One of the softest parts of the Jimnys are the sills.
Mine were already slighty damaged and the bottom plastics were missing, So i decided to make some sliders up to neaten everything up nice and strong.
Bottom of flares trimmed to suit. My middle plastic trims were missing.
There is some flare bracket here to grind off
Basic Jimny body mount
Underneath the rubber there is a recess that is good enough to locate things.
Some pipe bigger than the body rubbers, Long enough to stick at least 70mm below the seam, Can always trim later. With some plates welded ontop with hole pefect size to locate around the raised body mount section.(Try not to use shit GAL pipe. Grind the coating off first if you have to. I did, but obviously wasnt enough, so welds are abit messy.)
Mounted. We now have a base to work the shape of the sliders off.
Mounting some side rails. I used 50x3mm RHS The length of the body, NOT the flares. If you ever want bigger tyres, There is plenty of steering/flexing room. Later on you can plate off the ends to keep mud and crap out of them.
Top rail, You can angle mount it anyway you like, For more of a step, lay it down more, or a purpose built slider raise it up. I used 50mm OD black pipe, 50mm x Tight 90' Steam pipe bends welded on the ends, and some mid support sections, Notched out to suit the RHS corner
Rear view, They dont stick out like dog balls with skinny tyres.
With only the 2 bodymount mounts, The sliders can flex/twist on the squishy rubbers. So a 3rd link/arm is needed to wrap around the chassis box section. Just used 50x3 RHS again, Made a U type clamp to go around the Jimny chassis where the body/floor has a natural curve off the chassis. Enough room for some bolts! This stops the twisting. Pic From of 31zook(thanks)
Finished
I think this is on the cards for my Jimny
Alot of people bend an angle out of flatbar, Then weld on a 2nd piece on the inside to suit.
