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Hi,
I am new to the forum and would like to get into offroading and have selected the little Jimny as the off roader to use.I now need to find a suitable Jimny so if anyone knows of a nice off road Jimny please can you let me know.Needs to be road legal but also have modifications such as lift and underbody protection idealy a KAP prepared one as they seem to know there stuff.
Thanks Matty
dont limit yourself to a KAP Prepped one.
We dont have, and never have had under body protection fitted. aside from sill protection (side steps) you really only need to ensure your underside is well protected if you intend to go rock crawling. for general playing in the mud, as long as its lifted, has good tyres and is well maintained, thats all you really need.
Former owner of Little "Ooky", who has now started a new life in Shetland
Not going to limit myself to KAP but want one with heavy duty bumper and lift.Seen the one on e bay would be nice but it is at the other end of the country to me.Little bit more than I was wanting to pay also.Not bothered if it has some battle scares as long as it is mechanicly sound.
Can spend upto about £2000 maybe just over but the cheaper the better.Was one on e bay sold in Scotland believe it is someone on here that I would of jumped at if it had been closer.It sold for around £1000 so I know I can get what I want for around £1500.
The price wery much depends on what spec the truck has.
If it has rocklobster transfer box and diff locks then you will probably have to pay more than £2k. However £2k should get one with a lift, offroad tyres and steel front bumper.
Try all the offroad forums such as difflock, devon 4x4, etc as well as ebay and pistonheads.
A simple google search also works well.
When we were looking they were like buses - none or lots at once!
I know of one with 2" lift kap front arches etc but the engine is blown
I will need to get a price for you if your interested??
Vehicle is innottingham!!
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I can share your thoughts about getting one built by a company like KAP as you know you'll be buying quality and the work to modify it will be good too.
Having said that I bought mine from KAP but it had been modded by it's previous owner with KAP bits and I had to put a fair few things right after I'd got it home and had a real good look at it.
I'm a bit fastiduous with my work when working on a car and some of the standards of the work carried out by the previous owner was not up to my expectations.
I went straight down to the Suzuki dealers and got the bits to rebuild the front hubs and got on with that aswell as putting other things right.
If I were to do it again I'd buy a standard car and modify it myself. There are plenty out there for £1200-1500, then you have a bit left over for modifying it with suspension and wheels. Bumpers and winches can come later.
Having said that, it is cheaper to buy a readily modded one if you don't have to put right other peoples wrongs! Alot of the stuff on ebay look like wrecks though.
It's a difficult decision but if the right motor comes along, try to think with your head and not your heart when buying it!
Kirkynut
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win - Edgar Watson Howe.
What should I be looking for in a Jimny I was thinking suspension lift 2/3 inches with good set of tyres not too big and heavy duty bumper as a minimuim.Everything else like CB sill and diff gaurds seem relatively cheap to add latter.What is the reason for body lifts do I need one.
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