Any Jimny owners on here?
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Seems I have got myself in a position of likely acquiring a Jimny on Mud terrains and 30mm spacers. 2001 JLX manual. Should be fun for some green laning etc and will likely throw a 2" lift and a snorkel at it.
I've never owned a proper 4x4 or done anything other than some very light green laning in my Yeti.
Quite excited!
I've never owned a proper 4x4 or done anything other than some very light green laning in my Yeti.
Quite excited!
Look up a company called rockwatt engineering it's a bloke called Richard watterson I think. based in S
horpe.
He does loads of stuff to them and makes trick bits etc.
Don't know what he's stuffs like but I met him worked with a pal of mine and did some sort of transfer box with new gears making it better off road.
Was shipping them all over the place so I'd assume popular. Did other stuff too and knows lots about them from what I can gather
horpe.He does loads of stuff to them and makes trick bits etc.
Don't know what he's stuffs like but I met him worked with a pal of mine and did some sort of transfer box with new gears making it better off road.
Was shipping them all over the place so I'd assume popular. Did other stuff too and knows lots about them from what I can gather
Ilovejapcrap said:
Look up a company called rockwatt engineering it's a bloke called Richard watterson I think. based in Shorpe.
He does loads of stuff to them and makes trick bits etc.
Don't know what he's stuffs like but I met him worked with a pal of mine and did some sort of transfer box with new gears making it better off road.
Was shipping them all over the place so I'd assume popular. Did other stuff too and knows lots about them from what I can gather
So you can't say Shorpe.He does loads of stuff to them and makes trick bits etc.
Don't know what he's stuffs like but I met him worked with a pal of mine and did some sort of transfer box with new gears making it better off road.
Was shipping them all over the place so I'd assume popular. Did other stuff too and knows lots about them from what I can gather
horpe, but yuo can say Arsenal...weirdPersonally I'd get out and use it in its current state. You'll be surprised just how capable they are with very few mods.
Bigjimny is a great help. The how to's helped me with quite a few jobs.
Best thing I did was the rear shock relocation brackets, they help the plane of travel of the shocks and helps with the flex a bit.
If you're doing any regular road work I'd say max 2" lift and offsets wearing MUDs, decent recovery points, some underbody protection, elevated breathers. They're so light compared to landies they'll easily get round where often better equipped trucks go. Big limiting factor is the narrow track and getting beached on the diffs if you're following something on taller tyres.
Biggest issue you'll have will be rust. "Boot" floor, seatbelt mount points, under the headlamps........
Regular issues will be king pin bearings and rear wheel bearings, so much so I bought a spare set of half shafts to speed up replacing the rears.
King pins are an easy job once you've done it a few times but it's particularly messy. Using a marine grease or motorcross grease will prolong the life of the king pin bearings.
Bigjimny is a great help. The how to's helped me with quite a few jobs.
Best thing I did was the rear shock relocation brackets, they help the plane of travel of the shocks and helps with the flex a bit.
If you're doing any regular road work I'd say max 2" lift and offsets wearing MUDs, decent recovery points, some underbody protection, elevated breathers. They're so light compared to landies they'll easily get round where often better equipped trucks go. Big limiting factor is the narrow track and getting beached on the diffs if you're following something on taller tyres.
Biggest issue you'll have will be rust. "Boot" floor, seatbelt mount points, under the headlamps........
Regular issues will be king pin bearings and rear wheel bearings, so much so I bought a spare set of half shafts to speed up replacing the rears.
King pins are an easy job once you've done it a few times but it's particularly messy. Using a marine grease or motorcross grease will prolong the life of the king pin bearings.
This is our Jimny, a 1999 model which we've owned since 2002. It has a 2" lift, TJM Airtec snorkel, mud tyres and a KAP Suzuki steel front bumper.
It's been a fantastic little car. Mainly used for trials etc. with Scottish Off Road Club, but my partner uses it quite often as her daily drive through Edinburgh.
David.
It's been a fantastic little car. Mainly used for trials etc. with Scottish Off Road Club, but my partner uses it quite often as her daily drive through Edinburgh.
David.
HorneyMX5 said:
Well I did it. Not sure when I'm picking it up.
As others have said just take it out and have fun. Recovery points are worth doing (not sure what options are out there at the moment for this though I sold mine a few years back) and check for tin worm.
If you have a pay and play site near you go and try it out, you'll be surprised at what it can do with those tyres on. As already said be careful of really deep ruts caused by the landies though as you can ground out on the diffs quite easily, if needs be don't follow the existing tyre grooves
Readers car thread here: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
The cheap spring spacers just replaced the plastic spring seats at the top of the errr.... springs!
Usually they are a lurid colour but you can get them in black. Standard seats are only a few mm thick, spacer ones will be a inch or so plus. Looking at more photos though maybe it doesn't have them, hard to say.
1 very worthy upgrade is to change the vacuum locking hubs for manually operated ones. The vacuum hubs can be a bit temperamental. Alternatively you could just lock them on permanently and disconnect the vacuum hoses!
Usually they are a lurid colour but you can get them in black. Standard seats are only a few mm thick, spacer ones will be a inch or so plus. Looking at more photos though maybe it doesn't have them, hard to say.
1 very worthy upgrade is to change the vacuum locking hubs for manually operated ones. The vacuum hubs can be a bit temperamental. Alternatively you could just lock them on permanently and disconnect the vacuum hoses!
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