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Post by Harreh »

Alright so I'm tired of my Pajero and her petrol drinking ways, when you do 800+kms a week you cant afford something that gets 600kms to 90 litres :P

The jimny has recently caught my eye and due to me having a soft spot for suzuki's since my first car which was a baleno was sadly written off I'd really like to get one of these. Got a few questions and information on these is pretty hard to find.

Firstly, how bad are they to drive, I hear alot that they are incredibly unstable on the roads, especially after a lift. Comfort wise I'm not that fussed, I dont give two shits on if the rides rough or not as long as the seats are good.

Secondly, can you get removable hard tops for the soft tops? Wind noise shits me to tears and I wouldn't mind a soft top. I'm a bit of an audiophile so I'll be doing interior deadening.

Road noise, how bad are these things at 110+, I do alot of freeway driving and just want to know if its a little unbearing.

Other then that if anyone has anything else to offer I'd love to hear it.

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Post by joeblow »

good thread recently on auszookers about the same thing.
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Post by GRPABT1 »

After spending some time in the ex missus Jimny I can tell you they have alot of the benifits of a sierra but alot less of the negatives. Her's is a hard top but I can say it is alot quieter, uses less fuel, rides more comfortable, and handles better than a sierra of similar modifications. Her's has a 60mm tough dog lift and 235/75 tyres and twin arb lockers, with these mods it embarrases mates patrols but it can't quite keep up with my sierra which is more modified but only rear locked.
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Post by grazza »

Just moved from a GU Patrol to a Grand Vitara 2005 (5-door) - might be an option worth considering. Very happy with it so far, a real pleasure to drive. Going offroading this weekend to see what it can do (or not) Averages 10L/100 in the city. There are some good 3-doors on here too.
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Post by Harreh »

GRPABT1 wrote:After spending some time in the ex missus Jimny I can tell you they have alot of the benifits of a sierra but alot less of the negatives. Her's is a hard top but I can say it is alot quieter, uses less fuel, rides more comfortable, and handles better than a sierra of similar modifications. Her's has a 60mm tough dog lift and 235/75 tyres and twin arb lockers, with these mods it embarrases mates patrols but it can't quite keep up with my sierra which is more modified but only rear locked.
Cheers for that mate, I'm really wanting to go hardtop if possible but willing to leave my options open.

As for some of the serious offroad stuff I'm not quite there yet. I've only had my pajero for about 6 months and had 2 outings on it. So I'm still pretty young, wanna get out there a bit more when I get it running again.

How does the Jimny handle freeway work? sitting at 110+ I'm guessing it doesn't struggle at these speeds provided your through the gears a bit
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Post by ROK88 »

I have a jimny soft top and the little thing is great fun i thought they are ok on the road and road noise is not that bad until u put 31's on and a 4'' lift. it is a little bit unstable with the lift and stuff but put castor correction in and it almost feels like you just brought a brand new one
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Post by GRPABT1 »

Harreh wrote:
GRPABT1 wrote:After spending some time in the ex missus Jimny I can tell you they have alot of the benifits of a sierra but alot less of the negatives. Her's is a hard top but I can say it is alot quieter, uses less fuel, rides more comfortable, and handles better than a sierra of similar modifications. Her's has a 60mm tough dog lift and 235/75 tyres and twin arb lockers, with these mods it embarrases mates patrols but it can't quite keep up with my sierra which is more modified but only rear locked.
Cheers for that mate, I'm really wanting to go hardtop if possible but willing to leave my options open.

As for some of the serious offroad stuff I'm not quite there yet. I've only had my pajero for about 6 months and had 2 outings on it. So I'm still pretty young, wanna get out there a bit more when I get it running again.

How does the Jimny handle freeway work? sitting at 110+ I'm guessing it doesn't struggle at these speeds provided your through the gears a bit
Well stock they do rev alot at 100-110kph (about 4000rpm) but they don't mind that. The ex's does about 3500 now on 100-110kph on the 235's and still has heaps more. I was sitting on 110kph (real) and she was sitting on 110-115kph (on her speedo which is out cause of the tyres) and she was leaving me for dead just the other day. So I'd say it'd be able to cruise on 120-130 easily with 235's and a dead stock motor and running gear. It is willing to take not that squick reckons they do take well to a good full exhaust and extractors.
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Post by Harreh »

Ahhh excellent, probably my major concern was how they handled freeway work. Few runs between Sydney and QLD

Only problem I see with them is it's gonna have a bit of trouble with towing. Do a bit of trackwork with my VFR400 so it's going to be a slow drive to the track with this thing.
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Post by fordy1 »

im with grazza, sounds like a 2door GV is more the go for you
It can be well modded and tow too
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Post by Harreh »

Yeah I think the only reason the Jimny's no good for me is towing, didn't really put too much thought into that. Having said that I only really tow about 400kg 3-4 times a year. Too poor to go to the race track too often, I have two expensive hobbies now. Motorbikes and now I'm getting into 4x4. GARGH!

Thanks for all the great advice, gonna go with the Grand Vitara 2 door, they arent as expensive second hand as I thought, will try and get the V6 I think. Definately wanna stick with another Suzuki.

It seems to be a Suzuki owner thing, every zook owner I know loved their zook and always wants another one. My baleno was a great car, too bad it had an untimely death :(
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Post by Gwagensteve »

I'm pretty sure the SWB's are 2.0 4cyl or 1.6 4 cyl only.


The 2.0 is fine.

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Post by joeblow »

yep...no v6 in the 2 door.
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Post by cj »

Harreh wrote:

gonna go with the Grand Vitara 2 door, they arent as expensive second hand as I thought, will try and get the V6 I think.
In some markets the swb Vit got the 2.0 V6 but as said the swb GV never had a V6 although it has been swapped in later.
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Post by GRPABT1 »

Just got back from watching my Ex missus embarras patrols, a 60 series, hilux and a nice Jeep in her twin locked 235/75 tyred jimny.

I have a new found love for them.
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