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I am planning on doing a full mod to my jimny and have seen plenty of dislocation set ups on landies etc.. i have not seen one in any online shops for the Jimny!
I have seen a clip on youtube with a Jimny complete with dislocation set up link here Any ideas where you can get such a set up?
any help appreciated.
Gary
I think ive seen a write up on that car and its not even got Jimny axles on it, I'm sure its Toyota axles on 3 link rear end.
There are arguments for and against spring dislocation, some say its best to keep the tyre in contact with the road, others say that when the spring dislocates theres no weight on that wheel to help in traction.
I have a fairly standard jimny with a 3" lift and it has quite a bit of suspension movement, limited by the length of the shock absorbers. If you put much longer shock absorbers on the car on custom mounts you may be able to get your springs to dislocate and create some way of stopping them falling out just like the Land Rover style dislocation cones. Longer brake lines obviously required.
Ah well that makes sense.
I am prob just talking out of my tail pipe!
I don't even know how the jimny will be off road on a 4" lift along with a body lift, so if that copes with what i want to do then i will probably stick to that.
I still need the car to have reasonable manners on as well as off road as i do use it to commute 19 miles to work in Buxton.
Thanks for the reply and the bit about no weight on the wheel makes sense.
4" lift AND a bodylift? you might get seasick on your 19 mile commute, mine has a 3" lift and no anti roll bar and its not the best drive on the road, i commute about 13 miles each way to work and back, and i dont take the jimny very often believe me !
Bl**dy hell.. My bottle would give up well before the springs ever dislocated !!.. I still need to fine the limit of articulation for my jimny to give me piece of mind ...
Former owner of Little "Ooky", who has now started a new life in Shetland
I took mine to the garage today to have the tracking and wheel balancing sorting. The lads were impressed with the car to look at, but were even more impressed when their long reach trolley jack only just managed to get the wheel off the ground. At that point the bonnet line was level with his chest. Even I was impressed as I had never seen it articulate like that before.
Martin
Martin
2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses
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