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All depends on the insurance company. Some say OK others want more money. As for safety you can buy raising rails on Ebay for a Defender. So what's the difference fitting the same on a Jimny???
The design of the defender rails is principally to lengthen the seat travel by around 70mm but with the bonus of increasing seat height by between 30-50mm. Lightning wants 10mm so the Defender design is to high.
Forget the Defender rail, It's about raising the factory seat height. Is it legal & safe to do so.
I think it is but the insurance part is a pain.
Claim it as a mobility car. Then you can have a chair that swivel's out & lowers you down.
My point is that on a defender the rails are engineered and sold covered by consumer law and potentially type approval suggesting fitness for purpose. Versus something cobbled together. I don't have issues with home engineered fixes if it's just for off road use on private land but if it going to be used on the road I don't see why things shouldn't professionally engineered or at minimum properly inspected.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
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I'm a great fan of plastics for engineering use (easy to machine, cheap to buy) but I'm not sure of your choice of Oilon. You're choosing a material that's main selling point is inbuilt lubrication. Rather than slippery seat mounts wouldn't Delrin for example be a better choice? Only a thought and if you can source something else quicker, where's the harm? Chris
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