Off Road conversion, info required for a farmer

I use mine on a farm. It has slightly larger tyres(215/75r15) in a relatively aggressive mud tread pattern. That is the only modification I've made.
As Lambert says it will travel on wet ground that our Defender cuts up and get places it can't. It is a very useful and capable vehicle in its standard form.

I imagine your friend has seen the Jimny's modified by KAP and Terramax. In order to fit the wide flotation tyres you need to do quite a lot of cutting to the wheel arches for clearance, extend them to cover the tyres and raise the suspension by about 3 inches (£500). You also need to change to a Rocklobster transfer case to lower the gearing to compensate for the larger diameter tyres (£600).

Hi Lads,
Thank you Lambert and Busta, yes the KAP one is the one he saw, reading what you say, he has no need for what he had planned, if you two can use and work with more or less standard ones, then he's wasting his money on custom modifications. Probably better spending on a newer Jimny than going over the top.

Thank you to you both and to all the others for taking the time to help one old biff help another old biff

Bill

The lads above are right. I've been there and done that with all the lift etc. Not needed at all for a work vehicle. I've just bought one that will see a lot of off road use. The only modifications I've made are tyres.
This one will get me anywhere I need to go and excel where the bigger trucks struggle.

And don't forget a Jimny can legally tow 1300 kgs on a braked trailer.
I wouldn't go down motorways at that weight but it might be handy for towing on roads between fields etc.
Personally I would just go for a mud tyre and leave it at that.

As far as towing on road goes the biggest issue I have is that most of my heavy loads are also alive and able to move about in the trailer not much granted but I can't pack them so tight they can't move because that's inhumane. It does mean if they shift that you definitely feel it in the car but I also feel it with the big American bruiser Cherokee with the 12 footer on too so it's not really the Jimny that is at fault. Having said all that I have occasionally to shift inanimate objects at weight too and other than having to slow down for hills it's not really that noticeable having a full trailer on a Jimny any more than any other car, the speed limit is still 50mph regardless.