My new winter toy

Hey all just bought another Jimny for this years winter and some muddling it's black 51 plate it's got the m13a engine and 140000 on the clock I'm looking to get some off-road tyres a lift kit although unsure on how high and I want a winch mounted under the standard bumper with some recovery points and anything else I need really
All comments and help welcome

Cheers

Mickie

Welcome to the forum!
I have the 3" lift kit from Jimny Bits, Rhino Rays radius arms (the best lookers, imo) and the off road armoury panhards. I would recommend all but the panhards (they come with rose joints, not bushes and clunk a little, not a big issue, just rattly...) The Rhino Rays radius arms are made to order from laser cut steel plate, seem totally unbreakable to me. They were with me about a week after ordering, complete with fitted bushes for £120 each + shipping. Bargain! The Jimny Bits 3" lift comes with different length springs on the front to combat "jimny lean"
The corrected 3" lift handles just fine on the road, however, I hear it's not so good if you don't bother with any correction. I'd go as far as saying that it's more comfortable and better handling as going for a "cheapskate lift" using spring spacing blocks.

As for winching gear, I have none of that on my truck, and I'm still using the standard recovery points. My buddy (Iloveics on here) has just bought the Off Road Armoury front recovery points. They bolt onto the front chassis rails in quite a sturdy looking manner, and they seem plenty strong enough.
www.offroad-armory.com/store/index.php?r...20_72&product_id=506


Off Road Armoury also sell a winch tray to fit to the chassis rails at the front to enable mounting of a winch in a standard bumper (with some trimming, of course). I have not seen or used one, but it's here:
www.offroad-armory.com/store/index.php?r...20_72&product_id=220
It would be worth ringing ORA just to check that you can use the mount and the recovery points at the same time, I'm not certain, but it looks like they mount in more-or-less the same place.

As for tyres, if it's a second car, eat your heart out, but be aware that you will ruin the gear ratios if you go too big and don't fit a rock lobster transfer box. Mine is a daily drive so I have gone "one size" bigger and got BF Goodrich all terrains. I'm happy with those for the road, green laning and a rare pay&play.

Good luck!

has it got a blue stripe on it by any chance.

Thanks for all the info Iv been looking into the 2" blocks then going for 235/70/15s and was just going to fab my own winch tray so I can get it as far back into the chassis as I can and was planning on adding the recovery points to that rather than a second car it's more of a fifth car haha too many projects but miss my old Jimny so went for another one I do eventually want a 3" lift then a 2" body lift with all panhards radius arms etc fitted but for over the winter and the odd pay n play the cheap route will suffice just now

Thanks

Mickie

Yeah nicho it did have a stripe on it it's off now? How come?

Thanks

Mickie

Sounds like a good but of winter fun

My cousins about to fit a 2" spacer lift, with 235's il let you know how it works out for him. They were going to be for me but I decided to go 3" spring lift route.

ive got 2 2" spacers up for grabs £20 posted mite have some more bits up for grabs to possible steering damper ive also got some prings that were on mine when i got it dont have a clue what there of but gave a 2" lift on front and the 2"spacers went in the rear thats how i bought the jimny and thats how it stayed till the 3" went in they can go really cheep

idiotmobil wrote: ive got 2 2" spacers up for grabs £20 posted mite have some more bits up for grabs to possible steering damper ive also got some prings that were on mine when i got it dont have a clue what there of but gave a 2" lift on front and the 2"spacers went in the rear thats how i bought the jimny and thats how it stayed till the 3" went in they can go really cheep

Interested in the lot would I need to get the shock extensions aswell or do you have them aswell? Also how good or bad is a steering damper on a Jimny had one on my sj and my 90 curious as to the difference il definitely take the spacers though

Thanks

Mickie

Wiltec17 wrote: Sounds like a good but of winter fun

My cousins about to fit a 2" spacer lift, with 235's il let you know how it works out for him. They were going to be for me but I decided to go 3" spring lift route.

Perfect I'm away to cut my arches out my last Jimny rubbed like hell over bumps on the road so you can imagine how it was off-road haha

i had the steering damper on when i got it i think its of a defender ive not used it with out one so wouldnt know the differnce ive upgraded to a procomp one now so old one not needed its still in really good nick iull do the lot for £50 posted as im never going to use them again was going to biuld a differnt cheep jimny as no one i know has a offroader but cant be bovered now

i would say you would need the shock extenders just make the front ones out of box section easy job and buy the rears as there cheep and ive keeped my rears with my 3" inch lift as they turn the shock witch is better for some resson

I am interested in the damper if mooser doesn't want it