Genki my tiny tourer!

Hey guys
my name is Phil from Tasmania Australia, and this is my jimny Genki
its a 99 jim with..
1.6 G16B conversion
duel battery's
2inch lift
front bar (i built) with 4000lb winch, hella Rallie 4000 driving lights and 6inch led light bars
215/75r15 kumo Kl71's on Csa Magnums
Gps, DVD headunit thing, uhf etc
i panted it in Lic43 (2k enamel industrial coating) olive drab satin finish
and probably alot of other stuff i have forgotten.
it is probably my 10th zook? but my frist jimny

here is when i first bought him

And now..

and this is him with the camper trailer i have build for him (without the tent on it)

all the work has been done 100% buy myself, and i am pretty happy with how it sits atm!

Welcome and very nice looking Jimny you have there.

Loving the two tone paint job.

Hello and good to see you have found this fine site

Very nice looking Jimny (/me goes green with envy)

Hope you have many happy trips together!

Welcome this fine forum Phil, it’s good to have you join us ................

Welcome Phil, nice color !
And a beautifull trailer, just missing some matching wheel's on it.
Lot's of fun with your Genki-Jimny.

Very nice! How did you wire up the batteries? Is one deep cycle?

great, nice color!

Thanks for all the coments guys!
i am doing a G16B conversion into a mates sierra in a few weeks, payment is ANOTHER set of CSA mags.. so my trailer and spare's will both have matching mags.

the batterys are hooked up in line.. one is just a bigger battery... the single + lead has a manual isolator in it (from a winch) so to turn the second battery off you have to pop the bonnet and actually "turn it off". from the second batery i run lines down to the rear of the car, into some anderson plugs (that then run a power cable into my camper trailer) and power outlets. so i can simply disconnect the battery from the main car, and run the lights/sterio/charger's for phone's etc in my trailer all night, in the morning, start up the jimny (off the main battery) and then click the isolator across and charge up the second battery. it sounds complicated, but is a fail safe way to run the camper trailer. i am planning on driving up the east coast of Australia in a few months (4000km ish all up) with the camper so it needs to be 100%, id hate to be stuck in the middle of nowhere with a car that wont start.
i also have a 120AMP alternator.
here is a pic of under the bonnet to give you guys a idea of what im taking about.

And some more random snaps for you!

And here is a quick run though of my camper trailer build

Let me know what you guys think
Phil

Love that trailer!
Keep the pics coming.

Jim's nice too.

Trailer looks great and i like it the way you did made it, but just one question.
For safety reasons, don't you want to put a braking axle underneath it?
I think with the tent on top and all your gear in it, i suppose it will weight around the 750 kg's (around 1650 pounds).
When you're driving downhill or braking hard, that will push very hard !!
Take care for that !

the trailer loaded up should be MUCH lighter than that.. im aiming around the 500kg range. i have had more than that on the back of the jim with no real issues. just need to be aware of it. i feel no need for breaks on the trailer.

Unfortuatly i dont have many offroad pics of the jimny since i painted it!
However here are my last few Suzuki's

Richy
sj410
1ltr motor, 4.1 reduction gears, welded rear diff, welded jimny front diff with 1300 N/T sierra Cv's Big guard cut and 32x11.5s
was built as a bit of a laugh and did me VERY proud in a comp a few weeks ago! sold him not long after to pay for the remainder of the camper trailer

here is my flat tray sierra build, its not much atm but will be... LWB sierra, swb ute choped soft top shell, modified vitara rear diff, twin locked, 34x9.5 swampers, guard cut 2inch lift, i have a maruti cab to go on it also.

and here is one of my old sierras..
98 Coil sprung sierra, Gti twin cam, 6.5 reduction gears, 2inch springs and 2inch body lift, rear locker, 31inch super swampers, Maruti cab ETC ETC ETC i sold this to buy my jimny

All for now
Phil

Ok so some more done..

New temp gauge, the stock jimny temp gauge dosent move till its overheating.

Snorkel on

More done to the trailer... and wiring all done

and this is how its powered.. Anderson extension lead

Also took it for its first real drive!

Very happy now!!