2nd Generation Jimny model year 1996

Hi Everybody,
Im new to this forum and hoping you guys can help me,
ive been asked by my Brother who lives in Madeira if i can get him a replacement exterior plastic drivers side as in uk osf Door Handle, which would be his passenger side as he"s left hand drive ( hope this makes sense )
but seems like im having trouble when it comes to the year of his model as its a 1996,
most only seem to state from 1998 here in the uk,
all i know is that his is a 2nd generation model,
can anybody tell me if his so called 1996 Jimny was known here in the uk for that year as a different name,
or could anybody help in telling me what uk model and year would fit correctly 100%l
Many thanks in advance

Derek.

Hi Derek.
The Jimny only came out in the UK in 1998. My wife bought one of the first in the country (still going strong!)
Pre 98 it will most likely be an SJ (which my sister owned) I think, although some of the old timers on here might know better.

Not being rude to the guys with lots of years following the Jim of course!

my thought were that the sj is a jimny and mainly called that in other countrys and doesnt the sj just stand for suzuki jimny

Idiotmobile , you could be right.
Never considered what the "SJ" might stand for.
As far as I am aware the name Jimny was never used in the UK before 98.

i read it on here some were

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_Jimny

I read somewhere many years ago rightly or wrongly that the SJ stood for Suzuki Jeep but they could not call it a Jeep as that is a trade name. In the same way the LJ came from Landrover Jeep.

Hi Guys many thanks for all replies,
so by what all are saying am i right in thinking i need to track done a Suzuki SJ model here in the uk in order to get the Right Drivers External Plastic Door Handle that will fit a Suzuki Jimny that my brothers looking for.

Any chance of a picture of his motor so we can be 100%?

I'm guessing it looks like THIS

I don't think they were ever sold in the UK in this spec but I guess it would share the same door handle as the SJ...?

Busta wrote: I'm guessing it looks like THIS

I don't think they were ever sold in the UK in this spec but I guess it would share the same door handle as the SJ...?

Ah, the memories. A real Suzuki.

No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configurationHi Again Guys,
Prob now sorted managed to find one on good old ebay
see link

emailed him the link and he confirmed that this one is the correct one to fit his Jimny.-
so i give a big thankyou to all who have helped me
thanks again.
Happy Days