Jimner or Humny

nice mods looking good, that was some water you had there

zukebob wrote: I haven't added to this post for a while. I am getting the expedition rails for my roof rack (finally) at the end of this week and I wanted to wait and show that along with the latest bits and pieces. As I have already replied to a post about steering stabilizers, decided that I should do an update now.

When I first purchased my Tough Dog stabilizer, I wasn't able to mount it properly due to their design (brackets) being for right hand drive. The first thing I did was modify the link bracket.

The original:

The modified:

The next was the Rail bracket.

My new design was supposed to place the damper in the correct position (away from the drag link).

It didn't work.

Next step…..a weld-in bracket:

Looking better.
All mounted:

That is what I wanted all along. I mentioned in another post that, due to the required mods, I wouldn’t replace this with another. What I actually meant to say is that, if I had to do it again, I would choose another brand. I don’t think anyone with a right hand drive would have issues.

Truck looks great but just a quick question....what's the spring for on the damper? Does it aid centring?

Yes. The spring is for a return-to-center damper. Normally they will be listed as RTC.

Daniel30 wrote:

nice mods looking good, that was some water you had there

I was really kind of shocked Dan. I had seen pictures of the flooded streets before but nothing where we live. We were driving down our road to get home and I suddenly see water gushing up out of the drains in the road like they were fountains. It gets a little intimidating. Two days after getting the snorkel and breathers installed and we faced the challenge again in the Jimny. Water up to the headlights and it pushed through without much effort. Wish I had my video camera.

sounds like the mods were well worth it already think your next accessory should be a dash cam