Cheap Jimny off road/weekend toy

Had my breakfast at the top of a hill on Sunday thanks to the Jimny, with nice views:

Also went and found some new local byways, including a ford which looked much worse than it was, barely went over the tyres:

Also I measured the circumference of the tyres, jacked car up and put a tape around and they're exactly the same

Front wheels didn't seem to be being driven, checked and I had a split hose on the offside hub, cut the bad bit off and popped it back on and all is working now. I was very impressed at what it did in 2 wheel drive!

Way to go!

Found the picture of the beading quite hypnotic!

Few little additions recently, transfer box guard turned up, quick wire brush and a couple of coats of Hammerite later:

The drivers bolsters are very poor on my Jimny seat and I can feel metal through them, so a friend of mine has very kindly given me a pair of these full leather electric seats from a Saab 93 Aero he's breaking. With (much) modifications they'll be made to fit! They're a LOT comfier but similar size, slightly taller and wider but not massively. They're from a 3 door too so can still be folded forward.

Also, went and had another play recently, tried to get the Jimny stuck to test my mates new winch, we failed to get it stuck! Very impressed again.

Changed the discs and pads recently too. Noticed I missed a bit while cleaning!

Came up nice with a polish

My back box was leaking, it was very rusty and needed to be changed, fortunately my friend also donated the Saab 93 Aero mid box, which with some chopping and changing fitted, out with the old:

On with the new:

It's slightly louder which wasn't the intention, but it's not too bad. I had to make quite a reducer to go from the Jimny's minuscule pipe to the Saab pipe! All fitted on with the original mounts and clamp so can be removed easily if needed.

Also, got my first pay and play this weekend, excited and also a little apprehensive! :S :woohoo:

Good work those seats will look really good in the Jim photos ASAP pls

Yeah those seats look lovely! Get lots of pics of how you fit them please