Jimner or Humny

Like the switch :woohoo: but cant say I'd use that cooling method whilst working on my motor :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Hi everyone,
first message in forum.
The rear bumper looks really great!
Would like to know how it performs off road (too much vibration?) and wich tyre sizes it could handle? Mine came with 215 75 tyres and the door suffer a bit off road.

Thanks for the pictures!
regards,

Nelson

NelsonB said:

Would like to know how it performs off road (too much vibration?) and wich tyre sizes it could handle?

Sorry for the late reply. Although I'm having a hard time waiting, I haven't taken it off road yet. I have about 4 months more of warranty and I know the suspension change alone will create problems, I'm sure they aren't even going to like my bumpers.

To try and answer your question more directly, I would only say that driving the roads in the Philippines is almost like going off road (yes, that's a slight exaggeration). The roads are rough enough that it sees some loading without any issues as yet. The second part of the answer is you might want to look at the thread "Made in China". I attached some pictures of how the spare is secured and mention some of my own concerns. I will update that post, and this one, once I have some off road miles on the Jimny.

As far as the 215/75 tires (sorry for the spelling.....I'm a Yank....with a capital Y) there is enough clearance with the stock tires that I couldn't imagine the larger ones not fitting. I know most people who have mounted the size you have didn't have any problems. On occasion, they have done some minor trimming of the stock bumpers. With the additional clearance these give, I just can't see that happening. I will be going to 215/75 after I have a few more miles on these. Or sooner if I can find a decent set of stock size steel wheels so that I can keep a set of on road and a set of off road tires.

Only half answers but I hope this helps
Bab

Tks Bob, but I was not clear about tyre sizes.
I was talking about the tire size the rear bumper tire carrier could handle, lol. :0)

regard

Nelson

Sorry. You were clear, I just misread your question. I have seen this bumper with a 215/75 mounted, so no problems.

Well, not much of an update but did receive and install a few goodies.

I received this group 3 days ago:

A new head unit with Nav, DVD reverse camera and several more features. Of course a reverse camera to see the kids and a USB port that replaces the cigarette lighter to keep the cell phone charged.

This is a picture of the boot screen:

I was hoping that this would give a clear picture of the head unit dashboard. It seemed any angle was bad due to either flash or field of view problems. The unit actually has a fairly crisp display. You can see the USB port where the lighter used to be.

The flash hides the USB light as well. Here are a couple of vendor pictures:

When I get the reverse camera mounting resolved, I will add another picture.

Yeah nice upgrades did the radio connect easy enough into the jimny's existing wiring?

The radio was literally plug and play. The harnesses that Seicane supplied make connecting it really easy. The hardest (and longest) effort was running the video cable for the reverse camera which most people will likely consider unnecessary. The vision around the Jimny is really excellent and I only added the camera due to the children that are around.

Sounds like a good bit of kit I think it's a good idea you can never get enough viewing coverage :woohoo:

Really neat and nice looking jimny mate

I haven't added to this post for a while. I am getting the expedition rails for my roof rack (finally) at the end of this week and I wanted to wait and show that along with the latest bits and pieces. As I have already replied to a post about steering stabilizers, decided that I should do an update now.

When I first purchased my Tough Dog stabilizer, I wasn't able to mount it properly due to their design (brackets) being for right hand drive. The first thing I did was modify the link bracket.

The original:

The modified:

The next was the Rail bracket.

My new design was supposed to place the damper in the correct position (away from the drag link).

It didn't work.

Next step…..a weld-in bracket:

Looking better.
All mounted:

That is what I wanted all along. I mentioned in another post that, due to the required mods, I wouldn’t replace this with another. What I actually meant to say is that, if I had to do it again, I would choose another brand. I don’t think anyone with a right hand drive would have issues.

The next thing I did was something I hadn't even planned doing to the Jimny......but plans change. I'm not a fan of water crossing but several weeks ago this happened:

This is a picture taken from the local news. In our case, the water issue was a little worse. The flooding on the road leading to our house would have easily come up to the Jimny headlights and covered about 30 to 40 meters of road. Luckily I wasn't in the Jimny. That experience (the first in my 4 years of living in the Philippines) made me decide it was snorkel and breather time.

I have to admit that when I was watching the shop take the first steps in prepping for the snorkel, people could hear the ice slush start to form in my bladder. Maybe that's just me. Here is the beginning:

That is the only snorkel picture that I took worth posting. The shop's pictures were better.

Here is one with snorkel installed:

And, of course, the breather:

I should be posting the pics of the rails for my rack soon. Hopefully I can finally then do my suspension and post.