Need info on Jimny's (compared to Landy's) - help?

Ahhh Ok, I know HQLF quite well, I work @ AAC MIddle Whallop, We live in Andover (Nr DLO / Andover Station)

The JImny isnt that bad for reliability ... it only has 1 grease Nipple on it so maintenance is quite easy.
The only downside is you pay for the low maintenance when things do eventually go wrong as parts do tend to cost more ... Our Landy Mates are forever changing UJ's ... We bought a 2001 Hard Top with 62,000 miles on the clock. aside from Blowing the clutch up recovering a stranded Disco .. and a starter motor and battery needing to be replaced, thats really all we have done to ours.

Ive had 4 jimnys, never really spent anything on them, just get in and turn the key before i go laning. Parts are expensive from the dealers, but thankfully ive never needed anything other than wheelbearings (£45 each from this site), modified parts are dearer than land rover bits, but if you buy something a couple of years old with 30-40k on the clock you'll get a lot more for your money than with LR. Martin on here keeps changing bits left right and centre, he seems to play in the mud too much and is constantly changing bearings brakes etc or so it seems, I have a rear disc kit which helps, but stay out of the mud and you shouldnt wear through parts like that. Martins broken a CV i think, ive never broken anything axle wise, no diffs/shafts.CV's etc, but i do have a light right foot.

Gary

As Gary says mine seems to eat parts. Its been off-roaded since day 1 of its life, the original receipts seem to show it going for off-road conversion at Kap Suzuki 6 weeks after it was bought brand new. It basically spends its life off-road apart from the trips to the off-road sites. Therefore I think that mine reveals the weak points of a Jimny, basically the wheel bearings and brake shoes.

If you look HERE[/URL} you will see the list of parts changed since I have had it with wheel bearings, kingpin bearings and brake shoes high in the list. This is probably because the off-road sites in Berkshire and Hampshire have a very high sand content, with my old SJ I once managed 29 miles between rear brake shoe changes!

Once you get serious about them then CV joints are the next week link, on guy on here runs one in one of the Southern challenge series and basically gets through a CV joint at every event. The leading and trailing arms are comparatively soft and can bend.

As mentioned before, if you get serious about them then the low gearing will need working on as it is not low enough as standard.

Do everything you can to keep it light (mine is too heavy) as this is the advantage of Jimnys. If it is light then keep the tyres narrow otherwise with a light car and fat tyres it just sits on the surface and spins. Everything is easier to work on than a heavy landrover product (you can single handedly lift the gearbox off without killing yourself)

Martin

As Gary says mine seems to eat parts. Its been off-roaded since day 1 of its life, the original receipts seem to show it going for off-road conversion at Kap Suzuki 6 weeks after it was bought brand new. It basically spends its life off-road apart from the trips to the off-road sites. Therefore I think that mine reveals the weak points of a Jimny, basically the wheel bearings and brake shoes.

If you look HERE you will see the list of parts changed since I have had it with wheel bearings, kingpin bearings and brake shoes high in the list. This is probably because the off-road sites in Berkshire and Hampshire have a very high sand content, with my old SJ I once managed 29 miles between rear brake shoe changes!

Once you get serious about them then CV joints are the next week link, on guy on here runs one in one of the Southern challenge series and basically gets through a CV joint at every event. The leading and trailing arms are comparatively soft and can bend.

As mentioned before, if you get serious about them then the low gearing will need working on as it is not low enough as standard.

Do everything you can to keep it light (mine is too heavy) as this is the advantage of Jimnys. If it is light then keep the tyres narrow otherwise with a light car and fat tyres it just sits on the surface and spins. Everything is easier to work on than a heavy landrover product (you can single handedly lift the gearbox off without killing yourself)

Martin

mlines wrote:

As Gary says mine seems to eat parts. Its been off-roaded since day 1 of its life, the original receipts seem to show it going for off-road conversion at Kap Suzuki 6 weeks after it was bought brand new. It basically spends its life off-road apart from the trips to the off-road sites. Therefore I think that mine reveals the weak points of a Jimny, basically the wheel bearings and brake shoes.

If you look HERE you will see the list of parts changed since I have had it with wheel bearings, kingpin bearings and brake shoes high in the list. This is probably because the off-road sites in Berkshire and Hampshire have a very high sand content, with my old SJ I once managed 29 miles between rear brake shoe changes!

Once you get serious about them then CV joints are the next week link, on guy on here runs one in one of the Southern challenge series and basically gets through a CV joint at every event. The leading and trailing arms are comparatively soft and can bend.

As mentioned before, if you get serious about them then the low gearing will need working on as it is not low enough as standard.

Do everything you can to keep it light (mine is too heavy) as this is the advantage of Jimnys. If it is light then keep the tyres narrow otherwise with a light car and fat tyres it just sits on the surface and spins. Everything is easier to work on than a heavy landrover product (you can single handedly lift the gearbox off without killing yourself)

Martin

Thanks for that.

Don't really want to go extreme, just make it look good and be capable. I really like the idea of it being small and lightweight and would want to keep it that way.

I think all I'd want is a snorkel, a lift of some kind (not too much), some decent tread tyres and a front bumper.

Browsing the web I found this, and really like the look of it and wouldn't mind attaining something similar:



Any idea where I might find this bumper?





Thanks :silly:

Bottom Pic is just a cut away / looks like the KAP modified one.
Top pic I dont know, but Ive just been looking to get someone to fabricate a very similar item for me

Same design, just move the horizontal bar up, and have a more pronounced "A" in the middle