Pointers please towards a gentle intro to green laning and off roading.

Again, thanks. 11/60 your points actually have my view down to a tee. I will spend 99% of my time on road, and some on land where I shoot. My mods will reflect that, and I appreciate it is already a very capable unit which is why I bought it above others. The tyres will be changed as they don't have a lot of life left in them, and while the choice is wide and opinion varied, I rather fancy the Kumho KL71's as a good all rounder, (that will also look good). Roof mounted lights and a couple at the back would be useful too. I thought my list was fairly basic and doable without going silly.
At this time, I do not see myself doing anything that would push the limits of a standard Jimny, except maybe to add an extra couple of inches of ground clearance if I find I would benefit from it. My idea of green laning is more unmetalled roads rough tracks, than river beds and swamps!
Something I am curious about... I see quite a few Jimnys with Snorkels fitted, which do look really cool, but what are the water thresholds for the car? How deep can it be before it gets into the cabin or compromises the standard air intake - I'm thinking more of localised flooding which we get a lot of (allowing for sensible speed etc etc)
Thanks again.
Martin

The biggest problem with water is not it getting into the engine so much as front swivels and rear drums and elsewhere and drastically reduced lifespans of things like bearings and brake shoes, essentially increasing your running costs and down time.flòod water has a lot of particulate matter that acts as an abrasive.

A mate of mine had a full blown comp truck but it got too easy. He sold it and bought an old SJ and now has more fun.

That is precisely the same issue I was having with my subarus, yes I could outrun just about everything but it wasn't me doing it so much as it was the car, whereas in the Jimny if I'm hanging on to evos and exige and bmw coupes in the twisties that isn't so much the ability of the car as it is the skill of the driver. It does of course help that every other driver thinks that Jimny is a slow old heap when its not.

What the hell have you done to your jimny? Not being rude but if you keep up with Evo's they are crap drivers.
Good luck to you if you fancy trying to keep up with me in my Civic.

fowleronline wrote: except maybe to add an extra couple of inches of ground clearance if I find I would benefit from it.

Something I am curious about... I see quite a few Jimnys with Snorkels fitted, which do look really cool, but what are the water thresholds for the car? How deep can it be before it gets into the cabin or compromises the standard air intake

Adding inches is to get larger tyres on so increases ground clearance under the diffs.. Just raising it wont give any more ground clearance..
As for water, its about how you go through it, or how the vehicle coming the other way does..
Driving through water creates a bow wave, turning a foot deep into something driven fast enough to easily get into the air intake... The snorkel eliminates that possibility..
Ive gone through water that was nearly level with the bonnet, got out the other side and not a drop got into the cabin, but something i dont really want to do again as the grit gets into everything and destroys it..