Want to buy VVT (05>) Jimny

Hey guys

Finally got a bit of cash saved up for my Jimny, just wondering if anyone is looking to sell, or knows of a good Jimny for sale? I'm looking for a euro 4 VVT example, have just over £2k to play with.

Anyone got a Jimny to shift, open to a few odds and ends to fix but would like to avoid extremely modified or rusty examples as it is to be my daily.

Thanks
CAElite

Hey guys, looking for some advice, found a Jimny very local to me, 55 plate in my price range. I've gone to have a look at the MOT history, it's most recent mot was a fail for this:


It was passed at the same MOT station 2 days later with the same mileage, bar the obvious coil spring, where exactly should I be looking to make sure this has been repaired properly? I know the boot floor where the jack sits is the obvious place, but the sill, is that likely to be where the rear body mount sits that is corroded?

Or is it best to just run from a Jimny that has already started to corrode, it has lived in Scotland all its life, very low mileage over last 6 years (<5k/year) so I imagine it's been someone's winter over the harsh winters.

Unless you are handy with the welder I would be walking away. Just because that bit has been "fixed " doesn't mean that the rest isn't imminent.

I agree with 11/60, it's so hard to see the areas where rust and rot are common without a bit of stripping.

Cheers,Out of curiosity am I being unrealistic with a £2-2.5k budget for a clean VVT? They seem to be priced at a premium that I really didn't expect, I am kind of needing a euro 4 as an area I commute through is scheduled to become an LEZ sometime in the next year or two (Glasgow).

www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201709159328762

That's the one I was looking at by the way, it's only a 15 minute drive down from my college, I might still take a peak at it if nothing else comes up, I'm pretty handy with a set of spanners but welding is just one thing I hate doing, currently trying to get rid of an MX5 with terminal tin rot.

If you go for a look have a good check behind and under the headlights (most common rust point). Sills are easy enough to see if you get under with a torch.

If its passed the MOT but nothing has been done to the sills i would walk away. Your budget is on the lower end for a good one, but ive seen people spend twice that and get a bad one.

Dave is selling a gold one on another thread, and he knows what hes doing with a jimny. A bit high for your budget, but he may be open to an offer