green turtle

front/rear bumpers done (need to sandblast & paint)

take off useless ends


use some tube


lvl2 tube


going great





final ( almost ) product - there will be sieve in that big hole


and it is on


now the rear - cut cut cut


nice and empty


whoa - that was fast


there seems to be a hole - for winching purposes

That looks very tidy imo nice job ..

while waiting for bumper paintjob - led bar

Good job I teal like your rear wheel arches, obviously there had been lot of time spent on it. Keep up the hard work. I look forward to seeing it muddy.

after months of unsuccessful attempts to legalize build i'm going to get sports passport for my turtle.
almost finished - yesterday was first real test








same place again - from front

4xfourart lift had really short shocks for those springs - replaced front shocks with longer ( also softer - not by choice ) - KAYABA 343282 - bushing needs to be replaced to use it on jimny - took from 4xfourart shocks

could not find quick replacement for rear shocks - so they got homemade spacers - 7cm

Very nice

so after three races:
1st race - all belts broken after muddy soup - 3rd place
2nd race - crankshaft pulley give up after 2km. ended up upgrading to 1.6 from sx4
3rd race - after 1st evening only 1st and 2nd gears are usable - 3,4,5 heats up gearbox and makes clutch slip. 2nd day - lost right rear shock and left rear window also bent a front axle a bit, 3rd day 1st stage - lost left rear and front shock, left front brake line. finished 2nd stage without any shock and without winch. 4th place.

time to do a more proper build. longer shocks, axle movement limit straps.

Wow, that's an impressive Jimny you've built!

Has your front axle bent despite it being trussed?

How many winches does it have on it?

Kirkynut

seems that knuckle is bent. will see in weekend.

one winch - Runva EWX9500-Q - in the back with rope to front and possibility to winch backwards when rear doors are open.

vdl wrote: could not find quick replacement for rear shocks - so they got homemade spacers - 7cm

for rear axle i used on different Jimnys:

-from Nissan Terrano2 KYB 553230, 365/600mm
-from Mitsubishi L200 KYB 553222, 380/625mm
-from Nissan Terrano KYB 443183, 350/580mm
-form Lada Niva KYB 343098, 310/505mm

Kayaba 553 serie is monotube design and is great.

vdl wrote: seems that knuckle is bent. will see in weekend.

one winch - Runva EWX9500-Q - in the back with rope to front and possibility to winch backwards when rear doors are open.

Nice winch.
Have you ever considered putting a bowmotor 2 on it?