Re:DrRobin's Northumberland Jimny

Chicken wrote:

Looks like you need a little 2 inch lift or so, makes difference, and actually if you get the right suspension might even make it feel less rolly and more stable.

Thats what I found anyway, after the lift it felt more planted, which seems backwards, but I think itd more to do with the stiffer suspension that the GVM upgrade came with.

jlines wrote:

My daily commercial and my SZ5 both have 2inch lifts fitted. My lcv has the pedders kit fitted and my sz5 has a trialmaster kit. Compared to our non lifted commercial they certainly haven't made road manners any worse in fact in my opinion they feel slightly better taking bumps and pot holes on the road compared to a standard car. All of our cars have BFG KM3 mud terrains fitted. Out of the two kits on my cars I prefer the pedders kit. Car feels a lot more solid and doesn't lean that much compared to my SZ5 Which has more lean to it when going round corners. As you rightly say the lifts don't actually gain you any more clearance underneath. They just allow more room in the Arches to allow bigger tires to be fitted and you get more flex. Personally I wouldn't go much further as you will start to effect the gearing. When we spectated trials back when lots were using SJs. Most cars were on small lifts with a decent set of narrow tall mud tires which was enough to make them really competitive. I think you could give the car a small lift Robin and I think you won't notice really any difference or you may find it better on the road. You could then buy some mud terrains on some cheaper steel wheels or aftermarket alloys to use only for trails or off-road meets.