Jimny from Dorset Now with Carputer

To be fair it had quite a few light scratches from previous trips which didnt show up on pics although nothing that bad. Not worried though as I am not concerned about its re-sale value as its not going anywhere and its being used for what we want it for

The snorkel took a real beating and I am glad to say its fine.

Couple more trips like that and it will be time for a colour change :evil:

I got a bad scratch the first time I took mine laning and in 10' of driving it went from a shiny to a well worn off roader. My Mrs thought I was gonna go mad but I had no choice but to shrug my shoulders and not worry. Like you I bought mine to use off road and as a long termer, so resale value became less important.

The noise like finger nails down a black board is chilling though when you know virgin paint is being scratched hard. Now it's got too many scratches to count and two dented front wings. Character eh?

Kirkynut

:laugh: yep finger nails :sick:

Here is a short bit of video from the lane, although its not the narrowest lane we have been down the foliage was very abrasive :whistle:



to be fair to Suzuki its a testiment of the the quality of their soft tops too

thought you would have come back down the lane
to get matching sides :pinch:
bet not many park next to you in the supermarket carpark :lol:

what you need is two hedge trimmers fastened to the door mirrors

Went out across Salisbury Plain and up to Devizes on Sat. Whenever we go out we seem to be the only ones with a camera so never get any footage of the Jimny but thought I would share this one as it involves us recovering a Disco in fairness the Disco was on road tyres and did incredibly well, but that bit was just to much.

nice video - looked like a fun day out

apologies for bringing up old threads, but just wanted to say those modulars on a black/silver jimny look awesome! definitely convinced me to get a set

tommyguns wrote: apologies for bringing up old threads, but just wanted to say those modulars on a black/silver jimny look awesome! definitely convinced me to get a set

Agh thats where my thread went
To be honest I havent needed to update this post as the Jimny is going great. In a way forums although incredibly helpful tend to show all the negatives with breakdowns and faults ect. But behind the scene are many cars plodding on behaving themselves mile after mile including the odd dose of abuse with out so much as a mention The little Suzuki has performed perfectly for what I want off road (green laning) and always impresses the guys I go out with who are mainly LR owners. I also tend to use it when I drive to work (to old to cycle when its pouring with rain at 5.30 in the morning) Its not that good on fuel with the 235 Mts on giving about just under 28mpg which is still better than my Jeep Cherokee can do :whistle: I do have some ATs fitted to the original Alloys which I put on if I know I wont be off road for a while or only mild trips in the hope of a few more MPGs and saving the tread on the MTs but they dont really make that much difference and the MTs look sooo much better

Finished my rear recovery point, Should be plenty strong enough for the laning we do.

My Jimny has a 2" body lift so with the taper of the rear bumper meant it didn't have to reach so far to clear the bumper. Could have done with being a bit longer but to be honest only ever needed assistance a couple of times. This one is made from 10mm steel plate, 210mm long and 45mm wide, the 2 10mm mounting holes are 80mm apart.

1st mock up for the front

Its nice to see somebody else with my taste for tight and tricky lanes.. you'll have to show me around the area :whistle:

That's not scratchy ... these are:

North Wales Bont-y-Gwyddel

Cumbria, Eversley

Look at my YouTube channel called RocketMav for more fun!!