little jimny's little jimny!

Looks much better with those fog lamps fitted!

The std fit fogs light the road really well... so much so i decided to scrap ideas of bolting some to the front

I've always fancied a pair of Recaros since last having a pair in a Golf years ago. Anyway, a pair came up at a price that couldn't be ignored so I bought them. That was the easy part. Nobody makes sub-frames to fit Recaros into a Jimny Never mind, a kindly garage owner took the task on. The original Jimny sub-frames weren't suitable to modify because the metal sides rise up and would foul the reclining handle on the Recaros so he suggested getting a pair of Rover 25 sub-frames as a good base for modifying.
Here's the results;





They are soooooooooo comfortable! There are some downsides though. As you can see the seats now sit quite high. This was due to the location of the standard floor mounting points and the added height of having the slider mech of the Rover 25 sub-frame. The seats are a bit too wide for the car so the bolsters are snug against the door trim. I had to remove the outer recliner knobs and grind down the metal shaft because they fouled the door card. I've also had to remove the sunstrip because it was in the line of view. I'm 5'10" and can live with it, but anyone much taller would probably have their head rubbing off the roof lining and might struggle for leg room.

I've also 'pimped' my Jimny with some alloys and a fancy spare wheel cover;



Comments welcome.

Been looking for a set of those 5 spokes for mine

Hate the 3 spoke alloys, and the previous owner allowed them to get pitted and rubbed them off most curbs in the Bristol area!

I have 5 spoked alloys for Saale 150 Ono with tyres good condition

JimnyX19 wrote: I have 5 spoked alloys for Saale 150 Ono with tyres good condition

Put them up in the For Sale section with some pictures and they should sell quite quickly - well, they should sell much more quickly than advertising them on my My Jimny thread :laugh:

Done haha