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Hi,
I need information regarding the transfer boxes of Jimny and SJ. On Calmini website you can see kit 4.16 for transfer box of SJ. Will this kit fit in Jimny box. Mine is 1.3 1999 year. Do you know other kits specialy made for Jimny.
Regards,
Ivo
+3 Procomp lift ES 3000
195 R15 Malatesta Kaiman
Lockright rear diff locker
32mm wheel spacers
extended brake hoses
front and rear prop shaft spacers
caster correction bush kit
First of all, you are looking in the area of the best modification you can do to a Jimny, the standard Transfer Boxes are rubbish!
The Jimny Transfer Boxes are completely different to SJ ones so there is no simple upgrade or swap possible.
SJ Transfer boxes can be made to fit using either an off the shelf mounting kit from the likes of Offroad Armory, Rockwatt, RS Engineering or Rhinoray. If you can fabricate metal you can also make them yourself.
Once you have sorted out a mounting kit you can then fit an SJ box. This opens up your choice from a homebuilt 4.16 Rocklobster through to very expensve 5:1, 6:1 and even 8:1 conversions
This whole venture is not cheap, but is very worthwhile.
I have avoided mentioning special Low Ratio Jimny Gearsets*** which are replacement gearsets specifically for Jimny Transfer boxes. This is because I personally did not like this modification, other opinions may be different.
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
