[danzook]

Hey AZ,
can anyone give me feedback on how their jimny handles offroad with a 4" suspension lift?
I am looking at buying the 4xfour art 4" jimny lift. Post pictures of flex and just general pics of your jimny with 4" lift and state what tyre size you have also.
Also if anyone can confirm with me wether or not this seller is legitimate or not? He only takes direct transfers or credit cards and I am in QLD so I am not sure wether to fork the money out or not.
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/craigieb ... 1078607746

Thanks, Danzook

[THE_DICTATOR]

I would avoid the 4x4art kit as it has a few bodgy bits and still uses the stock panhards. There is better stuff available.

[danzook]

Which other kit would you reccomend? Chasing one that comes with brake lines and the caster corrected radius arms.

[MrRocky]

What tyres you gunna run 31"s ???
4" seems excessive

[shep]

This is 4" with 30.5" tyres, I wouldn't call it excessive.

The kit I used isn't available anymore but jimny bits in the uk is a good start.

[Gwagensteve]

Depends where you live and what you drive shep. 3" lifted Jimny's bring the scary down here.

[shep]

In 40000km i have never felt scary.

[danzook]

Sheps looks spot on for what I want. Good looking rig Shep. Just want to try and buy that lift off gumtree as it is cheaper than getting something from overseas especially if I get hit with import taxes etc.

[Jezza86]

I ran the JB 3" kit with a 2" body lift. Worked fantastic with 30x9.5 bfgkm2's
Procomp es5000 shocks Worked great but a bit firm if you're on a corrugated road.
Tough dog panhards are the best.

[MrRocky]

Most seem to run 4" lift to fit 215's, if i was adding 4" in susp height id want to add the same width wise. I know there are legal issues in some states regards to bodylift but seems alot of jim owners are against it as an option

[alien]

Kyle ran 31's on his white m15 jimny with 2" BL and hacking the guards:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=28487

[MrRocky]

Yeah i dont see it as a bad thing especially when every kit out there needs some sort of modifying

[vet 180]

MrRocky wrote:

Most seem to run 4" lift to fit 215's, if i was adding 4" in susp height id want to add the same width wise. I know there are legal issues in some states regards to bodylift but seems alot of jim owners are against it as an option

I don't get why jimny owners run so much lift? Its a tall skinny car to start with.

[Gwagensteve]

I have no idea vet. The most capable Jimny's are low, like every other car.

[vet 180]

To the OP I would listen to Gwagensteve, he has a wealth of experience.

Also suspension lift does not mean you can run bigger tyres or get more guard clearance. Sheps car is definitely well built, but he has widened his track and didn't cheap out on his lift, so got arms etc to make it work and runs an aftermarket front bumper for more clearance.

I personally have been contemplating running 30's with no lift if I can live with the gearing, now remember suspension lift doesn't give any guard clearance only bump stops or the chop will give that.

This is a pic of 30 x 9.5 front on stock rims stock lift vs stock rear set up:







Where I live i have a choice of 215/80r15 hankook atms or these muddies. I wanted to measure how much I would have to cut of the guards to make them fit as these are the smallest muds I can find.

If i want to fit the 30's I will have to accept the gearing, cutting the bottom of the front rear arch, bumper and possibly the bottom of the rear arches. it's just the way it is. To make a jimny capable I think you have to accept it will meet with an angle grinder at some point. If you run stock rims i think you can get away with just trimming, if you want wider track the full chop has to happen.

[MrRocky]

vet 180 wrote:

I personally have been contemplating running 30's with no lift if I can live with the gearing, now remember suspension lift doesn't give any guard clearance only bump stops or the chop will give that.

Or bodylift

[MrRocky]

To be honest i think adding a stiffer taller spring and bucketloads of rear travel to suspension that already has some balance issues isnt the best recipe

[Gwagensteve]

^This

Like almost all radius arm designs, the jimny has quite high front roll stiffness. with aftermarket front springs, they basically can't reach the front bumpstop when flexed. In the rear, the springs are well inboard and the arms are well outboard. This creates a situation where the suspension wants to straighten itself out when the car is off camber and flexed, especially when it's pointing steeply down hill. Jimny's already have quite a high rear centre of gravity due to the steel and glass up there (quite apart from the roof load people seem to love to add) and the ends result is a car that feels spooky off road.

Running loads of lift with relatively small tyres is doing it back to front - it makes everything about the jimny worse

[Mike57]

I would not have a 4" lift on a Jimny and drive the high country in Victoria. I don't even like to have anything on my roof in the high country and I only have a 40 mm lift. I guess if you are in the territory and driving on flat ground most of the time it might not be a problem but as Gwagensteve says its not necessary. I have 215/75 tyres and go everywhere the others go on 30's but just need to be slow and careful about wheel placement.