stage 1 of modifications

start

havent added much yet but heres photos of it so far with new seats and snorkel,



had the seats off ebay and the snorkel off this website,
stage 2 is a 3" lift kit which i'll be ordering and fitting this week and getting tyres decided for all terrain now 225-70-15, ive had my wheels back from powder coating and sandblasting looks good ,
stage 3 will be final and that will be external roll cage and winch.
cheers for looking guys not much at the moment i know but its a start , if you have any good ideas for me or know where i can get these parts from for a good price let me know cheers nath

hi mate,i have a good idea for you..... dont waste your money on an external cage!!!! unless you are going to fit an internal cage and link them together,because if you roll the jimny hard with just an external cage it will twist and damage the body anyway,i might have opened a bag of worms here especialy with the guys with external cages,but in truth they are only good for rubbing against trees and rocks,sorry guys in advance but iam entitled to my opinion,ner ner ner ner

cheers mate what about just an internal then would that be ok or will they only do their job with both? sorry im useless with all this but want to get in good offroading use before i start, and im still 50-50 with what tyres to get id rather all terrain as its easier for road and offroad use, but if the MT are better i'll just have to keep swapping when i want to go off roading, the reason im doing lift kit first now before wheels as i may put bigger tyres on, im just lost with it all atm the moment

External cages alone are basicly body savers ,and internal for head protection .
as said best set-up is both internal and external cages linked , but that may be a bit overkill for greenlaning and the odd pay and play
Best of both worlds with tyres will be bfg mt's or khumo kl71's

ok mate cheers do you just leave your mt tyres on or do you have road ones also

I did intend to have a road set but it got to be a pita keep changing over so i ran the khumo's and they were fantastic on road and didnt wear to bad at all
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Love the seats by the way

hi mate,regarding the cage dilema,internal for protection of the driver but bodywork suffers,external for protection against tree rubbing/rock rubbing ETC.

Go for the M/Ts, l use my jimny every day as it's the only car I've got and l do about 60 miles a week and it's fitted with 205/75/15 maxxis M/Ts.

ok mate cheers what would you recommend new, part worn remolds? cheapeast i need , dont want to spend more than £450 on 5 tyres and im going for 225-70-15 , lift kit comes first tho i think

New every time,l don't think they do a lot of M/Ts in that size but iv'e found some cooper discoverer 225/70/15 A/T/R 5 tyres for £414.05 at tyresdirect .
tyresdirectuk.co.uk/shop/search.php

stevedumptruck63 wrote: hi mate,regarding the cage dilema,internal for protection of the driver but bodywork suffers,external for protection against tree rubbing/rock rubbing ETC.

Exactly
For true protection when rolling over internal cage is the only thing.

Add to that, many external cages are a strange fit.. You could fit an entire extra jimny between the body and the tubing. In some cases even fit a 130" Defender.

TomDK wrote:
Add to that, many external cages are a strange fit.. You could fit an entire extra jimny between the body and the tubing. In some cases even fit a 130" Defender.

not on ours
having seen monkey' s being a write off after a gentle roll on its side, I'm glad ours has an external cage as the previous owner had it on its side and its still offroading, and yes it is good at sqeezing through gaps and over rocks and for leaning on trees

If you're driving a jimny fast enough to roll it on the road then you're driving it too fast - get a mini