Halfords Dog-Taxi

1lb of tomatoes please guv

met a man in his reasonably priced Jimny



who did a reasonably priced rear brake overhaul



and I did a bit more debadging



many thanks Gaz, great job, I can feel the difference

Great stuff hal no worries at all

was impressed with the alotment mind some work gone into that

looking good

happy bunny

2 inch body lift and extended brake lines fitted .......... thanks to Gaz and Chris.

Jimnybits 2 inch kit



and Bigjimny extended brake lines



spent a few weeks before the planned fitting date spraying and spraying with penetrant - body lift mounts, brake line couplings, steering rod linkage, air box, headlight, bumper fittings ... and anything else that got in my way.





but tried to crack the body mounts off and solid, severe risk of snapping off

no alternative but to go for plan B ...... book into garage on ramps and have heat and voodoo magic applied

on they go ...........





before with 1.5 inch spring spacers and shock extenders



and after the body lift







well pleased love it ...........

But there's a lot more involved than peeps would have you believe, need to lengthen vac hoses on post 2005 trucks, need to loosen wiring looms, front and rear bumper mounts need changing, steering rod is a real pain to get off and fit spacers, gear knob is two inches lower down and inner gator needs modifying to enable slick gear changes .... etc etc

now just need to save for 3 more -30 offset steels and fit big BF's, then a 2 inch suspension lift

EDIT: forgot to mention ..... the ride is much improved, softer, less crashy .....

couple of pics that Gaz took





edit ... additional pic ........ probably why it rides so much softer now ..... padding

Halford wrote:
But there's a lot more involved than peeps would have you believe, need to lengthen vac hoses on post 2005 trucks, need to loosen wiring looms, front and rear bumper mounts need changing, steering rod is a real pain to get off and fit spacers, gear knob is two inches lower down and inner gator needs modifying to enable slick gear changes .... etc etc

Yes, it's funny how things like that are overlooked.

Looks nice pal but really, the front wheels??

Looking really good there is a lot of behind the scenes work then thought you had a set of modulars already Halford???

thanks guys

Daniel30 wrote: thought you had a set of modulars already Halford???

only got the two offset steels as had to get two new style Grabber ATs,
so another x3 to buy
don't think I can wait till I replace all 5 tyres to BFs
most likely get the rims and pop the existing old style grabbers onto them.

Mmmmm for why you lift, planning some serious off-roading ....

Tadpole wrote: Mmmmm for why you lift, planning some serious off-roading ....

Wants a he man car.

helijohn wrote:

Tadpole wrote: Mmmmm for why you lift, planning some serious off-roading ....

Wants a he man car.

Busted

Need to come out with us hal get some of the brown stuff on it !