New jimny owner looking for abit of advice on mods

If you want to mod I can recommend spring spacers to give you a small lift and then get some more aggressive tyres. Either go for ATs (be careful though as some are not much more aggressive than road tyres) or maybe some of the less serious mud tyres like Kumho KL71.

Thats all I have done to mine and its amazing what it will drive over\through...

Any sort of suspension lift will however effect the cars on road handling...

Cheers lads so the advice is to get better tyres maybe bigger wheels, instead of the lift?

What sort of lift will spring spacers give and is it better to fit new shocks?

What about other parts I keep reading about when you do an uplift.

Sorry for the late reply but in out in the North Sea and the Internet is pants.

Here are so photos of my jimny with different lifts and tyres hope this help you.

1.5 spring spacers with 205/70/15. www.bits4vits.co.uk/store/jimny/1-5-jimn...n-lift/prod_395.html


1.5 spring spacers with 205/75/15 MT.


2"jimnybits lift with 205/75/15 mt
DIRTYDOGZ.

More offroad orientated tyres would be the Number 1 mod of my choice!
It makes a huge difference in what your Jimny will be able to handle when it gets slippery. But like you say it will do an amazing amount on the standard road tyres anyway. More aggressive tyres do look good too I think!

A small suspension lift will let you fit slightly larger tyres which in turn will give you better ground clearance. (plus I think they look better when they are a little taller)
The bigger the tyres you want the bigger the lift you will need (unless you are prepared to cut bits off your wheel arches).
However unless you plan to tackle stuff that is deeply rutted or very uneven the standard clearance will be fine 95% of the time, its a lot better than a berlingo!

A spring spacer lift (like this www.bits4vits.co.uk/store/jimny/1-5-jimn...n-lift/prod_395.html ) won't need any other mods, but it will make the car handle slightly worse on the road. Steering will be a bit lighter and a bit more vague and the ride will be harder. No need to change the shocks but if you want to it certainly wouldn't hurt. Just using the kit above is a nice cheap, and easy mod.
I added a steering damper to mine once lifted and it made a big difference to the steering feel so I would recommend thinking about that if you decide to lift but its not essential.

If you've got the money a full spring lift and shocks is the better engineered solution but I'm more than happy with the spacers on mine (well for the time being anyway :lol: )

Tyres, and maybe a set of 32mm spacers to give it more agressive stance and to increase cornering / road holding.

My fathers has Grabber At2's (old pattern) and spacers and that is all. this will get you out of 95% of the trouble you are likely to get into.
Snorkel looks good, but you have to cut the wing, and it does generate induction noise that can be off putting and attract unwanted attention.

Maybe think of fitting Axel breathers ( £20 off ebay) .. this is often overlooked and a must if you plan on fording any water over 12" depth as the standard caps often donot work great.

thanks lads youve been a great help.

so far the mods i will purchase ready for my return to shore.

snorkel
spring spacers
32mm wheel spacers
better tyres

i would like advice on which tyres to get, ill be doing alot of road driving as well as some off road.

would i be able to get them fitted to the alloy rims i have on now, or should i buy one of the full sets with black modyular steel wheels?

would i need extended brake hoses with the 1.5" lift? if it would be better but not essential i think i will still get them. im still swaying towards the 2" spring lift kit and doing it properly. all depends what my wage packet looks like next week!

oh yer and i may even be fitting a winch, but i need to find a small and light one as i dont want to add a huge lump on the front.