Halfords Dog-Taxi

The Gris Wagon plans

imminent (on order) - new General Grabber ATs 205/75/15 :woohoo:

near future - Waxoyl treatment - what does anyone think of these ?

near future - rear window tints :whistle:

1 years time - S/S exhaust

5 years time - ORA front and rear bumpers

6 years time - new boot layout
- slightly raised false internal floor with pull-out extending ramp, for the Gris to walk up when she's unable to jump in anymore ............ Ahhhh

8 years time - suspension lift, arches, big wheels, rock sliders, roll cage, winch, spots and a couple of Dobermans in the back ........... grown men will scream in terror as I park next to them, women will cover their childrens eyes :evil:





..... yeh maybe I'm getting carried away now :dry:

I like the one in those pictures, obviously without the chrome bits.
From the front, well fit!

K

SPC5838 wrote

Might be worth getting the little rubber inserts for your pedals that push into the holes for MOT time; some testers seem to think it's a fail if there's no rubber on the pedals Found that one out the hard way when I had them in my Subaru a few years back...

cheers Donald, just checked out www.motester.co.uk and it appears the MOT only considers the brake pedal (as it's part of the braking system) - "Footbrake - pedal rubber not worn to excess" - that was stroke of luck then :woohoo:

other bits that may be of interest -

• the spare wheel and tyre are not examined in the MOT
• removing an anti-roll bar which was originally fitted to the vehicle is now a reason for MOT failure

Happy days ! I thought that muppet that failed the Scooby was at it ! Removing the anti rollbars being a fail will upset a few folks, hope they've kept them sounds like disconnects will be getting popular !

You wouldn't have to worry about the locals bumping it with ORA bumpers anyway :laugh: They'd only do it once Shame the bumpers on that black one aren't available in the UK (I think ?) there's loads of styling gear that is actually functional ( i.e. not just cosmetic ) on the Japenese sites but nobody sells it here, serious £££££ to buy and import it, probably why Do like the front end on those Jap versions.

Today fitted some rear speakers

Clarion SRQ-1330R 3-way 130mm


they needed some new holes drilled

and as they're 3 way, they protrude slighly and "just" fit behind the grilles with the rear panels put back on.

however, the right hand side was trickier to fit as the seat belt mechanism (one bolt and one screw - simple) had to be removed to get my hand down the back to hold the clips


the sound is excellent (well as good as possible using the standard Jimny clarion unit). :woohoo:

if anyone's considering upgrading speakers - fit rear speakers first, they're actually located closer to your lugs than the fronts and have "space" to push their sound into the cabin (unlike the footwells).

halfords - is the wiring actually there for the rear speakers then?

i always wondered that when i had my first jimny

will def be fitting them to the next one if its an easy diy