Expedition Jimny Project

Once you get bitten nicho you can stop feeding the habit :blush:

Just sent the drawings to MCB4x4 for the Rotopax fuel can rack to be made and powder coated, i made a drawing of the rack and photoshopped a picture so you can see where they go.




Going to get on this week fitting the 2" spring spacers and front and rear shock extensions i bought off Dalby..

Its coming together nicely now

That's going to put a lot of weight on the rear door you sure the hinges are up to it?

JerseyJimny wrote: That's going to put a lot of weight on the rear door you sure the hinges are up to it?

Yeah shouldn't be a problem, the fuel tanks are only 1 US Gallon (3.8lts) not big 20ltr Jerrys. These cans are only:- 34 cms Tall x 25cms Wide x 8 cms Deep

If they can stick a 20ltr can and a 5kg gas bottle on the back door like the one below, I think I will be safe



This was my other mounting option:-


Trouble is with this sort of thing its all trial and error, I didnt expect the arches to rub with the narrower tyres on. Even though i found the cars fulcrum point so I could displace the weight better, it still did not go to plan :whistle:

The Jim is not the best vehicle to mount things too, The square green oval thingy's have lots of flat panels to bolt anything to. I have seen the extents people have gone to just to mount a shovel, everything is a little hit and miss :laugh:

I have a good friend making some uprated springs for me as we speak, they are the same lengths as the originals just beefier, couple them with the spring spacers and shock spacers i got off Dalby and a few mad hours with the Air Saw I should overcome that problem..

The next project is to make a matching overland trailer using a jim back axle, the same alloys as on the car. This will house the 2 leisure batteries and all the weighty stuff to keep the bulk of it out of the car..

Dw

The trailer is a good idea look into using a NATO hitch as they twist and are a lot more secure then normal hitches

sumet else i thought of doing is this.
The next project is to make a matching overland trailer using a jim back axle, the same alloys as on the car. This will house the 2 leisure batteries and all the weighty stuff to keep the bulk of it out of the car..

i got a trailer tent that weighs 350kg n thought about putting a rear axle on it like this n matching wheels.

That will be ace Nico if you can pull it off, I was thinking of an ex-trailer tent as a base to work off..

I agree with you JJ the Nato hitch is the best by far. I thought of a sankey trailer to use also.

DW