Sterling Family Jimny!

Hi Folks,

picked the Jimny up on Thursday. going well so far, barring a slight issue with second gear, and a rattle hidden inside the dash. off road ability every inch as good as the old vitara, i.e. met my requirements!

towbar fitted on Friday (put it on during Friday lunch break) will wire up at some point this week when time permits.

toying with wheel spacers, but other things to do with other cars before that (C2 need both wishbones replacing, and passenger side strut top bearing) and the Disco needs taxing.

Paul.

Looks nice... Love the all black theme and nice alloys

Awesome!
I dont think wheel spacers would be ideal as they will set the tyres out of your guards and you will get mud etc flicked over the Jimny. I do like the new rims the 2015s come out with though

Second gear problem is odd though what happens with it? Atleast ya have a decent warranty though!

Would spacers affect your warranty there so tight now on any change from the factory spec

Nice jimny Paul

the new front design looks lovely

that centre chrome "S" grille insert has to go though

keep of the roads till April if you can

Tyne and Wear, and Northumberland Councils have to dump all their grit/salt stockpile by the end of March, they have gritters working overtime covering all the roads, yes I know it's now t-shirt weather in Newcastle. Apparently they've got to get rid of it all, maybe something to do with next years budget being cut if not used ............. sheer madness

anyway, love the truck

thanks guys.

for 2015, they made a few more minor changes to the jimny.

it now has a carbon fibre effect dials panel (from swift supposedly)

indicator stalks now on left.

the new spec alloys (these are just the standard ones for the SZ4, there are a few other options, at a price) are painted to match the lower body, but you can still have other colours if you really want them.

going well so far, dash rattle does my nut in at times, especially as its not accessible. there is also a noticeable vibration/wobble of the steering at 48-50mph, but surely its too early for death wobble haha. I think there is a wheel not correctly balanced.

cheers.
Paul.

hunter1084 wrote: Awesome!
I dont think wheel spacers would be ideal as they will set the tyres out of your guards and you will get mud etc flicked over the Jimny. I do like the new rims the 2015s come out with though

Second gear problem is odd though what happens with it? Atleast ya have a decent warranty though!

it doesn't engage easily on the downshift. would've just put it down to the type of gearbox had all of them been similar, but this is the only one that's not smooth and slick.

Paul.

Halford wrote: the new front design looks lovely

that centre chrome "S" grille insert has to go though

keep of the roads till April if you can

Tyne and Wear, and Northumberland Councils have to dump all their grit/salt stockpile by the end of March, they have gritters working overtime covering all the roads, yes I know it's now t-shirt weather in Newcastle. Apparently they've got to get rid of it all, maybe something to do with next years budget being cut if not used ............. sheer madness

anyway, love the truck

thanks Hal

chrome is here to stay though, it has the chrome door handle surrounds too. hehe.

sounds shady about the council, but I'm not surprised, waste money they didn't need so that they get it next year to waste again, oh the joy of government bean counters!

I don't think durham has done the same, but then again, this year even though its not been an especially harsh winter, its been any excuse to get the gritters out!

Paul.

I'm going to get the dealership to look at the rattle, gearbox, and imbalance/wobble, but as the C2 is off the road till the weekend (got all the parts now happily, so shouldn't take too much work), the Jimny is needed until then, so Will look into it next week.

overall though I love it, and the interior is not nearly as cramped as the 2005 one we first test drove at stoneacres- pleased we didn't buy from them, Sims proved to be a better dealership.

Dad had a bump in his Transit connect on Monday and I'm a bit limited by a trapped nerve in my neck, so I suspect work on the trailer, and the cars is going to all get squashed into the weekend!

pleased the light nights are upon us though, I can get more work done then!

Paul.

Had the Jimny in to Sims Suzuki on Wednesday night, and I must say, their service is excellent.

you know a dealership takes you seriously when the owner comes and greets you on first name terms. the friendly atmosphere in there, even now after they've got the deal and the money, is still first rate.

so after I took the workshop manager for a run out in the Jimny, came back. he had the guys balance the wheels, and found a discrepancy of 10g on one wheel, though he had mulled over thoughts about the Kingpin shims being too thick also.

anyway, after balancing, the wobble vanished.

second gear, as I suspected, was one issue they asked me to give a little more miles and time too. my gut feeling is that the grate is a little out of position.

dashboard rattle has hopefully gone, Steve thinks it was a wire rattling on the heater distribution plumbing.

overall, very happy with the service.

next thing to do is wire up the towbar, I fitted the frame, but have deliberately left the neck and towball off, to avoid any legal issues. after that I will get it in for anti corrosion protection.

Paul.