wondering how much gain in flex those arms would give

They'd only help until the shocks ran out of travel. I think the main advantage would be the reduction of strain on the bushes

They'd only help until the shocks ran out of travel. I think the main advantage would be the reduction of strain on the bushes

I'm not being a hater - please don't take offence ZN, but this isn't really correct. Roll stiffness is a completely different issue to outright wheel travel.

Here's an example - I see you unhook your front sway bar when off road. With the sway bar attached, I'm sure you have exactly the same amount of [img]vertical[/img]wheel travel as with it disconnected, but the car feels and flexes completely differently with the bar on and off - that's because the roll stiffness is affected by the sway bar, even though nothing else is.

Fitting those two piece rear radius arms would, as far as I can tell, significantly reduce the rear roll stiffness. I don't really know enough about jimny suspension behaviour to comment as to whether that's positive or not* (see below), but I can assure you they would have a noticeable effect on the cars handling, regardless of the shock travel.

*(This is just my opinion) My guess is that there's nothing wrong with the roll stiffness of the rear of a Jimny and you wouldn't want to lower it. They seem to have no problem flexing as far as any shocks that can be made to fit can allow. However, there must have been some point to designing these rear arms, and it might have to do with urethane bushes. Running urethane not only increases roll stiffness (to the point it can start to hurt travel, but it also looks to heavily load up the inadequate axle brackets. Fitting these arms with urethane bushes might/should/could reduce bushing bind and help the brackets live when using urethane bushes. Personally, I don't understand the use of urethane bushes in a radius arm suspension, but there you go. It wouldn't be the first time a product didn't make sense.

Jimnys standard rear roll stiffness is fairly good in my books. Doesn't unload, doesn't try to walk under itself on a hill, and I have never seen a jimny that does.

With that said, if you could incrementally lower it and see where if feels best but it would suprise me if its much lower then where it is now.

If people want wheel travel from their Jimnys they need to work on the front.

I've actually been considering a rear sway bar due to my long hauls and towing duties (keep in mind my Jimny sees multiple dd duties). The only limit to travel is bump stops and shock extension and compression lengths.