buenavides
Member
Looking great, care to share what happened to this build? Is it successful?
1994 Suzuki Jimny light build
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AeroNautiCal
Explorer
Your Suzuki looks gorgeous with those replacement wheels and tyres. Subscribed.
Ray_G
Explorer
We added a panel to the back door. I’d thought first about doing a hard MOLLE panel but with the way the door angles when open it just didn’t look right in mockup. So we went with a soft panel, used rivnuts, and now have some utility pouches on the back. Retention holds straps (mostly roller cams), sustainment is stuff for road side snacking (sporks, chop sticks, condiments, etc), and air is the hose and such for the 12v compressor we have inside the cab. The compressor is just a viair setup for the moment, it is mostly used for blowing up beach stuff.
Biggest thing on the horizon is a front bumper project, still waiting for all the pieces of that to come together.
Biggest thing on the horizon is a front bumper project, still waiting for all the pieces of that to come together.
Mountainman75
New member
I'm digging the Jimny. Thinking about one is wet get out next posting in central Europe and I don't have to drive the wife around most places. Might be perfect for me and the hounds as a daily for kebab runs.
Ray_G
Explorer
I have to say for a local runabout it’s fantastic. The cargo area, with the seat removed, would be good for the pups and the overall size of the truck is great for getting around tight streets and such.
SRN
Adventurer
My dad always looked for "Samurai Sized" parking.
Ray_G
Explorer
It hit a point where I’d done most of what I wanted to do right around when the winch went on-since then it is has just been working. About to ship it back to the US for eventual duty at our place in West Virginia.
Admittedly part of what stopped the Jimny build was the wife relenting on me getting a Hilux to bring back…so the attached pic ended up occupying a lot of my attention during the tail end of this tour. It too is going back to the US.
korisu56
Adventurer
Awesome! Great spot to be in all around. Hah. I finally pulled the trigger on a Jimny to bring back. Appreciate you posting your work.It hit a point where I’d done most of what I wanted to do right around when the winch went on-since then it is has just been working. About to ship it back to the US for eventual duty at our place in West Virginia.
Admittedly part of what stopped the Jimny build was the wife relenting on me getting a Hilux to bring back…so the attached pic ended up occupying a lot of my attention during the tail end of this tour. It too is going back to the US.
Ray_G
Explorer
I think your truck will be a great platform. I love our JA11 but wish we had the coils vice leafs. As you probably have noted the bigger challenge for your platform is engine related, they can be finicky. Still, if I could buy another it would be a JA12 or a 22 like yours.
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