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How steep before you flip!

  • Smoggy
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20 Feb 2013 20:06 #63411 by Smoggy
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Just been on my local Persimmon dont pay and play building site :cheer:

I took the Jimny up one of the building mounds about 20ft high and equal to about a 1:1 incline (maybe a little more :ohmy: ). It felt almost like the car was going to flip over backwards and I just wondered from you more experienced guys what the limits of a Jimny is (I realise this is to a degree dictated by what mods, tyres, surface condition is).

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20 Feb 2013 20:10 #63414 by vitara_mad
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just don't try to drive up a vertical wall :laugh:

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20 Feb 2013 20:41 #63427 by ne-crock
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i'll see if i've got a photo of the hills near me, that i've attempted

you feel like your in a space rocket about to take off!

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20 Feb 2013 20:44 #63428 by ZookFastback
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I would think that fore & aft rolling would require more than a 60% slope. It is the traversing a slope sideways that is the real danger. Seen quite a few rollovers sideways and not just Jimnys.

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20 Feb 2013 21:03 #63434 by TomDK
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Not easy to say really. It depends on the terrain you're driving on.

If it's up in a straight line on tarmac or hard gravel, you'll need a winch to get to the top before flipping over.

If it's on rougher terrain with bumps and such. You'll have to be a bit more careful. Suspension can also cause a flipover if you going too fast over a bump if the slope is steep enough.

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20 Feb 2013 22:35 #63459 by maverick
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TomDK wrote: Not easy to say really. It depends on the terrain you're driving on.

If it's up in a straight line on tarmac or hard gravel, you'll need a winch to get to the top before flipping over.

If it's on rougher terrain with bumps and such. You'll have to be a bit more careful. Suspension can also cause a flipover if you going too fast over a bump if the slope is steep enough.


I agree Tom DK.
Jalapeño, IISY?

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