DOES everything look ok here ?

a friend of mine said he had a land rover and the ball joint was lovely n shiny, but on nearly every jimny i have seen they look like mine..

it just went through the MOT, SO IT MUST OK, AM I RIGHT ?


i have sprayed it underneath with, clear under seal so that is what the shine is

I had the same concern so asked the chap at KAP suzuki - apparently they are supposed to be mat black on the Jim. The Lamerover ones are chromed (you have to get some bling on them right?!?!)

cheers Vacneb, glad its not just me that noticed it...

are there any gaitors to stick over, just to protect and hide

I would say they are better off visible - then any oil leaks wont go un-noticed!

The swivel housings on a Landrover are full of oil, and replaceable. The big seal keeps the oil in, and works against the lovely smooth chromed surface

On a Jimny they are usually full of rusty water, as the big seal is only a dust seal :ohmy: and the housings cannot be replaced. They were simply painted with the same high quality paint suzuki used for the rest of the underneath, hence they are now as rusty as old iron.


I cleaned and painted mine last time I did the swivel bearings, with smoothrite, took a week to dry mind......

WOW they look superb m8