[sjzook]

just did a guard chop on my jim, gave me some good results. pics

[monley]

Wish i was brave enough to chop my guards like that

[gjb977]

That looks great.

[SierraDan]

monkey wrote:

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Wish i was brave enough to chop my guards like that

Just have a go! You're a boilermaker! haha

[sjzook]

thanks guys, yeah i have a brand new d40 and bought the jim as a weekend toy. happy to mod her in any way haha, inside guard chop had no hesitation, but outside i was taking my time on the plastics. came out great, heaps more room for the wheels.

[monley]

SierraDan wrote:

monkey wrote:

8)

Wish i was brave enough to chop my guards like that

Just have a go! You're a boilermaker! haha

I work with steel not plastic

[SierraDan]

The inner parts are steel.
Plastic is easy!

[89_tintop]

what about just cutting the inner metal... give you a little more clearance...

[atari4x4]

monkey wrote:

8)

Wish i was brave enough to chop my guards like that

don't be weak, owning a jimny in the colour "twilight" one would have thought the emo jimny would be cutting it self for attention.

[sjzook]

Yeah you could just trim the metal underneath without touching the plastic guards. I just wanted to bigger open guards look.

[monley]

It's going to look really tuff once you get a lift

Oh and Gus

[sjzook]

Yeah hopefully haha It goes mad just needs the clearance from the lift! I like the guards now been trimmed, at least all the mud has no where to hide haha

[monley]

Here's a link to the big jimny guard chop for those of you who want some more info in the chop.

[sjzook]

That's the best guide haha except on the front panels I used tin snips. Heaps easier than jigsaw.

[Birdman1985]

What did you end up doing with the inner guards (plastic mud protective pieces of crap).

Did you have to do away with the or did you cut and paste and redrill mounting holes?

[sjzook]

Birdman1985 wrote:

What did you end up doing with the inner guards (plastic mud protective pieces of crap).

Did you have to do away with the or did you cut and paste and redrill mounting holes?

i thought about keeping them but no point, i just got rid of mine, i took them out and threw them, any holes that were left i just filled with sikaflex, now have no open holes for water to get into.
theres nothing under the guard to protect now. except air intake on drivers side, soon to be snorkel so will be good. hope it helped u.

[BertZook]

atari4x4 wrote:

monkey wrote:

8)

Wish i was brave enough to chop my guards like that

don't be weak, owning a jimny in the colour "twilight" one would have thought the emo jimny would be cutting it self for attention.

[Mubby]

good job mate! looks well done, should be great with a bit of lift under it and the guard chop, will be interesting to see if it scrubs at all with a 2 inch lift under it..

[sjzook]

Mubby wrote:

good job mate! looks well done, should be great with a bit of lift under it and the guard chop, will be interesting to see if it scrubs at all with a 2 inch lift under it..

thanks, yeah cant wait snorkel this week, next week hopefully lift.

[smiffkid]

only problem not running inner guards is if your a hard core wanna be line monkey in his dp the water pressure will come up and push your guards out, will be like wings after a couple puddles

[monley]

smiffkid wrote:

only problem not running inner guards is if your a hard core wanna be line monkey in his dp the water pressure will come up and push your guards out, will be like wings after a couple puddles

Kyle you should do your guards like this, cus it looks soooooooo much better than you shitty guard chop

Also i do run inner guards,the only reason why mine fell of, was , cus i only had 3 clips holding it on.

[smiffkid]

not worried about the flare your actual guard will pull out, happens all the time
my guard chop is mean, looking into some different options at the moment of cutting them

[monley]

I;m thinking bush whacker flares

[smiffkid]

u will destroy them considering how u smashed your guards having bigger 1s will just cause them to get caught more, i thought about it also,
plus your tires bearly even hang out so dont even worrie about it

[sjzook]

Yeah I understand, guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it

[KayEss]

Just wondering what size tyres they are on the Jim?

[zukenutter]

235s I think

[PORL]

What sort of rims are you running SJzook? Size / offset / type? Sunraisers? Any scrub before guard chop? What size tyres?
Cheers

[sjzook]

235/75/15 on 15inch -13 offset king wheel sunnies, no scrubbing at all! Was more for that lift look.

[Josegut]

Nice looking jimny, probably going to do the same after i buy my 235s. Do you have any lift on it?