Outer Limits 4x4 Board

hey guys my brother is in the process of looking for a SWB coil sprung zook just wondering what is a better buy a late model sierra or a jimny??

Thanks Heaps

You have to give us way, way more information than that for us to answer the question.

What is he going to use it for, does he want to modify it, what sort of terrain does he want to drive, how important is road performance.


In short, the Jimny is the nicer car to drive on road.

Both cars have severe limitations off road, but the coil sprung sierra is the harder car to work with if you want off road performance - it has inferior suspension geometry and design and less aftermarket parts availability. Jimnys are also generally power steering equipped, are all EFI and have an available automatic, along with airlockers front and rear, so it's easy to build a very capable car that's still quite nice to drive off road so long as you keep tyre size to about 30". Beyond that and the driveline won't stand up.

The usable tyre size limit on a coil sierra is about 31"

They'll both get spanked off road by a leaf sierra for less $$ and headache.

Steve.

well he wants to use it for a daily drive but also as a capable weekend fun car and tourer.

has also mentioned of putting a 3.8 commodore engine in it and mayb changing to hilux diif front and gear

So buy a Hilux then

like steve said - comfort - buy a jimny... offroad, get a sierra..

From what you've described i'd say a jimny with 2" springs, guard chopping at 30" tyres (with WT sierra tcase for reduction gears) would be all you'd need to go just about anywhere... then add a rear air-locker if you start getting stuck more often down the track =)

richo_turbo60 wrote:well he wants to use it for a daily drive but also as a capable weekend fun car and tourer.

has also mentioned of putting a 3.8 commodore engine in it and mayb changing to hilux diif front and gear

what grimbo said.....

coily's suck and Jimny's are not much better
my wife drive's the kid to school and herself to work each day during the week
and i play on the weekends with our sierra. best all round car ever made.

my sierra.


no problems towing either.

Gwagensteve wrote: They'll both get spanked off road by a leaf sierra for less $$ and headache.

Steve.

Steve said Spanked

sierras suck as a tourer id say jimny for a daily/tourer
3 hours in a sierra and ul never want to drive it again

zukiviagra wrote:sierras suck as a tourer id say jimny for a daily/tourer
3 hours in a sierra and ul never want to drive it again

Get it setup right, they can be comfy with a load.

But yes they are rough for a daily.

Coils = comfort.

zukiviagra wrote:sierras suck as a tourer id say jimny for a daily/tourer
3 hours in a sierra and ul never want to drive it again

i can easily do 1000km days in my sierra and i often do. you city people are just soft.

zukiviagra wrote:sierras suck as a tourer id say jimny for a daily/tourer
3 hours in a sierra and ul never want to drive it again

tell that to my brother who drove from Melb to Cape York in a Sierra quite comfortably or a friend of mine who drove around Australia in her Sierra.

grimbo wrote:

zukiviagra wrote:sierras suck as a tourer id say jimny for a daily/tourer
3 hours in a sierra and ul never want to drive it again

tell that to my brother who drove from Melb to Cape York in a Sierra quite comfortably or a friend of mine who drove around Australia in her Sierra.

and how much did their arse and kidney transplants cost grimbo?

For some it comfortable, for others its not.

I'd prefer to drive our 05 rolla long distance than a sierra. (suitable for onroad only)