Hi! I've had a cunning plan...

Almost everyone on here I'd say is more into lifts and rolling about over rocks and such. I however think it is a brilliant idea. I have plans to go down a similar path with mine but leaving the bodywork alone and going further with the 2 wheel drive conversion by removing thefront half shafts, diff, prop and transfer box entirely and driving the rear straight from the main box via a custom prop. A vvt Jimny whilst not super fast, can on the right road be something that will make a hot hatch think. Go for it an give us lots of pictures!

It depends entirely on what you want the finished vehicle to do? If you are wanting to go upsetting muscle cars on a roads then honestly start elsewhere. If however you want to head up into the hills on little more than paved green lanes and hoon about well within the speed limit but with a grin on your face that lasts for days afterwards then a stripped out Jimny is a real weapon. Its main advantage is the suspension travel even with the factory components, assuming they are fairly fresh, as on nasty lumpy twisted bits of tarmacadam keeping the wheels down is always a benefit. Then there is the Jimny lack of physical size making it easier to place and also gives you relatively more space and by association more line options. Ok i admit that I am tailoring mine for a very specific set of requirements but it is a brilliant and cheap way of having a laugh while staying on the right side of both the law and also physics. That and it annoys the daylights out of my mate with his 400 hp BMW that he can't use all his power on the roads i insist on driving for pleasure.