Jamie Crossley is about to lift his 2007 Jimny. He has sent in a few pictures to show the "before" state of the Jimny. Of particular interest in these pictures is the different chassis ends on the later Jimnys visible in the pictures. It has Maxxis Trepador 250/75/15 tyres on it and re-inforced transfer box mounts.

Watch this space for the lift to occur!

I found these wireless winch remote kit on Ebay from a company called "Winch-It", they seem to have a collection of reasonably priced accessories.

The dual control wireless remote will enable both myself and James (the co-driver!) to operate the winch in a number of situations. Often the person outside the car has a better  view of the winch situation so, although I already have dashboard switches fitted, this will give extra capability (and its a bit of a show off as well!)

There is a fair bit of information around about the Jimny "Death Wobble". Followers of this website will know that I am a firm believer in sorting out the Kingpin Bearings and Wheel Bearings as a main source of problems with wobble. However, this is not the complete cure in some cases. I know from other websites that people have rebuilt the front end of their cars and yet still suffer from wobble. This has reached the point where Suzuki have brought out a kit to help reduce the problem. Suzuki apparantly say that the Jimny was designed for small wheels and that larger wheels change the loading on the bearings and result in "harmonic wobble". This is partially born out by the number of instances of wobble in Jimny "O2" variants - with large factory fitted alloy wheels. Suzuki has now brought out a kit for vehicles affected by this and (as only Suzuki can) charge a fortune for it.....

We are off to the TV4x4 Children in Need event at Broxhead Common next weekend (is anyone else coming?).

Phil has sent in some more of his tips, this time regarding the drum brakes...