"Mild" off-road plans for Jimny commuting and playing - Opinions welcome :)

Well, forget my encouragement, looks like you are on a slippery slope anyway

I wonder how much further that Jimny can tip! Looks very tidy

Thanks for the light feedback. Flood and spot will make a difference to the beam pattern. Two of each would be ideal to give distance and fill-in closer to the car. Your bar looks nice and low profile - is that a bought or made one?

Nick

Many thanks Martin!

That helps a great deal! Comfort sounds the way to go for me. Speed is not the reason for this car

An early Christmas in the not too distant future for me

Nick

Only problem with roof lights are they are easy to damage offroad from low hanging branches.
I found this out the expensive way on my Shogun. Most of my driving is in dense woodland.
That's why I fitted my lightbar in the front bumper.

Hi, I'm Harry, Hannah's boyfriend, the light bar on both her jimny and my old silver one were homemade the silver one bolts into the roofbars, but Hannah's is a bit special as it has no drilling at all to mount the bar, there is one hole for the light wiring to enter the cab.
Ideally we would have fitted two floods on the outside positions on the bar and two spots in the centre but..... the ebay supplier didn't have spots in stock, but to be fair they are that bright its not too essential.
That silver jimny will lean loads further than that yet , its only on a 3 inch lift in total, with offset gv alloys and running almost 31's (245/75/16) so has a very low centre of gravity, combined with a lift made up of homemade parts inc greasable lower shock relocation/ articulation brackets, its nowhere near as unstable as some of these ones running huge lift kits with rock solid hd springs & body lifts (no disrespect to anyones trucks btw) .
You'll start with something that you say will be lightly modded but trust me..... it gets addictive, that silver one has had loads done underneath, know it doesnt look as monster truck like as some on here but its a beast, front and rear lockers getting fitted eventually too Anyway hope that answers your question

Thanks Harry,

Looks like a very neat installation. I will see what appropriate bars I can find to fit between the roof bars neatly like that.

You're right - I can feel the want-list growing! I like the look of your silver Jimny - not too overt but looks extremely capable.

Nick

Just an update - took the Jimny off-roading on Friday and the Grabber ATs proved an excellent upgrade. Definitely gave me the edge over a fellow standard Jimny running Duellers. I dropped the pressure as per Bosanek's suggestion, and the comfort and grip improved considerably

They got me up a slippy clay-mud slope that defeated the Duellers!!



And no issues with rubbing, on standard suspension with no mud-flaps.

Nick