Dave's 'New' Grand Vitara "Build Thread" and subsequent use, etc...

Lambert wrote: That looks well. Makes our 5 door look so low.

LIFT IT Lambert!





You know you want to!

Just ordered some +2" rear "Black Raptor" shock absorbers from JimnyBits to replace the old ones...



As the nearside one has a rusty dust cover, and a small leak...

I would but it's not mine and it's on borrowed time, it was bought for towing and people transport but it's a bit light for towing, uses a lot of fuel and none of us are really at home driving it, so beyond the next mot I don't think I'll be spending any more money on it.

"Horses for Courses"... they're not really work-horses...

No they're much better suited to wafting up the motorway with the cruise control on. Lovely car just not for me.

A couple of parcels arrived today



Oooh... :woohoo: Wander what they are?...

Ahhh...



A pair of Black Raptor rear shocks from that nice man Russ at JimnyBits... After seeing the state of the nearside shock on Sunday I quickly ordered some replacements, and they arrived next day delivery... usual fantastic service from JB It also meant I could take the shock spacers out and sell them on eBay to recoup some of the price of the shocks

What's in the big box then?...



Ahh, it must be the...



Special black edition roof rack basket, a £75.99 eBay bargain mentioned earlier in the thread...

I had hoped...



... by the item description that said it "would require assembly", that it would be a sectional design that I could therefore shorten the length to suit the NGV, as the width was spot on to fit just nicely on top of the existing longitudinal roof rails, but as supplied it was just a bit too long... So those are the black plastic end-caps, so I can shorten the black aluminium extrusions supplied to suit my needs...(And then make some custom low feet to attach it)

More on that soon