The Nugget - Questions on a 2000 Jimny

psycholist wrote: Nice . Where would I get my hands on some of those? Are the mounts drilled into the chassis rails? I suspect I'll need a bigger drill than the long suffering battery powered one I have to make mounting holes no matter what I choose anyway.

I'd be wary of using that type of loop attached to the standard "recovery" (tie down) anchors. The way 1066boy has his attached works because of the tow bar attachment. Afaik the rear jimnybits mounts bolt on (to the chassis rails) with no additional drilling required. Their front ones do require drilling but I don't think there's a kit for the front that doesn't require drilling or welding.

No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configurationI've bought a couple of straps here: and I'll initially see about attaching one at each end of the car to begin with, but the winch tray with recovery points included on the jimnybits website is in my medium term plans.

If I thought the built in towing points were up to the job I wouldn't be looking for proper ones or asking about drilling the chassis . I suspect they'd tear straight off or fold over if any forces beyond towing it on smooth ground were applied. I was considering a towbar for the rear initially as it would make mounting a scissor type bike rack very convenient, but it looks like it would drag through everything off road.

i used 2" of good garden hose to fit on the axle breathers, then fitted a smaller bore pipe with a small piece of copper tubing inside to stop it crushing from the hose clips...
Front and rear axles are so easy to drain and refill. Gearbox or transfer box (cant remember which) was a little more tricky to fill as filler hole a little awkward to get to , so used an electric £12 ebay oil removal pump to suck it from the bottle and into the gearbox or transfer case !
You do need to drill the chassis to fit the winch tray/recovery points, but its easy to do as very accesible.. 2 holes on a rail at the most.
Ive got same size tyres and can get up any gradient in 1st without changing the gear ratios..