Ben's Jimny of Kent

Well today I finally managed to find some time, in between coats of paint in the bedroom, to finally fit the new wheels...
The car looks so much better and I am now looking forward to having a proper play in the mud soon.
I also fitted some new speakers to the front, so I now have stereo sound which is so much better than the one speaker I was having to listen to!
Oh, and obviously I had to take it down the lane near the house just to try it out too...
A big smile is now on my face!

Oh, and I also bought myself a little model...

I took our Jimny out for its first laning on Sunday, and it was great fun, and I was amazed at how capable it was!
I was following my friend in his Range Rover classic with a 6 inch lift, so was a little nervous, but I think he was being gentle with me!
Now I really must sort out some underbody protection, hearing those scrapes underneath is horrible!

Well, I. Have been spending a bit more money on getting the jimny ready for action. And between the BigJimny discount with Bits4Vits and the Jimnybits weekend sale I now have lots of bits to fit...
That's a transfer box guard, fuel tank guard, rear shock skids and radius arm guards, oh and a steering damper, as can be seen in the upside down picture!

Now I have to try and get them fitted at some time. I also have a bit of wobble and a burning smell (just a stuck brake I think...) to sort out, and then it will be pretty much as I want it.


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Love the model, and your jimjim

I have a body lift on offer if you want it im local to you

Thanks goshawker, I am loving my Jimny too, it has a lot of character!
Thanks for the offer markyp2000, but I am going to keep it at standard height for the time being.

Hi mate I'm also in ashford. We tend to use Kent off road club on facebook to arrange outings. Mine is still standard but got lots of ideas. First is tyres. 215/75/15 I think.

Mart3971. Good to hear there is another Jimny not too far away! It will be good to get out around the area.

Well today I finally got round to fitting all of the stuff I bought from bits4vits and in the jimnybits sale (transfer box guard, fuel tank guard, rear shock guards, radius arm protection and a steering damper), plus a new towbar, which is currently without a tow all as I forgot to order one... Oh, and a new lambda sensor to get rid of the engine warning light... So now it's almost as I want it, and I am very happy!
I only took one picture though and that is halfway through as it got a bit dark...!

Well, its been a while since I updated this, and so I thought it was about time I did.

So, it hasn't really changed too much, but I did spend most of last week stripping out the rear seat and side panels to mount some rear speakers to improve the sounds in the little Jimny...





Whilst I was there I also decided to rub down the spots of rust that had appeared there before kurusting and painting over the floor with a liberal coating of Hammerite to try and keep that at bay, as can be seen in the above picture, and better in this one.



I also decided to tidy up the mass of bodged wiring for the towbar electrics that was behind the rear panels, and also fitted a new socket into the bumper having caught and bent the original on a laning trip recently.



Once it was all back together I felt good, and thought I would have a quick check underneath the truck to see if any of the protection I put down there had been used much, and if my steering damper was still connected, and I guess it was good that I did as I found this...





Damn! So, I guess whatever this problem is, is the next job!

Looks like your going to get your first lesson in changing kingpins maybe :woohoo: