Gen 4 Jimny Shocks

Jimnyjon wrote:

Thanks for the only reasonable answer so far! I suspect it's the shocks that make it a bouncy ride. Nonsense like I've bought the wrong car.. really? I buy the car I want, then change what I want to change.

As said. No the shocks won’t change what you are describing as bouncy. That is probably more a narrow track short wheel base live axle 4x4.

Meaning you sit relatively high from the road and axle line. So a small movement at the wheel translates to a larger movement at head and shoulder height. Shocks will not change this. A wider lower vehicle with stiffer anti roll bars might. But may well cause other ride issues.

Changing stuff is fine, but you can’t defeat or alter physics.

Thanks to the two people that responded to my question, to the others, I am not interested in nonsense opinions and useless comments. It is you that give good places like this a poor standard. I won't be bothering to return here.

I have just gone back through this post to see if there are any lessons to take on board and as far as I am concerned nobody has been offensive, rude, lied or tried to offer misinformation. It's not, in my opinion, wrong to help people understand that the jimny is a specialised vehicle that is not suited to every usage case and neither is it wrong to explain the reasons behind its shortcomings in certain usage conditions. As was suggested simply throwing money at a jimny because it doesn't meet a perceived requirement is not going to miraculously solve anything, certainly not without the budget that Suzuki put into the r and d to get it where it is now.