Smoggy's Jimny

im shore it wil setal in mine did all of the above for a while then found my ora panard rod ends has stuck so i just keep them sprayed up this white grease i also put cut up inner tubes at the top and bottom of the springs to stop them twanging

More mods you put into it, the crappier it gets on the road, there isn't much you can do about that at this point. Eventually you'll get used to it. On a bright side, an SJ/Samurai with the same mod list as your Jimny has, would be at least a twice bigger bag of poo on the road!

I have a very heavily modified SJ413, and I had it as a daily driver for about five or six years, and it didn't feel very bad to drive back then. But owning a Jimny have been my dream for a decade or so, so I have had many years to plan my build in my head. The number one goal for me have always been to maintain on road handling as close to standard as possible, and at the same time make it a highly capable in offroad conditions. And so far, I have managed to do that pretty well! Mine drives almost like it was standard. Steering is a little bit restless because the caster isn't corrected yet, and now that I put the Samurai t-case in, I have some more noise from the gearing but it's very minor and I was expecting a lot more noise, so that was a nice surprise. And all this is one reason I only like to have as little lift as possible, and many people on this forum said it would be impossible to fit 33's on a three inch lift...

But I'm building my truck with experience, and I know what I want it to be like, and I also know consequences of every single mod I do.

You should be proud of what you have created, Mr Smoggy, and go and drive the heck out of it and get used to it, and I'm sure you'll love that little bag of poo after a while!

darthloachie wrote: ours is not the nicest drive on road
has 5" lift, special tracks, rock lobster etc

it rattles, vibrates, creaks, clunks and clangs, rolls on bends ( no anti roll bars) oh and its slow and noisy

but get it off road and its ace

talking to our local 4x4 specialist he has a simple mantra - if its good offroad it will be sh*t on road and he's owned all sorts of modified 4x4s including SJs, defenders and even an Ibex
so don't worry - just enjoy it off road and drive slowly on road

Darth, whos your local 4x4 specialist - im in Blythe Bridge (not a million miles away) Sorry to high jack thread

Smoggy, thats one beast of a truck, shame its not in black though

Looks awsome mate wheel arch extensions where or what are they from as need some for mine and roughly how far do the stick out from the car to cover the tyres

Looks like these
www.devon4x4.com/index.php?page=shop.pro...virtuemart&Itemid=14

Sodding hell anything but landrover please lol

It's fairly common with defender extended arches on jimny's

Smoggy, thats one beast of a truck, shame its not in black though [/quote]

Thinking about making it black though

Dave cc wrote: Looks awsome mate wheel arch extensions where or what are they from as need some for mine and roughly how far do the stick out from the car to cover the tyres

They are extended defender items and I got them from someone on here but cant remember who they stick out 125mm and just cover the tyres (almost!)

Well guys I got the Jimny through it's MOT weyhey

So I took it straight to my local building site and after 15mins of abuse melted the clutch

To be fair I think it was on it's way out anyway and the 33s just finished it off.

Anyway as you all now know I have been unsure of the disturbing handling and steering on the road and I'm glad to say I am slowly getting used to it.

But off road..... for the 15 minutes upto melting the clutch I can honestly say I was AMAZED at how easily it coped with the 45 degree incline/declines, 3ft of water and generally ridiculous terrain. I havent even wired my ARB compressor to power my lockers either

WOW

ps Do you like my new avatar?

So the MOT Pass was just tooooooooooo much for you Mr Smoggy ............

I just couldnt wait Tadpole. 3 months of pent up frustration waiting for the big day