Jimny in Blackpool

I am a recent new forum member, I joined when I was looking for a little cheap run around to keep me on the road while my Vitara is undergoing an engine swap.
I am from Blackpool, so give me a shout if your ever travelling this way, the kettle is always on.

Ok the Jimny first, then some snaps of my Vitara
I bought this from Oxford a month ago. Its a 2003 16 valve Jimny
It has a detachable tow ball.

With a full set of 6 wheels and 215/75/15 BF Goodrich tyres.

ARB compressor under the bonnet.

With front and rear ARB lockers in the diffs. Out of interest, what is normally in that space in the dash?

ARB Winch bumper with a Warn Tabor 12k winch with synthetic rope.

Lightforce 170mm spotlamps and 140mm fog lamps.

All I have done so far is Garstang Ford, luckily it's summer now so the level is shallow.

I fitted an Off Road Armoury rear bumper this weekend.

and that is how it stands right now.
Spare wheel offset bracket on order, along with a Rocklobster transfer box, some underside protection is on its way, and I suspect that some time in the future I will be getting some bigger tyres and a body/suspension lift, a snorkel, a CB radio, brake upgrade... the list goes on.

Car number two is a 1.9 Diesel Vitara Commercial (van)
Which I don't seem to have many pictures of...




It is sat on 33x12.5x15 Kumho Road Venture KL71 MT tyres, with Suzuki Fatboy 5"arches to cover them. A 3" body lift and a similar suspension lift. It has an Off Road Armoury front winch bumper with 10k winch, and ORA rear bumper. Full Calmini suspension kit, Calmini Anvil front diff housing, with steel diff carrier, with 5.125 ratio differential and ARB lockers front and rear, supplied by an ARB compressor, Trail Tough crawler gears in transfer box, gearbox from a 1600 petrol, front brake upgrade from a LWB Vitara. Muddyzook rear disk conversion. diff guards, transmission guard, roof rack and basket with secure jerrycan holders. front and rear cameras displaying on a 6.5" touch screen DVD player in the dash. CB radio, HID headlights, roof mounted spotlights, snorkel, Calmini rock sliders. and the list goes on...
On the cards is a bigger body lift to squeeze in a rear mounted winch, some new rock sliders, Anderson jump lead connector, and a second battery with split charge system. but all that is going to have to wait till I find a new engine. As the con rod is poking out the side of mine at the moment.

does anyone have a low mileage 1.9 XUD engine going spare???

Both cracking trucks, that vit looks the business with the rear ladder and roof rack. I like how both have real useable mods and not just everything thrown at them.

The space you have the switches in is just that - a space - i think its a coin tray technically.

Hi from Warton, i'm sure i've seen the vitara going towards BAE and at squires gate Mc'Donalds, I drooled all over that Jimny on e'bay along with many other members on here, My Jimny is currently up in Sshore and having a full cage fitted next week, then up for some fun!
Lovely looking trucks!
You may have noticed a well sorted GV around, that's either me, my other half or my sister as her car is currently dead.

The space was original'y just a useless hole.

Welcome to Bigjimny!




thats my G Vitara some old fart on here is after buying.!!!!!

hello there, i remember them pics, it was with the N monkeys, did your CV give up as i remember you had to go early? I was in my L200

yes i saw that jimny, was tempted buy it myself for a more usable jimny lol

Yep I was on the Monkeys run, I snapped the offside halfshaft, and had to limp back down the hill in front wheel drive only. I didn't have the lockers fitted then or the crawler gears in the transfer box. So I was trying to rely on momentum to get over a cross-axle situation, and paid the price. I should have just used the winch off a Mitsubishi/Toyota/any of the other 3 litre diesel monster ground-anchors that got over it no problem...

I wasn’t looking for a modified car, I really did just want a run around, while I swapped the Vitara engine out. But got distracted and nearly bought a fairly standard Jimny, but got outbid. Nearly bought a slightly more modified Jimny from another member off here near Newcastle, but that sale fell through... By this point I had my heart set on a modified Jimny, and no other car would cross my mind. That one on ebay ticked all the right boxes. I don’t know if the previous owner uses this forum? but by all account (from the garage where it was part ex'd against a 30k Land Rover) it was an old boy who had it from new and added a different £500 modification, pretty much every year he owned it. I had to sort a smashed fog light, and have fitted the rear bumper; I have a CB to fit, but not decided where to mount it or which aerial to use. I have spent this afternoon extending the front and rear axle breathers using 8mm Nylon airline pipe and push fit connectors, I'll post a picture on Monday. And I think the o-rings in the rear locker have failed as there is oil in the airline when I vent the pressure, so after this weekend I will have to open it up and have a look.

I really want to get out and use the car(s) more this year. Pay and Play at Briercliffe this weekend in the Jimny, to really find the limits. But then I also enjoy laning in the Lakes or Dales or wherever really. I have a plan of one day taking a trip to the alps for a week or so. But have never planned anything like that before so would want to do a commercial organised trip, or tag along with someone else first. I wouldn’t want to drive all the way to the south of France and not find any god tracks or trails and be stuck on tarmac the whole time.

I work at BAE, so that explains that one. and I live in South Shore, near Morrisons. Next time you see me at Mcdonalds stop me and say hello.

Will do mate, the vitara is normally about between warton and south shore, My jimny is in a mates garage in south shore as it wont fit in my garage thanks to bluejimny . I am just seconds from BAE (noisy buggers!)

Hoping to get my jimny on the road in the next few weeks, and will be testing it out hopefully at hill n ditch once the cage is fitted. So keep your eyes out.