Halfords Dog-Taxi

Works well

Nice! Do the same with my Samsung S3 works like as charm.

today I popped over to HastieKid for some generous FOC 1.5" spring spacers that he'd taken off his truck after having fitted his 3" lift.

here's the HastieKid Truck with 1.5"



when I met up with Ian, he'd changed his mind - and threw in his nearly new shocks (off a 61 plate) with bonded extensions :woohoo:



THANKS VERY MUCH IAN - TOP BLOKE

was keen to fit them straight away, but as insurance renewal is due in Aug, will wait and switch to a 4x4 modded specialist.

happy chappy

Ian is a great bloke ! last time we were out i mentioned my tired standard suspension and straight away offered me his !! obv ive went down the lift kit route as you know.will give a nice little lift that !

i dont think i could wait that long before fitting them but i know you shouldn't. ill be waiting for the pic

couldn't wait :whistle:

put my 1.5" spring spacer and shock extension kit on today.

went pretty straightforward although we did have to grind off the off-side front upper shock nuts. :pinch:

loving the extra 1.5", it does feel much bigger, but as the missus will tell you, we always appear to think it's bigger than it really is :blink:

it also feels like the on-road ride has improved, don't know why that's happened though :huh:

here's some pics

without a lift


original standard set-up


with the spacer and shock extension fitted


how she looks now







also made a little movie of some highlights there's a soundtrack on it if interested (melt yourself down - fix my life)


big thanks to my mate Gary of Jackson-Tyre-Services for his assistance and know-how (anyone interested he's your man in South Shields for tyres, servicing, welding, custom brake lines, lifts, basically anything engineering - PM me if you want to make contact)

Massive thanks to HastieKid for providing the kit, but what have you been doing - this was one of your rubbers







enjoy

Looking good ! Nice little lift.

Nice one. Thinking of maybe giving mine a lift, bottomed it in a gateway this afternoon... It was very deep rutted :whistle: :whistle:

Thanks Guys, and as an added bonus, the death wobble has gone away

edited .. 24/05/2013
some wrote in a post a while ago (can't recall who)

Just had the OME 40mm lift kit fitted to my 2007 jimny. First impressions are that
ride has improved, but if I'm honest it feels overall a little 'rolly polly'. It's not as jittery over bumps, but it's lost it's 'go-kart' feel that it had with the lower suspension.

totally agree ....... steering feels a little "barge-like" you get used to it, but think I'll fit a steering damper and see if it helps.

LOOKING GOOD!!!!!

I did notice that on one of the rubbers when I took them off, strange because I treat my jimny with Kid Gloves.........NOT!!!!! :laugh:

Ian

Hastiekid wrote: LOOKING GOOD!!!!!

I did notice that on one of the rubbers when I took them off, strange because I treat my jimny with Kid Gloves.........NOT!!!!! :laugh:

Ian

Looking at that rubber you'd think you've been off roading Ian :laugh: :laugh:

Would have been easyer if you had taken the calipers off to lower the axle more and i hope you was wereing goggles when grinding but good job looks alot better