Minimal Off road Jimny Rig

Where can I buy one of these Rocklobster transfer boxes? Roughly how do you install one?

I'm intending to do my homework and do this right. I'm going for a minimal yet high quality build with an on/off road balance but leaning a bit more towards off road.

Thinking of just going with a 4 inch suspension lift, 31 inch mud tyres, a snorkel and a gear reduction of some kind.

Seems to be difficult to find all the info. There seem to be no youtube tutorials on this stuff.

Unless it's evolutionary based on overcoming difficulties with an existing modification on increasingly technical terrain, there's as much need for a Jimny to have a 4 inch lift as there is for a bull in a milking parlour. Oh it's going to look impressive for sure but when someone drives past it on a set of modest tyres with a minimal lift because they have good skills and happened to have spent their money on locking axle diffs instead, then looking cool becomes a moot point.

I know that makes me sound like a fun sponge but a very lightly adapted Jimny is essentially unstoppable in the right hands. Think of a Jimny as the off road equivalent of a sleeper, looks like a ratty 318i goes like an M5 on nitrous.

Tom Bacon wrote: Where can I buy one of these Rocklobster transfer boxes? Roughly how do you install one?

I'm intending to do my homework and do this right. I'm going for a minimal yet high quality build with an on/off road balance but leaning a bit more towards off road.

Thinking of just going with a 4 inch suspension lift, 31 inch mud tyres, a snorkel and a gear reduction of some kind.

Seems to be difficult to find all the info. There seem to be no youtube tutorials on this stuff.

You need SJ 413 transfer box
6.5.1 gear set jimnybits
wide angle HD props jimnybits
A purpose built cradle to make SJ transfer fit into the jimny
£1,500 should cover the cost, if you can fit the gears and do all other work yourself
Welcome, to the expense of doing it right

Hmm.. Would 29 inch tyres and a 2 inch lift make more sense? If yes which Lift kit and mud tyres would you recommend?

Yes that would make a very capable mixed use Jimny. Budget is the most obvious limit. But trailmaster is high quality as is old man emu. Most branded tyres will not disappoint, offerings from bfg and maxxis are popular.

I run 2" lift and 1" body lift
225/75/16 29.5" fit