Bumpy Ride!

I woke up this morning thinking exactly the same. They have those seats in trucks. Just need a second hand one, a few adjustments and problem solved.

Many thanks guys, went out an bought myself a nice new tyre pressure gauge over the weekend, and checked the pressures on the Jimny with that, I was running 25/28psi, so no wonder it was hard. Nevertheless tried 20/23 but it was too low, so raised them back to the manufacturer standard of 23/26 and it was much improved, so thanks to all for your help.

I have now however another question, which may need another thread but...I have just got some BF Goodridge Mud Terrain 215/75 r15 for the Jimny, and want to know what pressures to run them at? The same, or higher to compensate for the softer rubber?

Cheers

Phil

I run my maxxis m/t 23/26 on the road.

Cheers for that, have done so and seem okay.

Hello there,

Just got myself a 2009 Jimny and was complaining about the same bumpy ride on bad streets. It really shakes me to headache and I finally have to slow down to withstand it , specially that my other car is a Pajero and there is a huge difference in ride quality.
I was thinking about getting myself an OME suspension kit, but before investing in it, I was wondering if it would improve on-road ride quality or would it even make things worse.
My main usage would be on-road driving with a little off-road, since I'm very confident with the Pajero off-road (haven't tried the Jimny off-road yet).
Lifting is not my main concern, so would just replacing the stock shocks with OMEs be sufficient to improve on-road ride quality?

h_hezzah wrote: Hello there,

Just got myself a 2009 Jimny and was complaining about the same bumpy ride on bad streets. It really shakes me to headache and I finally have to slow down to withstand it , specially that my other car is a Pajero and there is a huge difference in ride quality.

I have a Pajero too. I do the same as you describe - mainly on road with the odd weekly field to cross. To some extent the Pajero is a hard act to follow, it instills complete confidence and I for one have been spoiled by it. By comparison you will surely find the Jimny jerky, bumpy and so on. I believe it can be tamed a little but unfortunately it is what it is. :whistle: