armour

there be wrong the radius arm mounts are venerable and the rear shock mounts and of cause the diffs

Can't see how the rear shock mounts can be particularly vulnerable. The diffs are not more or less vulnerable than so many other diffs. That just how the design is with love axles.

The standard aluminium mounts for the transferbox are not the strongest. ORA makes some HD mounts. Perhaps Redacted does as well.

But of course, anything can be broken if you do it right

The most venerable part id say is the front diff as this is at the front and may be the first point of contactwith a rock or tree stump

TomDK wrote: Can't see how the rear shock mounts can be particularly vulnerable. The diffs are not more or less vulnerable than so many other diffs. That just how the design is with love axles.

The standard aluminium mounts for the transferbox are not the strongest. ORA makes some HD mounts. Perhaps Redacted does as well.

But of course, anything can be broken if you do it right

the rear shock mounts are the lowest thing on the rear axle except the diff and there weak sit that on any thing and your likely to brake them note in pic how low the bolt is and the way it sits leave it very vulnerable



rockwatt does a cradle that's grate but ive found now the cradle does its job so well the mounts on the chassis rails tend to bend and I found out the hard way pushed the lot up and the mini shaft was rubbing (a lot) going to beef mine up

ive been told the diff cases are week on jimny as to y most places sell armour for them

The ORA Radius arm guards to me are rubbish why bother you can stitch a plate up the open side of the Mount in minutes and will be far stronger than somthing stuffed over the top and actually hangs down further and them rear shock protector look more like rear axle catchers to me so worse case you limp home with a bit of bent tin as Mark says lets see you rock hope with a busted front diff and pan

I know about the Redacted cradle as I have one myself. But he usually sells it to fit rocklobster Tboxes. I'm not sure he makes them for standard Jimny tbox.

And yes, I'm well aware of the the location of the lower shock mounts, as I have a Jimny myself
As I wrote, anything can be broken. I'm just not that worried about these shock mounts. There are other points I'd reinforce first. Like the standard transferbox mounts.

Also, will have to agree with Dave.
Can't really see the point of these radius arm guards. As they only mount to the radius arm bracket, which itself is not particularly strong it makes little sense. You know, like a chain not being stronger than the weakest link

Dispite any of this main thing is theres more to guard than just transfer box

Honestly my winch truck i bought is beat to death on the underside from being dragged over rocks and such like the tranfer box is in a Rob Storr cradle and looks bullet proof but other than the rocksliders that in my opion have been mounted to high and the radius arm mounts that have been boxed in that is it and she has survived from 2005 to this day as a competion truck and when i MOT it cant see any damage that would be an issue

Thats about it really bud have to say that after getting sent this picture the other day saving up for some CDS tube arms would also be on my shopping list rather than bits of bolt on tat that people keep buying
you bust a radius arm and will put a downer on your day for sure