Author: x8ggy

Collected the wheels and tyres from the local tyre bay today – I pointed out to my mate Jamie there that they are directional tyres, so I’ll have to remember that when building too! LOL Back and in the garage in front of the Boogie for now… A friend on Facebook said they looked like… Continue reading Wheels and Tyres 2

It looked like being a wet day today, so I got a few little jobs out of the way, and then went to put my scruffs on… This is it semi-tidied, as the “before” photo would have been to embarrassing to show! LOL Hmm. need some more storage…? Out to the old Bits4Vits first premises,… Continue reading Prepping and Measuring

In July I cleaned up the four alloy three spoke wheels I collected from James in April – They came up quite well with Gunk and a lightly abrasive sanding sponge! One of our shop staff had a two week holiday in July so I worked her hours and paid myself for it… That gave… Continue reading Wheels and Tyres…

Another mad idea… fiddle brakes for the rear (front) axle… After some Googling, rather than buying proprietary fiddle brake kits (~£200) I opted to buy two Hillman Imp master cylinders, £62 for the pair, these will act as pass-through so that the man brake pedal can still be used to operate all four disk brakes,… Continue reading Fiddle Brakes?!…

Some more funds amassed and some more bits arrived… Going clockwise starting at the top left then – Radius, King Pin and Axle Ball Seal bolt sets from that nice fella at ZookBOB (me! LOL) A pair of disks (not shown in photo) and Brake Pads from JimnyBits Track Rod Ends for the (to be… Continue reading Axle Rebuild Bits…

With MANY THANKS to Russ at JimnyBits, he kindly agreed to swap a long side shaft for a short side shaft on some Trail Gear Heavy Duty front shafts I’d previously acquired off him, so that I had two short side shafts to run in the rear (front) axle – So top to bottom –… Continue reading JimnyBits TG Shafts…

In early May with the Boogie on the road, the gearbox failed 😦 So Off to James’ to pick up a replacement… whilst there, there was room in the back of my NGV… So I also came back with a bonnet to eventually narrow and shorten to suit the lil’Bugga buggy, as was done on… Continue reading Back to James’…

In April, having amassed some more funds, I bought – 4x new standard Jimny front springs, 4x JimnyBits “Black Raptor” brand +5″ rear Grand Vitara gas shock absorbers, and four spring clamps. I don’t want too much lift with the buggy being short and narrow, but it needs to have plenty of articulation, so the… Continue reading Suspension…

Hmmm, how do you get reverse gear if you propose to have a motorbike enringed offroad buggy? I spotted this on eBay, advertised as an “Electric Reverse Kit For Motorbike Engined Kit Car” it’s basically a starter motor with a matching CNC profile cut gear to go in the drivetrain… So if I crop the… Continue reading Reverse Gear?

In early March 2021 I contacted James Priestley a good friend and renowned Jimny breaker here in the UK, and asked him if he could amass some parts for me, and I would collect them when the COVID Lockdowns were eased… So on the 14th of April 2021 I travelled up to collect this little… Continue reading Initial Parts…