Suspension and Wheel Set Up

Hi I'm new to the world of Jimnys and want to know whats the best suspension lift and wheel size to put on my 2008 Jimny without having to modify it too much apart from the above. I've read that some set ups eat clutches and require the gearing to be Changed? It's only used for a short commute daily road wise. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

first off hello and welcome to this fine forum

is a road only jimny or do you offroad it regularly?

Hi thanks, it's mainly road use with occasional off roading

unless your occasional offroading is at hardcore pay and play sites i wouldnt bother lifting it, just fit a decent set of tyres and some under armour and maybe take the ARB off, there pretty capable even standard

anything over a 215 75 15 tyre starts to dramaticly alter the gearing, people have ran upto 32" tyres without altering the gearing and not destroying clutches BUT you have to drive with ALOT of mechanical sympathy.

you can see the spec of mine in my signature, i do quite alot of green laning and ive not been stuck since fitting the mud tyres.

Great Thankyou will those tyres fit on the standard alloys I have? I'm also planning on buying some steel rims could you Reccomend a make and also tyre make?
And just out of interest what would the next stage on from your Reccomendation be ie suspension lift etc

Thankyou for your time I have a lot of questions!

Jimny08 wrote: Hi thanks, it's mainly road use with occasional off roading

I would seriously consider the Trailmaster lift kit.
www.jimnybits.co.uk/shop/jimny/suspensio...t-kit/prod_1007.html
The trailmaster kit is great because it is tailored to the Jimny, and not some random US truck, like Rough Country and Pro Comp shocks are.

And the tyresize mentioned, 215/75/15 is fine for most offroading

Taller is not always better. I fact, keeping COG as low as possible is preferable for offroading.