BigJimnyMeet (North) 2024 (12 Jan 2024)
14th July 2024
Parkwood Nr. Leeds
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Re:Aussie 2006 Jimny - 4" lift, 30" BFGs, cool wheels
- darthloachie
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nice to see another jimny only offroad day
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2002 JLX Soft Top
Jimnybits 2" lift +Pro Comp ES1000 shocks. Big Jimny rear shock mounts. Big Jimny adjustable panhard rods.
Big Jimny steering damper bracket. Disco Armstrong steering damper. 7X15 black modulars. 205/75/15 Maxxis 743 bravo m/t.Superpro camber correction bushes.Black A bar....
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Nobby22 wrote: It doesnt look as if the back i sagging at all with that trailer on it. What is the gross wait of that trailer, looks about 1000kg? Is it a braked trailer? I think in the UK the max we can tow with a Jimny 1300kg braked. Very impressive for a little car
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Hi Nobby, It had sagged only by about 10mm, The gross weight would have been at least 900kg, my final Hi/Lo ratio (including tyres) is about 5% lower than standard Jimny. Our towing capacity is lower here in later VVT models I think. Really had to be gentle with her particularly when taking off in first gear. She could pull a bit more but it would be hard work.
Oh yeah, impressive for such a small car.
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Over here you can tow 350kg un-braked, almost not worth bothering with a trailer that small. Or a max of 1300kg braked. Which is fine but very few trailer company's, in the UK, make a braked trailer under 1300kg. The lowest i found so far is 750kg braked. In other words you have to either buy a tiny trailer or get a much bigger trailer with brakes. Nothing inbetween Rant over
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Nobby22 wrote: So what gearing are you running and tyre size?
Over here you can tow 350kg un-braked, almost not worth bothering with a trailer that small. Or a max of 1300kg braked. Which is fine but very few trailer company's, in the UK, make a braked trailer under 1300kg. The lowest i found so far is 750kg braked. In other words you have to either buy a tiny trailer or get a much bigger trailer with brakes. Nothing inbetween Rant over
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My Jimny is the late model VVT version, which VVT has very different ratios.
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The final ratios are exactly as I planned but to achieve them I;
• Swapped the gearbox for a M13A (Non VVT) gearbox
• Swapped to a 1.3 SJ transfer
My old Jimny had a max towing of 1300kg braked but this newer one is only 600kg or something like that. My camper trailer is about 400kg when loaded but I built it to be light weight for the JImny to tow through soft sand.
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2002 JLX Soft Top
Jimnybits 2" lift +Pro Comp ES1000 shocks. Big Jimny rear shock mounts. Big Jimny adjustable panhard rods.
Big Jimny steering damper bracket. Disco Armstrong steering damper. 7X15 black modulars. 205/75/15 Maxxis 743 bravo m/t.Superpro camber correction bushes.Black A bar....
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Finally have nice true rotors no more wobble when braking
Threw on a set of new pads too of course
Finally got around to sorting a new brake balance bracket too
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