[BlueSuzy]

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

[Damo]

If you stand on them they don't move a bit with the rubber body mount?

Me rikey

[zooky08]

Looks great I think this is on the cards for my Jimny
All my left side guards are sitting in the back of my car

[Damo]

zooky08 wrote:

Looks great I think this is on the cards for my Jimny
All my left side guards are sitting in the back of my car

Along with the passenger side front wheel?

[BlueSuzy]

I edited the post, I was still modifying it.

[atari4x4]

tidy well engineered fabwork A+

[Damo]

BlueSuzy wrote:

I edited the post, I was still modifying it.

Sorry dude! I didn't realise. They came up nice. Those mounts also offer some protection to the body mount. I mashed one of those on my Sierra.

[BlueSuzy]

Damo wrote:

BlueSuzy wrote:

I edited the post, I was still modifying it.

Sorry dude! I didn't realise. They came up nice. Those mounts also offer some protection to the body mount. I mashed one of those on my Sierra.

Sierra's have shithose bodymounts. I don't like them. Jimnys are flat and much stronger. Using this style gets strength from the body frame, and chassis, All while still keeping each other seperate.

Alot of sliders are mounted from the chassis box only, This puts alot of strain on the sliders, twisting up etc. These bodys mounts stop this as they are further out near the sill.

[zooky08]

Damo wrote:

zooky08 wrote:

Looks great I think this is on the cards for my Jimny
All my left side guards are sitting in the back of my car

Along with the passenger side front wheel?

good one

[Scales]

THANKS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

exactly the pics n info i wanted.
so gonna build this if i get time next trip home

[Rusho]

[Scales]

do you remember what size ID tube that was? then i can get the girly to order some before i get home.

Also, in regards to your 3rd support clamp on the chassis, is that bent 3mm? or did you just weld 3 pieces in a U shape? (im not rly an engineer)

[Fatzook]

Scales wrote:

Also, in regards to your 3rd support clamp on the chassis, is that bent 3mm? or did you just weld 3 pieces in a U shape? (im not rly an engineer)

Looks like cut'n'shut 5mm to me

[BlueSuzy]

I think it was around 75mm or larger ID. Hole was about 35mm? from memory.

The clamp, i bent it up with 5mm flatbar. Heat and a hammer, And still stuffed it up alittle too big. Thats why you can see a plate on the inside, To fill the gap. Alot of people bend an angle out of flatbar, Then weld on a 2nd piece on the inside to suit.

[Scales]

ah righto, sounds like a plan. keen as shit to do this now!

gotta get going on the drawers & possible cargo barrier 1st though, going to be a busy 2 weeks off.

ill ask 31 zook to confirm ID with a vernier if he can.

[BlueSuzy]

Scales wrote:

ah righto, sounds like a plan. keen as shit to do this now!

gotta get going on the drawers & possible cargo barrier 1st though, going to be a busy 2 weeks off.

ill ask 31 zook to confirm ID with a vernier if he can.

Dont need vernier. Just measure the OD of the rubbers.

[31zook]

68ID

I dropped the jim onto these a few times and there strong as you would ever need. Good work tim

[BlueSuzy]

[SierraDan]

31zook wrote:

68ID

I dropped the jim onto these a few times and there strong as you would ever need. Good work tim

Was that on that football sized rock where you had two wheels on the ground?

x2. Looked and felt very tough.

[31zook]

Haha, that's about all it would take to lift a wheel

[SierraDan]

It was pretty funny to watch

[Scales]

just thought of something, im not a fan of cutting up my beasty. is it necessary to cut that bit off at the back? and can you get away with leaving the placcy bits on there so i dont have to store them elsewhere? yes im lazy.

[BlueSuzy]

The flares are trimmed, non reversable. I cut the bottom of the flares off because they were a mess anyway. If your body is neat, Make the bodymount tubes longer so you can mount the sliders lower under the plastics. No need to cut anything off your Jim.

These pics are maximum high without cutting the sill out. The sill welded seam is hammered up also.

[Scales]

just thought of something blue,
what did you do about the lines running down the inside of the chassis? cant exactly clamp that 6mm steel onto those..

[BigMav]

should be able to bend them out a bit man. Where there's a will there's a way.

[BlueSuzy]

My Jim, The lines were at least 15mm off the chassis at the point where i put the clamp.. So the 6mm U'clamp, plus the 5-6mm spacer plate, there was still room.

[zukenutter]

nice sliders

[monley]

I think you have just given me the inspiration to finish mine of

[atari4x4]

monkey wrote:

:goodjob:

I think you have just given me the inspiration to finish mine of

wanna race?

bet my trailer is finished before your sliders.

[monley]

atari4x4 wrote:

monkey wrote:

:goodjob:

I think you have just given me the inspiration to finish mine of

wanna race?

bet my trailer is finished before your sliders.

It's on king Kong

Good thing i got the WHOLE week off work next week! That should give me more than enoguh time to get them done