
Re: Dave's (Bits4Vits) Jimny 'laner Build...
In all honesty...
I 'laned with a group of 4 Jimnys, and really fancied one...
The other guys said
I already had one... the blue one I had as a daily driver, so I bought myself a red NGV SWB diesel (as it has a low box) and lifted it... as you do -



And that left me free to mod the Jimny up to it's current spec'
So I've (gulp) upgraded to a Jimmy... and have never looked back?!
- Post below merged at Mon Mar 30, 2015 11:24 pm - Please edit rather than double posting within 1 hour of last post - Admin - The Jimny is, I believe, the culmination of twenty years experience of modifying Suzukis, and is the right balance of on-road / off-road capability...
On-road the 235/75/15s and the Rockwatt rocklobster box make the onroad gearing right, the speedo is right, and it keeps up with traffic on A-roads and motorways, doing 70mph at a little over 4,000rpm in fifth. With the JimnyBits ARB-disconnect bolted up, the AVO shocks adjusted, and the diffs 'open' due to the ARB airlocker in the back and the vacuum hubs still fitted on the front, it's got as-normal handling as a 4" lifted Jimny can have...
Off-road though, and it's just a matter of disconnecting the ARB (anti roll bar) and then driving to the 'lanes we're going to do, and then - with out having to get out all the time - I flick one switch to get the compressor running, and then another switch to lock the rear diff... then, when I select 4x4 high or low on the Rockwatt Rocklobster transfer box, that causes the vacuum hubs to suck onto the Rob Storr 26 spline shafts and HD CVs, and that in turn then brings the front LSD into play...
I then have more traction options from within the cab, I can select 2wd-low and have it in rear wheel drive low ratio with either the rear diff locked or open, or, I can have the rear diff open and have the front LSD working, useful in tight cornering offroad...
Then, there's the front and rear winches, both controllable from my bucket seat -

The yellow aircraft switches are winch isolators that have to be 'on' before the in/out switches will function... they are also isolated under the bonnet with winch/battery switches from the Odyssey PC1200 winch battery running of a T-Max split charge system to the main Bosch engine battery...
So it's probably now at a better spec' than even the Superzuki Vitara was at?!
