[45tr0]

After having read on here countless times that "215/75 muddies will fit a stock Jimny without scrubbing" I took my fresh tirerack.com rubber straight down to be fitted this morning...

FAIL.

The later model front bar leaves zero clearance. The stock 205's have gone back on for now, and the muddies will have to wait for the lift kit to arrive.

[alien]

bugger!

[45tr0]

Thinking I might trim the front bar until the JML Jimny bar is finished...

[squibby]

They don't scrub ON ROAD. Mine scrubbed off road a bit.

[bohuler]

What price did you pay for the 215's out of curiosity?
Dave

[45tr0]

squibby wrote:

They don't scrub ON ROAD. Mine scrubbed off road a bit.

These were scrubbing driving straight ahead in the car park. Steering was worserer.

[45tr0]

bohuler wrote:

What price did you pay for the 215's out of curiosity?
Dave

$1025 for 5 including delivery.

[JrZook]

From the pic your front bar/bumper looks slightly bent back towards the tire...

[squibby]

JrZook wrote:

From the pic your front bar/bumper looks slightly bent back towards the tire...

Yep, I see that too. That jimny has had a light bump. The front "bumper" is nothing of the sort. Its a plastic piec of skin with two or three skinny metal hangers and a handful of plastic clips holidng it in place and in shape. Yank it forward a bit and you should get the clearance you need.

[tanshi]

looks like it doesnt it.

the gap just down from the headlights isnt an even gap

[45tr0]

squibby wrote:

JrZook wrote:

From the pic your front bar/bumper looks slightly bent back towards the tire...

Yep, I see that too. That jimny has had a light bump. The front "bumper" is nothing of the sort. Its a plastic piec of skin with two or three skinny metal hangers and a handful of plastic clips holidng it in place and in shape. Yank it forward a bit and you should get the clearance you need.

You reckon? I've not bounced it off anything, but that's not to say it couldn't have been reversed into or the like. I might pull the bar this afternoon and see if I can find a bit of clearance... all else fails I might get the jigsaw out...

[kirstyandgrace]

don't have grinder ??

[squibby]

kirstyandgrace wrote:

don't have grinder ??

There's nothing to grind. Its all plastic and rubber. Jimny bumpers are comedy. If any one hits you in a jimny they are slamming straight into the chassis, there's no protection offered by the bumpers front or rear.

45tr0, if you lie on your back under the front and start to remove the plastic popper clips holding the bottom edge of the bumper on you'll see the metal hangers. The are probably just a bit bent, it would only take a very light bump to bend them. You should be able to twist the forward a bit and straighten it all out again. Its easy buddy, just need a flat head screw driver to pick the plastic fasterners and then maybe a couple of spanners, I can't remember exactly. I took my bumper off about two weeks ago, same one 2005 + spec jimny. I had 215/75/15 muddies on too, trust me they should have clearance on road, not much but just enough.


EDIT: You might not need to undo any of the plastic fasteners actually, I can't remember exactly but you can probably see the metal hangers without undoing anything.

[dank]

cut the bumper, you could probably do it with scissors.

[monley]

dank wrote:

cut the bumper, you could probably do it with scissors.

x2

[squibby]

monkey wrote:

dank wrote:

cut the bumper, you could probably do it with scissors.

x2

Why would you both cut up your bumper instead of just fixing it?

[monley]

squibby wrote:

monkey wrote:

dank wrote:

cut the bumper, you could probably do it with scissors.

x2

Why would you both cut up your bumper instead of just fixing it?

Better approch angle

[Birdman1985]

Except he is waiting on a bar anyways.

Either try and bend it good again or leave it until the barwork turns up IMO.

[Gwagensteve]

I agree a new bar will improve clearance, but taking into account the stock bumper, how much lift do you think you would need to "fix" that clearance problem without cutting? 6 inches? 8 inches? The guard is narrower at the bottom that at the mid point, where ride height is normally. Adding lift will actually make fitment worse until the centreline of the tyre is below the bumper.

Steve.