Carrying Weight in a Jimny

Since my jimny is a work van, I carry a bit of weight in the back more often than not. It handles terribly with weight / old suspension. Since Ive ordered my 2 inch lift with ES3000 shocks. Would i benefit from rear shock locators / or rear spring spacers? Or even spring assistors? Just a little extra height to assist the extra weight in the back? I suppose its the same idea as a heavy rear bumper? Anyone had any experience of this?

Many thanks, Simon

Keep an eye on your boot floor as well. Many seem to rust through. Presume you have a sheet of ply down to spread the weight as well?

For better load carrying and towing I've fitted new standard length shocks and put a pair of front springs on the back. As well as being slightly stiffer it gives a small lift- about 30mm, but barely noticeable. To stop the Jimny lean you either need to chop 3/4 of a coil off the NS rear spring or fit a spacer on the OS front.

A suspension lift will help as the springs will be new and lift springs tend to be stiffer anyway. New shocks are always stiffer than old worn ones, especially Pro Comps. The higher centre of gravity won't help much with cornering though.

Don't fit shock re-locators unless you want to snap off your shock mounts. You shouldn't need spring spacers either.

adrianr wrote: Keep an eye on your boot floor as well. Many seem to rust through. Presume you have a sheet of ply down to spread the weight as well?

Yeah the boot floor seemed good when I checked it as i knew it could rust badly. Its also kitted out with plywood etc

Busta wrote: For better load carrying and towing I've fitted new standard length shocks and put a pair of front springs on the back. As well as being slightly stiffer it gives a small lift- about 30mm, but barely noticeable. To stop the Jimny lean you either need to chop 3/4 of a coil off the NS rear spring or fit a spacer on the OS front.

A suspension lift will help as the springs will be new and lift springs tend to be stiffer anyway. New shocks are always stiffer than old worn ones, especially Pro Comps. The higher centre of gravity won't help much with cornering though.

Don't fit shock re-locators unless you want to snap off your shock mounts. You shouldn't need spring spacers either.

Thanks for the informative post. It definitely needs a spacer to fix the lean. what size do you recommend?
I was hoping a lift kit would help as for the reasons you have mentioned. The old suspension looks very worn.
Yeah cornering wont be helped but I think renewing suspension (also renewing bushes, drop links, tie rods etc) should be an improvement over what its currently like.
Cheers for the heads up on the shock relocators, not heard of that outcome before.

I'll fit everything i've ordered and see how i get on. Cheers

I think the standard size spacer for the OS front spring is 15mm.