Roof tent

Welcome to the forum. The roof load is 30kg on the standard plastic roof rails. Some people fit after market racks directly to the roof and then use a roof tent but that's a very debatable path to follow. The problem is in the event of needing to claim against the insurance in the event of a collision. Regardless of whether you have informed the insurance they'll turn round and say that the manufacturer stipulated the roof load at 30kg and you exceeded it and that contributed to the claim and as such voids the policy, and arguing with the insurance is not to be taken lightly. A better option than a roof tent would be a camping trailer with the tent on it. It's a more versatile option as you can still use the Jimny without having to break camp and you also have much more storage and better aerodynamics and handling than with a big heavy lump up high.

Bill Portland wrote:

Busta wrote: The same limit applies to the gen 4.

No it doesn't.

Busta has previously posted a copy of an email received from Suzuki customer services that specifically stated that regardless of the the weight rating of any chosen support structures the weight limit of the roof on either of the gen3 or gen4 is 30kg.

This will have a lot to do with the infamous Consumer Report attempt to discredit the gen2 as being prone to rolling over. By setting the roof load deliberately low it prevents them being subject to renewed claims of producing an inherent design flaw and being sued. You ignoring the specified limit places all liability on you.