Want to buy VVT (05>) Jimny

Just take your time, the is good ones out there. Mine is a 2005, 72K on the clock when I bought it for £2000. It was mint but not now.

Thanks Riccy, just noticed Daves there, looks great. A weeee bit more modified than I am aiming for (It's my daily for ~10k miles/year). £4k is definitely more than I am looking for, that's bordering on grubby Defender territory (I know a Jimny of that price would be objectively better but.... Defender is the dream ), I reckon offering him £2500 would be more than a bit cheeky.

Out of curiosity what is the best angle of attack for trying to look for the under headlight rust spot, looking at some pictures online, they all appear to be somewhat stripped down though. Is there any other easy to access points, obviously the inner sills, which, as you say, if haven't been sorted to a moderate quality will be bad. I know the boot floor is prone to rusting, I assume you can check that by folding the seats forward and pulling the carpet up a bit? Is there anything else you would recommend? I know with the early VVTs you also need to feel for crunchy gears/gear lash.

The rust under the headlight can be difficult to see, if you shine a torch though the bumper grill you can see a bit but the wheel arch liners and bumper block most of everything you want to see.

I was planning on testing my 08 vvt and putting up for sale but I got carried away with pre mot inspection/clean and ended up spending around £700 on it even though I didn't need to. Now Im not sure if I want to part with it as it's the cleanest Jimny I've seen. I did come across rot under the passenger side headlight but got it before it reached the chassis mount so it's not a problem, I just cut the bad bit away and treated the rest. My boot and floor below the rear seats are as good as the day it left the factory.

Ah so it is a bit of a pain to access, I'll keep that on mind though thanks. Out of curiosity how much would you be wanting for your 08 if you do decide to sell?

I'd be advertising at £3500 ovno. I just have a couple of wee things to do before I decide what I'm doing.