Gen 4 - Under body Protection

What's folks thought on under body protection? Quite a lot now available for the Gen4 and quite keen to install most if not all but concerned about weight. The strength of the Jimny is the fact that it is lightweight and agile. Would/does installing the various guards and rock slider materially change the agility of the car and what about ground clearance?

You ask a good question, I too am about to get some underbody kit. I wanyed to know how much the jimnybits diff gaurds add to the ground clearance. Are they a tight fit etc.

2 diff gaurds, fuel filter, transfer case is the main bits i want. Jimnybits rocksliders are very weighty though, and i always remember martin saying how adding bits and kit just made his jimny a heavy lumbering slug lol.

I too would like some advice here too.

Guards have a place which is primarily directed by the local terrain. Up here it is very rocky and the opportunity to smack something delicate on something hard is quite high. In places with mud guards tend to be a liability for acting like ploughs and getting compacted with goo. At last year's meeting I was still pulling lumps of dried mud out a month later! As to the lack of clearance yes it does reduce it it has to but if it's well designed it should act as a skid and just glide over the obstructions, if it's badly designed it will act as a grappling hook and be hateful.

I have dragged all my guards over various parts of the country and I honestly believe I would have cracked my transfer case by now and that would be a lot more expensive than a guard and considerably more inconvenient than getting a bit stuck.

That said many people don't bother and never do any lasting damage.

My gen3 running radius guards bashed these hard = must have
front shock guards adds strength
petrol tank guard some good gouges in it = must have
front diff guard took some abuse but does loose you about half inch of clearance
i will be removing mine this summer.I think the diff will take the abuse without it
i don't have transfer guard as i run sj transfer in a cradle made from 5mm steel

I don't do much off road but where I go is not nice. transfer guard & fuel filter are priority. damage to these areas = long walk home.
Question... is there any reason not to cut off that stupid front tie down point (recovery point) If you fit the bumper recovery bracket on Jimnybits??

Grima wrote: I don't do much off road but where I go is not nice. transfer guard & fuel filter are priority. damage to these areas = long walk home.
Question... is there any reason not to cut off that stupid front tie down point (recovery point) If you fit the bumper recovery bracket on Jimnybits??

No reason at all to keep the tie down point
But radius arm guards are a must have imo
when i made my rear recovery points i cut original tie downs off