolt if you want to but then if you can't extract the bolt from the bumpstop you'll end up destroying the bumpstop.
So I had my fabricating friend spend just a few minutes making up a mushroom from tube and plate and welding it al together onto the plate the bumpstop would normally hit.
If this sits too high I can shave some of the rubber off the original bumpstop.
If I ever become unhappy with this arrangement I can buy a new bumpstop, whether it be a nylon one designed for another car or an original Suzuki one and grind off the extension I've had welded on.
It might appear that there is not much suspension travel left as the bumpstop and the extension do not seem too far apart - I thought this when I looked at this vehicle built by D+G Tuning:
www.suzuki4x4products.com/nieuwe_site/pr...y/photos/photo8.html
However, you still achieve a massive amount of suspension travel despite the reduction caused by the bumpstop extension and it's appearance is deceiving in this respect.
When on my smaller tyres, they got pushed right up into the arches at the rear and never caught on anything - to my knowledge - but I have no options with these tyres but to run the extended bumpstops.
I am aware that it will now mean that when the bumpstop hits it's stop, the body of the vehicle will be raised if the sideslope gets steeper, instead of the spring just compressing more, so this will have to be bourne in mind as the chances of a roll could increase.
I am also aware that I've not made the vehicle wider, so will have to be sensible on sideslopes. Generally though, my bottle has gone before it becomes an issue but things don't always go to plan, especially in splippery mud on steep banks when there is not enough grip to place the vehicle where you want it and you slide uncontrollable sideways and end up at an angle you did not want to be at, or plan to be at!
We'll see how things go when I get off road next and go from there. I have wheel spacers if needed but worry about the wheels catching the outside of the arches on ful articlulation. Some experimentation may be needed.
Kirkynut
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