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Jimny front end conversion

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31 May 2018 10:07 #193085 by florinelu07
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Hi all,

has anyone converted the frontend to MK3 Jimny? (wings/bonnet/grille)

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31 May 2018 14:49 #193095 by mickt
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Why make it ugly?

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31 May 2018 16:54 #193098 by rappey
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and possibly the only person that would notice any difference is you? lol

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31 May 2018 17:28 #193100 by Mraz
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I agree. Why make it ugly(er)? And get worse approach angle?

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31 May 2018 17:43 #193103 by Riccy
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Each to their own...

yes there is a member on here somewhere that has done it on his build thread. You need the wings, bumper, bonnet and probably the wheel arch plastics. Fairly straightforward if you have the parts.

Afraid i cant remember who that was tho :silly:

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01 Jun 2018 00:50 #193107 by Daniel30
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03 Jun 2018 21:36 #193182 by Darthblaker7474
As mentioned before, I have.

It was somewhat easy to do as the Jimny remains remarkably unchanged since '98

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04 Jun 2018 05:32 #193188 by florinelu07
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true....

for sure I will lose this:

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04 Jun 2018 10:20 #193194 by yakuza
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Is it possible to keep the bumper while still swapping fenders, grille and hood maybe?
I do not think its ugly(er)!
The Jimny is never a piece of jewelry anyways :)

I for one would probably find that this might be too expensive and that there where no immediate practical reason to do this swap. but i like the other grille as long as there is no chrome. and someone tries to make it look like a hummer.
Hummers are very ugly and other than the H1 they are completely pointless.

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04 Jun 2018 12:40 #193198 by Darthblaker7474
Yes, I had a MK3 Bumper on mine before I did the rest of the front end conversion.

if money Isn't a concern, they do a similar/older style bonnet on the JB32s in Japan with a hood scoop and space for the grille, no need to swap out the wings.

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05 Jun 2018 05:06 #193215 by florinelu07
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On the other hand, I would rather spend the money on a diff locker....

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05 Jun 2018 09:52 #193224 by X8GGY
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It's your Jimny, you do whatever you want with it ;)

I've been modifying and offroading Suzuki Vitaras and Jimnys for 25 years now, and part of that hobby is that everyone has different ideas about what they want to do with their vehicles and how they want them to end up looking... B)

If they all looked the same it would be a dull hobby! :woohoo:
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