green turtle

front/rear bumpers done (need to sandblast & paint)

take off useless ends


use some tube


lvl2 tube


going great





final ( almost ) product - there will be sieve in that big hole


and it is on


now the rear - cut cut cut


nice and empty


whoa - that was fast


there seems to be a hole - for winching purposes

That looks very tidy imo nice job ..

while waiting for bumper paintjob - led bar

Good job I teal like your rear wheel arches, obviously there had been lot of time spent on it. Keep up the hard work. I look forward to seeing it muddy.

after months of unsuccessful attempts to legalize build i'm going to get sports passport for my turtle.
almost finished - yesterday was first real test








same place again - from front

4xfourart lift had really short shocks for those springs - replaced front shocks with longer ( also softer - not by choice ) - KAYABA 343282 - bushing needs to be replaced to use it on jimny - took from 4xfourart shocks

could not find quick replacement for rear shocks - so they got homemade spacers - 7cm

Very nice

so after three races:
1st race - all belts broken after muddy soup - 3rd place
2nd race - crankshaft pulley give up after 2km. ended up upgrading to 1.6 from sx4
3rd race - after 1st evening only 1st and 2nd gears are usable - 3,4,5 heats up gearbox and makes clutch slip. 2nd day - lost right rear shock and left rear window also bent a front axle a bit, 3rd day 1st stage - lost left rear and front shock, left front brake line. finished 2nd stage without any shock and without winch. 4th place.

time to do a more proper build. longer shocks, axle movement limit straps.

seems that knuckle is bent. will see in weekend.

one winch - Runva EWX9500-Q - in the back with rope to front and possibility to winch backwards when rear doors are open.

vdl wrote: could not find quick replacement for rear shocks - so they got homemade spacers - 7cm

for rear axle i used on different Jimnys:

-from Nissan Terrano2 KYB 553230, 365/600mm
-from Mitsubishi L200 KYB 553222, 380/625mm
-from Nissan Terrano KYB 443183, 350/580mm
-form Lada Niva KYB 343098, 310/505mm

Kayaba 553 serie is monotube design and is great.

vdl wrote: seems that knuckle is bent. will see in weekend.

one winch - Runva EWX9500-Q - in the back with rope to front and possibility to winch backwards when rear doors are open.

Nice winch.
Have you ever considered putting a bowmotor 2 on it?