another Jimny from AU!

been reading quite a few threads and builds on here and have seen a few australian jims getting around so i thought why the heck not do a write up?

Im 17 and I live in victoria, australia. My first car is a jimny and I'm so happy with it you could say the bug has bitten! Its a 98 JLX model and has done 100K kms. It was bone stock when I bought it about 6 months ago and although progress is slow with school and only part time work, i am getting stuff done on it.

This was when i first got the jim


My front bar which i got for $80. Im considering cutting the hoop off but I'm not sure about. You can also see my spotties which i got for free.


A small tailgate table that i whipped up in a few minutes after finding some stuff lying around the shed


and who said you need muddies to get muddy!


I'm currently in the process of finishing off a custom roof rack that I've made, as well as wiring in new spotlights and a new head unit.




all I've gotta do now is weld on some light bar mounts on the front of the rack, mount my shovel racks and i should be good to go.

Welcome to the club. Keep up the good work mate.

I'm envious of the metalwork you guys can legally mount on the front of your cars over there.

Yeah that's mad 'max style'

ant0 wrote: I'm envious of the metalwork you guys can legally mount on the front of your cars over there.

It is quite handy, but if my car had airbags I wouldn't be able to mount a homemade bar it would have to be a commercially tested and engineered bar

Thanks for the replies boys

Bought a few goodies online this morning

eBay snorkel


Also bought a compressor, snatch strap and a wiring harness for my light bar as I don't have time to make one from scratch at the moment

I'm starting to plan my rear storage area, I'm not sure if I want a big single draw that I can divide into segments to keep stuff organised or just a big flat floor all the way to the seats for max carrying capacity

What's everyone's thoughts on this?