Help me understand my Jimny please

Thank you so much for all the help so far. It’s been really insightful and I feel like I’m learning every time I login.

I’ve got a list of things I need to check now. Assuming it’s not blowing a gale and pouring from the heavens again tomorrow, I will hopefully be back with more data soon.

If it did turn out to be something relatively simple, that would be ideal.

Righto, I have some measurements to share.

Front right tyre:
Arch to upper rim: 262mm
Centre Hub to rear of arch: 390mm 

Front left tyre:
Arch to upper rim: 272mm
Centre Hub to rear of arch: 390mm

Rear left tyre:
Arch to upper rim: 275mm

Rear right tyre:
Arch to upper rim: 265mm

So it looks like the right hand (drivers) side of the vehicle is about 100mm shorter on ride height compared to the left hand (passenger) side.

Pardon!

Roger

That’s what it looked like from the first two photos, the drivers side wheel is higher in the arch and the maximum horizontal distance of the tyre is within the wheel arch.

The hub centre to rear bodywork measurement confirms that you don’t have anything bent, so it’s all done to wheel height or differences in actual tyre size.

You might find the drivers side tyre is just bigger, take both of them off and sit them side by side to check.

There are usually two reasons why a wheel sits higher, No 1 the springs on the drivers side have compressed a little as the vehicle only ever had one occupant or more likely No 2, the aftermarket springs have been put on in the wrong place.

For a Jimny, front, back or both springs on the drivers side are longer, this is to compensate for the car only having a driver. If the springs were put on the wrong way and the passenger side has the longer springs you would get this.

I don’t know for sure on a Gen 3, but on a Gen 4 the front springs are longer than the rear springs, so if they are mixed up front to back that would also give you an uneven ride height.

Hope that helps.

Robin

Old Man Emu offers 10mm "trim packers" that can be installed above the coils to correct this sort of "sag", OMESJF10 would be the part number for a front trim packer

Thanks Robin and fordem for your help.
It’s great to know it’s unlikely to be bent. 

I’ll probably go with the OME packer solution in the first instance as it seems a relatively simple fix.

Now just need to get a floor jack and some stands….