What did you do to your jimny today?

mlines wrote: Its time Geraldine has some grown up boots to wear.

Good job I checked the pressures when I left the tyre centre, I am not sure what they were thinking. Quite why they could not read the plate inside the door which are mandatory on all vehicles for the last few years I do not know?

that is perfect shoes for her.

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They don’t seem to bother checking the plate, just their chart which gives standard and/or maximum pressures for the tyre size, which for a light vehicle like a Jimny is far too much.

That or they just wack 36 psi into everything smaller than a truck.

Last tyres I had fitted to my Jimny the guy asked me what pressure I normally use, 25psi I said, when I checked them later at cold they were around 28-29psi.

Most tyre shops use Dunlop style linear inflators and after being dragged across the floor, kicked or trodden on and filled with dust and crap they don't have much chance of telling the truth.

Roger

It's not just the tyre pressures you need to worry about.

Just as important are the wheel nut torque settings they use. All to often it's the windy gun that wins over the somewhat battered wrench.

Roger

 

Decided to upgrade the front speakers and add some in the rear on my 2003 Jimny!

At least I got a good view of the floor plan and side panels to check for rust! It’s pretty clean, and the stereo sounds much better now!

 

Added some new Steels and BFG KM3's 

 

I mounted new wheels and tyres this morning (pics on a later time, it's raining cats and dogs here). An appointment for alignment on Thursday morning. The car tends to wander to the right.

I'm pretty blessed with good automotive-related companies in my town. E.g., The guy who does the alignment has customers from all over the country, with sometimes exotic cars. He's good. |n the past, he did my Porsche. He turned it from 'lethally vaguely steering' to 'confident and accurate steering and road holding. I have good reasons to think he'll sort out the Jimny as well.

Hi  all, we took delivery of a new Jimny from the dealer swapping the 3 for the new and drove home noticing the immediate differences of a little more power and  few cms. of space,as well as a more comfy ride,after dropping the tyre pressures from 35psi to 26.
Ist job was to underseal spray with Lanotech, my favourite easy to apply sealer, every weld, bolt, join was covered ,drainage holes were fully injected.
Fitted bonnet protector, monsoon rain deflectors and rear window heater wire covers.
Next job is to change all oils after its first 1000kms purely for peace of mind, as well as fitting diif breathers.
Stay safe all.

Fitted a 42” light bar with brackets from Lamberts Engineering yesterday. Really neat fit….

Hopefully I've found the source of the latest RJN - that's Random Jimny Noise.
it's the passenger side rear spring that's take to making the odd "bong" for no rhyme or reason. I finally found the correct sequence of jumping on, pushing and pulling the Jimny, in a fashion at that keeps the neighborhood amused, to evoke said noise.
A squirt of oil has shut it up, hopefully.
You gotta love you Jimny to keep it, luckily I do.