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Roof tent on Jimny
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I am looking at buying a Jimny soon. It will be used as a fishing vehicle around the UK. I am looking at buying a roof tent potentially. Just for ease instead of having a tent in the back, does anyone have any experience with them? Are they any good? How much do they affect the ride?
I won't be doing any really serious off roading but it will involve driving tracks/fields that a normal car wouldn't manage.
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2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
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I have seen the hard shells, they seem a good idea. Like you say they are pricey but I dont mind spending a bit more on what will hopefully be weekend accomodation for a few years to come.
The insurance is cheap enough anyways so it will certainly be worthwhile informing them of any changes.
Is there anyone out there with experience of the roof tents of any form?
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Problems with them other than too much load in a bad place is that it isn't very practical to climb up there to sleep.
I have been looking at something like this:
Link is just the first one i found on ebay as an example.
Norway 2005 Jimny M16A VVT, 235 BFG MT, 2" Trailmaster, ARB rear lck, 17%/87% high/low gears.
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I carry a 41kg kayak on 10kg of bars/mounts and have no issues although I don't kayak in strong winds so haven't carried the kayak in windy conditions.
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Bill Portland wrote: There's no such restriction on the roof load of the gen4, only on the Suzuki own brand roof bars. Not mentioned at all in the manual. And even roofbox.com who are normally very careful to see pecify roof load limits (they do for all accessories for the earlier gens) don't mention limits other than the roof bar manufacturer's limits (around 70kg).
I carry a 41kg kayak on 10kg of bars/mounts and have no issues although I don't kayak in strong winds so haven't carried the kayak in windy conditions.
There was a big argument on the Aus Facebook group about this. The blurb for the Suzuki roofbars says 30kg, however there are emails from Suzuki Australia that confirm it's 35kg.
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