Upgrade to facelift??

Hi there
About to purchase a jimny(2001) and I can't wait to spend all my cash on this little beast.
I was just wondering if it is possible to upgrade the old model to a newer facelift model, bumpers, steering wheel, seats ect, I understand all I not possible like with dash but is there any one out there who has done an upgrade

Many thanks guys

New to the forum so my apologies if this was a bit of a stupid question

Excuse me for askin, but why would you want to upgrade a 2001 model to a present model? Surely the hard earns cash would be better spent on lifts, decent tyres, winch, etc.

wanderinstar wrote: Excuse me for askin, but why would you want to upgrade a 2001 model to a present model? Surely the hard earns cash would be better spent on lifts, decent tyres, winch, etc.

Not if it's meant as a pavement princess

Lol a pavement princess is the best thing I've heard, unfortunately I would love to beef the jimny up however it will only be used for light off roading. The Missis has to use it to and she is not a fan of the monster look, i know this seems pointless and probably the money I spend on the upgrade I could spend on the newer model, however there is some method in my madness, insurance played a massive part as they always do with my age generation, a 2001 model compared to a 06 model was a massive differnce so an old jimny it is however I do prefer the looks of the newer model, once again if anyone knows i would greatly thankful

Considering how much you'll spend on parts, how much you'll spend on labour, add the fact you'll have a somewhat tough time selling the old parts ... it's probably simpler (and cheaper) to buy the facelifted Jimny directly, if looks bother you.

I would insist on my missus riding my monster....oh wait....thats a different forum :oops:

Parts I don't mind spending the money as for labour I would be doing it myself as for a hobby and something to do, as for the old parts none would be sold but stored in the workshop, I'm always buying bits from scrap yards to practice either spraying or flocking anything to learn and have fun, I also think it would be a nice simpleish project.
I understand this is probably the most pointless thing to do however it's not about the money or time its just doing something I love to do in the afternoon. I remember my friend upgraded his freelander to a facelift model and thought it looked like I good thing to do, beats watching the soaps and other naff on the telly

There may be some minor differences with mounting points etc but nothing you carnt get around , also in your original post you mentioned the dash ....well it has been done by a member of this very forum , problem is i carnt remember who lol
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Its your jimny do whatever you want to it no ideas are stupid if its gaining you something you want

The new new facelift does look more macho lol

But the parts will be very difficult to source

I did imagine the mounting points would be differnt, just making sure it would fit under the bonnet correctly with no gaps, I guess the dash would fit I was just thinking about the 4wd buttons but I would love to of seen pics of the other guys dash, I will have to troll threw older post, do you know if the steering wheel would change easily enough or is it much more complicated??

Loving your jimny tried convincing the other half but she wernt having any if it my little boy on the other hand loved and said I should by it lol

I think the arch liners are different and also the end of the chassis/crumple zone so you would have to space it out a bit. As for steering wheel you'd need to check the wiring for the airbag as I tried upgrading my early grey wheel to a black leather one but the airbag connection was different. I didn't fancy cutting the plugs off and swapping them!

Seats etc are fine to do.

If you do go for it I'll buy your front bumper

Wan18 wrote: I did imagine the mounting points would be differnt, just making sure it would fit under the bonnet correctly with no gaps, I guess the dash would fit I was just thinking about the 4wd buttons but I would love to of seen pics of the other guys dash, I will have to troll threw older post, do you know if the steering wheel would change easily enough or is it much more complicated??

Loving your jimny tried convincing the other half but she wernt having any if it my little boy on the other hand loved and said I should by it lol

Bring her for a test drive and you will convince her
My wife loves it she says its much better than our standard one we used to have