[dave91]

Guys should I get a SWB or a LWB Vit? I like the idea of 4 doors as I've only ever had 2d cars. How do they go off road, which is better? I'll be buying one as soon as I can sell my Jimny so hopefully within the month. Also may be leaning instead towards getting a 180sx, so convince me!
Dave

[Chop]

I'd say LWB, the room is always better to have. If you think you wont need it, you will one day and regret not having it when ya want it.

[christover1]

LWB better for climbing.
LWB better handling IMHO.
LWB better for seating more than 2 people,
and/or camping gear.

SWB better ramp over, and better power to weight ratio.
SWB better for discouraging freeloading passengers

I'm biased to LWB's
[flash width=480 height=385]http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/luCFPmCkEHE.swf[/flash]

[atari4x4]

SWB, nothing better than whipping a U-Turn at the end of the little track that ran off the other little track when the LWB's are doing 16 point U-Turns.

i want a MWB Vitara...

[christover1]

atari4x4 wrote:

SWB, nothing better than whipping a U-Turn at the end of the little track that ran off the other little track when the LWB's are doing 16 point U-Turns.

i want a MWB Vitara...

Or a better hand brake, and steel nerves, for U turns

[buzbox]

Decide what you want to do first, go fast or slow then go from there. A vitara and a 180sx are from the opposite end of the motorsport spectrum.

besides that, I'm with Chris on all points except for the freeloader passangers, I have my rear seats taken out so it's just a 2 seater.

[alexvitara]

SWB look cooler

[dave91]

I used to have an integra and have bought a jimny (to sell). The jimny is freaking dangerous in the wet and wind and has no power at all! It's unbelievable! That's why I want a 180. But I really wanna go camping and 4x4ing, beach etc. so I'll go for the vit. The 180 will have to wait until I have a million dollars to rego 2 cars hahah. My mate said that the difference is about 200 - 300mm from swb to lwb. Is that right? And what difference does it make (other than climbing easier)

[atari4x4]

Wheelbase
2-door: 86.6 in (2,200 mm)
4-door: 97.6 in (2,479 mm)

Length
2-door: 143.7 in (3,650 mm)
4-door: 158.7 in (4,031 mm)

[christover1]

My back, neck and shoulders like the 4 doors,
no reaching into the back to grab stuff, just open the door.
Thou I guess its an easy reach in a SWB thru back door?

[banga]

there is only like 200 to 300 mm of space in the back of a swb you open the back door and the seats are there. if you thought the jimny was dangerous you might be better with a lwb bit more stable

[dave91]

Ah ok, that video was great (Now that I can actually watch it.. stupid Iphone..) Could you guys post up some pics or videos of your vits at all? I think maybe the lwb would be better, having watched that video, it still looks quite small which is good. My integra basically turned into my little mobile room because I had so much shit in there, and I've found that the Jimny is too small to be a portable room hahah

[Fatzook]

Go the LWB. If it weren't for the SV LWB having the H20a instead of teh J20a, I would have bought one instead of my SWB.

[buzbox]

Have a look at a few of our build threads in the rigs section. You will get some inspiration on what you could do with yours.

[dave91]

What's the difference between H20a and J20a?

[Fatzook]

dave91 wrote:

What's the difference between H20a and J20a?

2 cylinders.

H20 is a V6.

J20 is a 4. For all insensive purposes they have the same power.

[atari4x4]

H20a is a 2.0l V6, the J20a is a 2.0l 4cyl, both have very similar outputs in the way of torque & power

[Fatzook]

Atari =

[atari4x4]

same post times... i'm actually working

[sideways]

atari4x4 wrote:

Wheelbase
2-door: 86.6 in (2,200 mm)
4-door: 97.6 in (2,479 mm)

Length
2-door: 143.7 in (3,650 mm)
4-door: 158.7 in (4,031 mm)

Those are near dead on the same specs as my LWB LJ!

IMO go SWB, SWB is awesome.

[dave91]

Fatzook wrote:

Atari =

Bahahah epic

So are the GV's a lot worse than the straight JLX vit's?
Any year in particular that the J20a begun production?

[Fatzook]

GV's are better IMO. More plastic, but a nicer vehicle. And they all come with a 2.5L V6 or bigger

J20 started in the SV420 model vits around 96-97 I believe

[dave91]

Does anyone know what the fuel consumption is like from h20 to j20?
So would a GV be the better option? I always though that they were more of a mum's car, like a rav4 I suppose.

[Fatzook]

dave91 wrote:

Does anyone know what the fuel consumption is like from h20 to j20?
So would a GV be the better option? I always though that they were more of a mum's car, like a rav4 I suppose.

Dave you really need to decide what you want from your car. In the space of 6 weeks you have worked your way through almost all of suzuki's 4x4 line up. They DON'T all do the same things well.

[christover1]

Fatzook wrote:

Atari =

or

[steak_knife]

Fatzook wrote:

GV's are better IMO. More plastic, but a nicer vehicle. And they all come with a 2.5L V6 or bigger

J20 started in the SV420 model vits around 96-97 I believe

What about the 1.6 GV's???

Or the j20 GV's??

[atari4x4]

Fatzook =

[Fatzook]

steak_knife wrote:

Fatzook wrote:

GV's are better IMO. More plastic, but a nicer vehicle. And they all come with a 2.5L V6 or bigger

J20 started in the SV420 model vits around 96-97 I believe

What about the 1.6 GV's???

Or the j20 GV's??

In a LWB?

[atari4x4]

they made J20a LWB GV's

[Fatzook]

atari4x4 wrote:

they made J20a LWB GV's

Who is they?