Ola`s jimny project

yakuza wrote: Great!
I am not at all envious, no not me, nope...

Next year: Suzuki meet!

Was just out testing , and they work great! Ofcourse the rear would do plenty good enough alone, but that would just make me think ´what if..´ :laugh:
Easy to bind up the rear though, alot of new noises when pushing it alittle :woohoo:

Crossing fingers for Zuke meet 2019 for sure!

Appears to be coming along very well. My experience with the Chinese products has been limited to radios but certainly sounds similar. They work very hard to meet your needs and (thankfully) it isn't only until they have your money in their pocket. Their after sales support is usually excellent as well.

The lockers appear to be HF. That is the brand that most here in the Philippines use. I haven't heard of any failures and they have gotten their share of use and abuse. I have heard the same issue that Tom mentioned concerning the seals and would agree it would probably be a safe bet to have a set of ARB replacements.

Keep up the good work.

zukebob wrote: Appears to be coming along very well. My experience with the Chinese products has been limited to radios but certainly sounds similar. They work very hard to meet your needs and (thankfully) it isn't only until they have your money in their pocket. Their after sales support is usually excellent as well.

The lockers appear to be HF. That is the brand that most here in the Philippines use. I haven't heard of any failures and they have gotten their share of use and abuse. I have heard the same issue that Tom mentioned concerning the seals and would agree it would probably be a safe bet to have a set of ARB replacements.

Keep up the good work.

Yeah, they are known under alot of brands, depending of which shop selling them.. HF, chinasoong, TRE +++
Not much negative to find at all.

If/when the seals go out, i absolutely will replace with ARB seals! Allthough, ive seen alot of reports on bad ARB seals as well. I also had leaky seals in my landcruiser..

So today i installed the new battery.. Exide EP450 50Ah 750CCA.
This was the biggest battery i managed to shoehorn into the stock place.. And i think its big enough for my minor winch use.
Start motor sure is happy now, sounds 40% more powerfull!

Had to modify the battery platform some to get it in.. Made a drawing for explanation, if someone else wants to give it a go..
Had to use a dremel to cutaway some pieces + separating different parts of the edges.. Zink sprayed all cut surfaces for alittle protection.

Yellow markings, are places i hammered down flat.
Red markings are cutouts.
Purple marking are to show relocation of the bolt mount for the fuse box (only using 1 bolt now)
Green marking is where i bent up again the plate to vertical, where the hole for the securing pinbolt is.
Also had to cut off the plastic "ears" on the bottom of the battery, as its a snug fit..

Not so easy to understand, but alot easier when you pull out youre battery and compare to my drawing:




Finished result, using stock securing bolts, and a custom top bracket. Just used a 5mm flat piece of steele, zink sprayed and covered with shrink wrap.

Nice install

That looks to be a very neat job nicely executed and finished