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Cheap runaround to off road warrior.

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01 Jun 2019 14:22 #209404 by Novaboy6
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This is my Jimny I bought it in November 18 after a car accident wrote off my Cooper. It was only meant to be a cheap daily for a year that’s become a run away build
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01 Jun 2019 14:31 - 01 Jun 2019 14:32 #209405 by Novaboy6
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Some new boots to ditch those hub caps


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01 Jun 2019 14:35 #209406 by Novaboy6
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Time for some seat covers and bulb upgrades.



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01 Jun 2019 14:38 - 01 Jun 2019 14:40 #209407 by Novaboy6
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My first off road event at AE 4x4 club in dumfries & Galloway, I won in the tyro section but it showed me I need a lot of gear to be competitive. Oh and I got stuck and had to be pulled out lol.
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01 Jun 2019 14:45 #209408 by Novaboy6
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So the Panhard rod snapped and now the spending started,
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01 Jun 2019 14:46 #209409 by Novaboy6
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I bought a second had one from a garage in biddulph but it arrived damaged and he wouldn’t refund me. So off to ebay and bought a new set them well while I’m at it I may as well get a transfer guard oh and some new suspension to raise the height and some rock sliders and extended brake lines, oh well there goes 1k.
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01 Jun 2019 14:48 #209410 by Novaboy6
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A quick trip to my friend Bryan Jardine @ Jardine motors in Dalbeattie, Dumfries & Galloway.
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01 Jun 2019 14:50 #209411 by Novaboy6
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Got rid of the front number plate as it cracked and this looks way better and I also got a 42” led light bar but I don’t like it way up that high so I’ll have to look for better brackets.
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01 Jun 2019 14:53 #209412 by Novaboy6
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So ow it’s raised up 3” the steering feels a bit funny it’s like driving an egg so a quick google and it turns out I need caster bushes, so back to eBay and Richard Fox to the rescuer again with some castor bushes in sexy purple.
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01 Jun 2019 14:56 #209413 by Novaboy6
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So with all the upgrades I’m still not competitive, I just cannot get up the hills despite the chunky tyres I run out of traction as the tyres fill with mud and the wheels spin. Time to spend more money, oh and a tree jumped out behind me as I ran out of traction and I bashed the jeep.
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01 Jun 2019 14:58 #209414 by Novaboy6
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Dam it another tree jumped out this time in front of me, where do all these trees come from. time for some zip ties
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01 Jun 2019 15:04 - 01 Jun 2019 15:05 #209415 by Novaboy6
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Time to spend more money, time to refurb the old steel wheels and get some better tyres.

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