Hi Kim ,I have the 2014 jimny and it’s a mountain goat. To all jimny owners, if you don’t carry passengers then do this. Remove the back seats and build a floor, remove the jack and put it under the drivers seat. The jimny now has plenty of room. I can carry everything from car fridge to all camping gear and water for over a week. That’s all in the back and nothing on the roof. I have a 2” lift and standard types and they work just fine out bush. I live in Western Australia, a hot and dusty place most of the year out back and beyond. It’s jimny country. Nice review Kim. Regards Robert.😎🇦🇺🦘
hehe....thats right! :D Thanks for you comment :D Im looking intro building some storage in the back, though i need to have 4 seats in total on each yearly inspecltion
my first car was a 2015 jimny. even stock it performed really good in offroad, and it also behaved well as a citycar thanks to its compact dimensions. you definitely feel the lack of a 6th gear when going on a highway, and inside it's pretty cramped. despite this i still love that car and its personality, i had lots of fun with it
I drive since 20 years with solid axles f/r Samurai, Land cruiser, landrover and nissan patrol and never ever felt unconfortable on and off road! Solid axles are simply the best👍👍
I tried jimny in greece, I loved it, I wanted to buy it, and now I have Landcruiser ... I could have 3 Jimnies for what that cost me to repair ... Should've buy the Jimny
Yeh, I know from the experience too although the Landcruisers certainly have their benefits although, you are right, they are expensive when things go wrong.
I traded in my 1985 Landcruiser for a NEW 2015 Jimny. I'm glad to report the Jimny seat belt tab tapping against the pillar and window rattle on the passenger side just makes me feel at home like the sound of air entering around the door seal when traveling at highway speeds. Its the same authentic experience but without the rust.
Such a pleasure to watch this video. All the information was very useful and undoubtedly this is one of the best reviews I have watched about Jimny’s. Congratulations👏👏
Nice review. Gives a really good overview of the car. Thanks. Like your funny sense of humor. Been toying with buying one for years. Problem is I'd be mostly doing town driving and not much off roading to justify it
Cool! Island is a place i want to visit, i sean that there is a good offroad community and you have alot of nice gravel roads.. Do you know of any 4x4 rental on iceland?
Best video for those vital statistics, really want to buy one & know now about gearing V what size tyres. I see quite a few people's own alterations & bit wary of buying. Used to have a 2CV, 600cc & that was a great fun car so (engine) size isn't everything
I have the same car and my ONLY complaints are the very little leg room for the back passengers and the overall roughness that comes with a car of this type
Enjoyed the video, those steel wheel rims really suit the Jimny, trying to find some for my 2020 Jimny. l think if a Jimny or SJ 413/410 is to be used a lot offroad it really does need lower transfer gears, especially in low range, my 413 lwb had 6.5 to 1 low range with 29" mud terrain tires and front and rear difflocks and out performed most coil sprung Land Rovers and it still had the stock engine!!
Going uphill for mine it's a pain in the ass in Automatic transmission. I have to use the L, to lock 1st gear. It concerns me a bit, I don't know if it's something related with the transmission itself or, lack of power, or both. I change tires, I have bigger tyres though.
Grymt bra recension! Tack för den! Jag är på jakt efter en Jimny att ha som vinterbil / gårdsbil / lättare off-road och detta var en bra inblick i hur dessa bilar är. Har tidigare ägt både Suzuki Vitara och Suzuki Samurai Pickup så nu är det dags för en Jimny!
@@Grandmaster-Kush Hej, det blev aldrig någon Jimny för mig denna gången så jag kan dessvärre inte ge någon personlig åsikt om dom. Jag slog till på en Land Rover Defender 110 istället. Det får bli en Jimny nästa gång jag byter bil. Däremot kan jag tala gott om Suzuki Samurai som tillverkades som pickup-variant fram till 2001. Körde en sådan i ca. tre år och den är utmärkt att ha som jaktbil, så länge bössan inte är för lång för då får du nog ha den bak på flaket 😄
Funny to see a towbar on such a small engin yet my sx4 2l doesnt come with one i wonder why that is it has a bigger motor and 4x4 capability. I love the jimny but also my sx4 its just a less rugged offroader then the jimny still super capable😊
Grymma Jimny Videos! :) Vet du hur mycket minus AT man kan ha på fälgarna innan det blir problem? Tänker mest på när dem kanske sticker ut utanför karossen? :)
Body lift 2"... Suspension lift 2"... Komodo 31" tyre... Use jimy portal axcel (probably 2")... Overall lift around 6"-8" lift... U will enjoy going mudding...
I'm considering buying one, I'd like it for fun (off-road), but also as a daily driver. My only real concern is the highway with this car. Could you recommend it to me? Thank you
Great video, what country are you in or is this video taken in? I wish to purchase a Left hand steering wheel Suzuki Jimny like this and import it to my country.
thanks! I live in Sweden. our currency is quite low at the moment so depending on where you live importing from Sweden can be good, but you want to looks for rust. All cars how ever goes through a yearly inspection so if it passed inspection it's generally a safe car to drive. The inspection don't look on the engine and stuffs like that tho, it mainly focusing on safety features.
@@Kim_Alexander that's great to hear! Thanks for the reply. If you know or could find out for me, do you know how someone would ship a vehicle from Sweden to Canada? Do you think it would be difficult to ship?
Great review, very informative and interesting. Thinking of trading in my old swb shogun for a Jimny, just a bit worried about road speed, and pulling out into traffic, what do you think.
thanks for commenting! Road speed is quite bad on mine considering the bigger wheels. But a reappear kit for around 500$ would solve that.. Fun car how ever :D Next month the offroad season start here in sweden :D
Mine is manual, you have to double clutch well to keep up with traffic but it's doable. You should engine swap to the 2.0L or the 1.8L if it bothers you.
Thanks! It's stock gear, in low range it works fine. But in Hi it's quite slow, and struggle uphill.'''''' Some reduction would be nice, i would't go bigger then i have on wheel size.
My 1999 Jimny G13BB engine, is really poor on the highway. It sits on 90km per hour ok but at 100kms the engine is revving over 3500rpm. Great off roader, but as a highway car its terrible and hard wearing on the engine. Prone to blowing head gaskets. I think the cooling system is under engineered which makes the alloy head and block combination vulnerable for warpage and blowing head gaskets.
I understand your point but I believe that they are designed to rev high, like most other suzuki 4wds, perhaps because of suzukis motor bike ancestry. I've done a few long distance trips in Australia outback, 2,000 to 3,000 km & have had no issues.
you said everything that is relevant to a ZOOK. "IT;S A JIMNY I DONT CARE" . TOUGH, rugged, simple, honest. genuine Japanese product.,,, if all cars on the roads were Zooks. lots less people would be dying on our road. Unless you never owned one DO NOT CRITSIZE the little mountain goat. ALL GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES.
Sorry, I have no idea regarding the cylinder head. The Jimny, though, came with two types of engine: the G13 and M13 engines. A similar engine was used in other cars, so a swap might be possible. Another popular swap is the 1.6 Vitara engine swap. That engine is almost a direct swap. Headroom is pretty good in this one, and the chair moves backwards quite a lot. I think you will be able to fit, being 185 cm tall.
Hi! Nice video! I want to ask: can I fit 30/9.5r15 on my +2,5" suspension lift and +2" body lift jimny without change my transmission gearbox? The jimny is 1.3
Toy dont need to change the gearbox, how ever checking the graering in the axles or transferase is a good idea 30" is just about what you can have on stock gearing. In low range its okey, but its slow for regular driving. Depends a lot on your style of wheeling. Crawling in stock gearing is tricky.. But start somewhere and see it as long term goal for upgrades Either get a stone crawler transferase och change the gearing in the axle..
@@teo_siamidis I think the same but sometimes it's possible to find rocklibster transfer cases cheep online. I think I gear reduction kit for the transfer case is between 500-1200$ Then its a question of witch, you is more comfortable installing.. Axle gear change is easy but require some special tools for setting up tolerances and shims. Im
@@union310 light weight gets you far. Many times at off-road meetings i experiensed situations where I keept up with more capable bouilts and also situations wheere jeeps strugels. Was fun to have this Jimmy and its one car I truly miss. Unfortunately electrical bills, high interest rates and gas prices don't allow me gmtonhave any offroader at the moment. But when things turns around I'll be back :)
@@Kim_Alexander Okay, is yours a auto or manual? I like the manual but I feel the auto would be more durable for 4x4ing. I might import a 2004 Suzuki Jimny next year!
@@Kim_Alexander Yes we do, we can import anything 15 years and older. Canada has the Suzuki Samurai and Geotracker here which also share the same parts for the Japanese RHD Jimnys older ones like the LJ80s. We never had this body style in Canada though.
They are weak engines subject to head gasket failure often made worse by over modified, wrong tyres and you will destroy you wheel bearings and drive shafts as it to much resistance and weight. Big fat tyres are not always needed as they just fill with mud . I was modifying Suzukis before all the big hype started. It would have been better with a 1.5 diesel engine
Great review, thanks for sharing. They are a very reliable & capable 4WD. I use my 2006 soft top Jimny a lot in outback Australia & in the mountains here. Going to fit a long range tank (70 litres). A change to a lower gear ratio in for the transfer case will be done when I eventually change the clutch. Some footage of a recent trip in the mountains ruclips.net/video/h7vMSYeKVcM/видео.html
@@soyolbolds4567 I've ordered a Chinese 70L tank, should arrive soon. There is space, just need to modify exhaust & reposition a brake line. Several people I know have done it.
Hi Kim ,I have the 2014 jimny and it’s a mountain goat. To all jimny owners, if you don’t carry passengers then do this. Remove the back seats and build a floor, remove the jack and put it under the drivers seat. The jimny now has plenty of room. I can carry everything from car fridge to all camping gear and water for over a week. That’s all in the back and nothing on the roof. I have a 2” lift and standard types and they work just fine out bush. I live in Western Australia, a hot and dusty place most of the year out back and beyond. It’s jimny country. Nice review Kim. Regards Robert.😎🇦🇺🦘
hehe....thats right! :D
Thanks for you comment :D
Im looking intro building some storage in the back, though i need to have 4 seats in total on each yearly inspecltion
You ever see the leopards In aussie
do you have a 2'' spacer lift or other shocks.. ? did the ride got stiffer if you have the spacer lift or so..
@@komunakomunalska1664 no spacers, total change of springs and shocks. The ride is much smoother, not rough like the original setup.
Nice mate. Looking at a similar setup myself as I've got no kids, impressive that you can fit a week's worth of gear in these.
The boot space of a Jimny is precisely big enough for 4 crates of beer
Because of the small size you might even reach the beer while driving 🚘 🍻🍺😂😂🤔😉
Aussiest comment ever. America-Imperial Canada-Metric, Australia-Slab !!!
my first car was a 2015 jimny. even stock it performed really good in offroad, and it also behaved well as a citycar thanks to its compact dimensions. you definitely feel the lack of a 6th gear when going on a highway, and inside it's pretty cramped. despite this i still love that car and its personality, i had lots of fun with it
I drive since 20 years with solid axles f/r Samurai, Land cruiser, landrover and nissan patrol and never ever felt unconfortable on and off road! Solid axles are simply the best👍👍
I tried jimny in greece, I loved it, I wanted to buy it, and now I have Landcruiser ... I could have 3 Jimnies for what that cost me to repair ... Should've buy the Jimny
Yeh, I know from the experience too although the Landcruisers certainly have their benefits although, you are right, they are expensive when things go wrong.
I traded in my 1985 Landcruiser for a NEW 2015 Jimny.
I'm glad to report the Jimny seat belt tab tapping against the pillar and window rattle on the passenger side just makes me feel at home like the sound of air entering around the door seal when traveling at highway speeds. Its the same authentic experience but without the rust.
One of the coolest 😎 reviews for that tiny off road animal car, with a lot of sense of humour, but and reality...! 👌🏼🔝🎯
Such a pleasure to watch this video. All the information was very useful and undoubtedly this is one of the best reviews I have watched about Jimny’s. Congratulations👏👏
Nice review. Gives a really good overview of the car. Thanks. Like your funny sense of humor. Been toying with buying one for years. Problem is I'd be mostly doing town driving and not much off roading to justify it
I was looking for some information on the Jimny, because i'm going to see a purchase candidate tomorrow, and your video helped me a lot. Thanks!
Thanks!
Glad to hear that good luck with your purchase!
Jimny doesn't have permanent 4wd, as you said! You can't driver on tarmac with 4x4 since it doesn't have central differential.
Excellent video, lots of super information! Cheers!
Great video...one of the best all round car videos on RUclips...👏👏
My 2 kids with their car seat at the back are perfect. Living here in north of Iceland where winter storm is crazy.
Cool!
Island is a place i want to visit, i sean that there is a good offroad community and you have alot of nice gravel roads..
Do you know of any 4x4 rental on iceland?
Best video for those vital statistics, really want to buy one & know now about gearing V what size tyres. I see quite a few people's own alterations & bit wary of buying. Used to have a 2CV, 600cc & that was a great fun car so (engine) size isn't everything
I have the same car and my ONLY complaints are the very little leg room for the back passengers and the overall roughness that comes with a car of this type
Great video. Thanks. I'm going to buy one tomorrow morning in Panama. Looking forward to taking it on the trails.
Good review well put together and great info on the upgrades
best review of jimny so far..
great video! thank you 🙏
fantastic review. i just bought a jimny in gold color
Great video thank you 👍
Enjoyed the video, those steel wheel rims really suit the Jimny, trying to find some for my 2020 Jimny. l think if a Jimny or SJ 413/410 is to be used a lot offroad it really does need lower transfer gears, especially in low range, my 413 lwb had 6.5 to 1 low range with 29" mud terrain tires and front and rear difflocks and out performed most coil sprung Land Rovers and it still had the stock engine!!
Jimny is not boring, neither was your review thumbs up
Tanks!
Great review! Thank you!
Going uphill for mine it's a pain in the ass in Automatic transmission. I have to use the L, to lock 1st gear. It concerns me a bit, I don't know if it's something related with the transmission itself or, lack of power, or both. I change tires, I have bigger tyres though.
Excellent little car, and what a good video!
Well said bro ✌️💖🎸 LONG LIVE JIMNY ! SUAVE 4X4 here
A potent offroad vehicle indeed. Short wheelbase and low weight do the trick.
Like a tiny mountain goat :D
Grymt bra recension! Tack för den!
Jag är på jakt efter en Jimny att ha som vinterbil / gårdsbil / lättare off-road och detta var en bra inblick i hur dessa bilar är. Har tidigare ägt både Suzuki Vitara och Suzuki Samurai Pickup så nu är det dags för en Jimny!
Hur var Jimny'n? Kollar på en 2006:a till ett vettigt pris som jaktbil
@@Grandmaster-Kush Hej, det blev aldrig någon Jimny för mig denna gången så jag kan dessvärre inte ge någon personlig åsikt om dom. Jag slog till på en Land Rover Defender 110 istället. Det får bli en Jimny nästa gång jag byter bil.
Däremot kan jag tala gott om Suzuki Samurai som tillverkades som pickup-variant fram till 2001. Körde en sådan i ca. tre år och den är utmärkt att ha som jaktbil, så länge bössan inte är för lång för då får du nog ha den bak på flaket 😄
I love my little Jimny. Since I only need space for 2 people, I have completely removed the two rear seats.
Yes, indeed, have done the same.
There's also a 1.5 diesel engine.
Nice review. Really enjoyed it, cheers!
Gran video Kim, este carro tiene muy buenas cualidades para cualquier terreno
Yes true its a good Jeep .My favourite one.Good & descriptive vdo thanks for sharing😊
Funny to see a towbar on such a small engin yet my sx4 2l doesnt come with one i wonder why that is it has a bigger motor and 4x4 capability. I love the jimny but also my sx4 its just a less rugged offroader then the jimny still super capable😊
very nice review.Thanks!
Nice video, I love it : "you buy it because it's a Jimny"
hehe....thats right! :D
Thanks for you comment :D
Grymma Jimny Videos! :) Vet du hur mycket minus AT man kan ha på fälgarna innan det blir problem? Tänker mest på när dem kanske sticker ut utanför karossen? :)
Nice car and review as well, mate!
Nice video! Please tell us more about lifting
0:42, I have the same 4x4 but why does he look so out of proportion in that shot? xD
Smol Boy.
Its been lifted apparently
Yeah, no offense but did you expando ray the Jim? xD
Yes!
I have the same car and it can definitely do burnouts 😅
very good video thank you🙏🙏
Lucas Podolski in diguise🥳...good hobby after your football career 👏
It's really good . Maybe the best.......I had one at 2000 - 2011.
Excellent in all cases.
Body lift 2"... Suspension lift 2"... Komodo 31" tyre... Use jimy portal axcel (probably 2")... Overall lift around 6"-8" lift... U will enjoy going mudding...
Si el concepto es sobré si es verdadero 4*4. Que puede mejorar su desempeño con algunas modificaciones estoy completamente de acuerdo. 😊
Thank you
I m from Pakistan and have a Jimny I live in potohar mountain area a small mountain area Jimny is best machine for me
cool dude thanks for commenting and shreing your thoughs!
JIMNY THE BEST
I'm considering buying one, I'd like it for fun (off-road), but also as a daily driver.
My only real concern is the highway with this car.
Could you recommend it to me?
Thank you
@@Alex95_Revolution yes, go for it, it's a fun car. works on the highway in your own phase..
Top 10
Great video, what country are you in or is this video taken in? I wish to purchase a Left hand steering wheel Suzuki Jimny like this and import it to my country.
thanks!
I live in Sweden. our currency is quite low at the moment so depending on where you live importing from Sweden can be good, but you want to looks for rust.
All cars how ever goes through a yearly inspection so if it passed inspection it's generally a safe car to drive. The inspection don't look on the engine and stuffs like that tho, it mainly focusing on safety features.
@@Kim_Alexander that's great to hear! Thanks for the reply. If you know or could find out for me, do you know how someone would ship a vehicle from Sweden to Canada? Do you think it would be difficult to ship?
What about the turbo K6A engine? You missed a lot of details.
I probably did just as most review does :)
Great review, very informative and interesting. Thinking of trading in my old swb shogun for a Jimny, just a bit worried about road speed, and pulling out into traffic, what do you think.
thanks for commenting!
Road speed is quite bad on mine considering the bigger wheels. But a reappear kit for around 500$ would solve that.. Fun car how ever :D
Next month the offroad season start here in sweden :D
@@Kim_Alexander what’s a reappear kit?
Mine is manual, you have to double clutch well to keep up with traffic but it's doable.
You should engine swap to the 2.0L or the 1.8L if it bothers you.
Nice Jimny!!! Is your transfer case stock? Re-gearing? How it acts uphill with 235/75/15?
Thanks!
It's stock gear, in low range it works fine.
But in Hi it's quite slow, and struggle uphill.''''''
Some reduction would be nice, i would't go bigger then i have on wheel size.
My 1999 Jimny G13BB engine, is really poor on the highway. It sits on 90km per hour ok but at 100kms the engine is revving over 3500rpm. Great off roader, but as a highway car its terrible and hard wearing on the engine. Prone to blowing head gaskets. I think the cooling system is under engineered which makes the alloy head and block combination vulnerable for warpage and blowing head gaskets.
I understand your point but I believe that they are designed to rev high, like most other suzuki 4wds, perhaps because of suzukis motor bike ancestry. I've done a few long distance trips in Australia outback, 2,000 to 3,000 km & have had no issues.
I like how funny you are 😂😂
Super car!👍
You'r funny.👍😁
Good review...
did you have to modify anything on the brakes cables etc etc when you lifted 3 inches? or nothing changes? thanks
you said everything that is relevant to a ZOOK. "IT;S A JIMNY I DONT CARE" . TOUGH, rugged, simple, honest. genuine Japanese product.,,, if all cars on the roads were Zooks. lots less people would be dying on our road. Unless you never owned one DO NOT CRITSIZE the little mountain goat. ALL GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES.
LIST! please!
Gonna start working on that soon :)
can you put cylinder head from suzuku swift gti on that engine ? and one more question, how would someone that is 185cm tall fit on rear seats ?
Sorry, I have no idea regarding the cylinder head.
The Jimny, though, came with two types of engine: the G13 and M13 engines. A similar engine was used in other cars, so a swap might be possible. Another popular swap is the 1.6 Vitara engine swap. That engine is almost a direct swap.
Headroom is pretty good in this one, and the chair moves backwards quite a lot. I think you will be able to fit, being 185 cm tall.
Are parts available in the USA. I'm new at this whole world of Jimny
Not on roclauto I blight a lot from Jimnibits
How do you fix/manage shudder? Known issues for these models.
What lift kit do you use for the one in the review?
Anybody know the music that is in the intro?
The musik is from artist.io
Is the Steering Wheel adjustable on this model?
Is your 3" lift based on the tires and lift? If so how much was the lift kit itself? 2"? and 1" from the tires?
Full list, full list!! (let me check your channel)..
Is this the stock engine?
Hi! Nice video! I want to ask: can I fit 30/9.5r15 on my +2,5" suspension lift and +2" body lift jimny without change my transmission gearbox? The jimny is 1.3
Toy dont need to change the gearbox, how ever checking the graering in the axles or transferase is a good idea 30" is just about what you can have on stock gearing.
In low range its okey, but its slow for regular driving.
Depends a lot on your style of wheeling. Crawling in stock gearing is tricky..
But start somewhere and see it as long term goal for upgrades
Either get a stone crawler transferase och change the gearing in the axle..
@@Kim_Alexander I think better choice is to change the gearing in axles! I think its cheaper than Change the gearing in the transfer case..
@@teo_siamidis I think the same but sometimes it's possible to find rocklibster transfer cases cheep online.
I think I gear reduction kit for the transfer case is between 500-1200$
Then its a question of witch, you is more comfortable installing..
Axle gear change is easy but require some special tools for setting up tolerances and shims.
Im
Great review
These come in left hand drive?
they. comes both en left and right hand drive.
yg garang nya warna hitam sama merah jimny ni wak haha
Just remove the back seat and cut a piece of plywood to size to create a flush floor
Yes, I've gone with the ply floor with a few hatches to make use of the cavities created.
Small car massive heart
Not if you belive the engine is the heart of the car! 😂🙂😂
@@Kim_Alexander My Jimny has been places my landy would never have gone
@@union310 light weight gets you far. Many times at off-road meetings i experiensed situations where I keept up with more capable bouilts and also situations wheere jeeps strugels. Was fun to have this Jimmy and its one car I truly miss.
Unfortunately electrical bills, high interest rates and gas prices don't allow me gmtonhave any offroader at the moment. But when things turns around I'll be back :)
How many cc this jimny is?
1,3 liter :D
How is it on highways? 100km is our standard highway speed in Canada.
rides well in that speed m, take awhile to reach it tho :)
@@Kim_Alexander Okay, is yours a auto or manual? I like the manual but I feel the auto would be more durable for 4x4ing. I might import a 2004 Suzuki Jimny next year!
@@shookones2216 it's a manual, do you have jimnys in Canada as well?
@@Kim_Alexander Yes we do, we can import anything 15 years and older. Canada has the Suzuki Samurai and Geotracker here which also share the same parts for the Japanese RHD Jimnys older ones like the LJ80s. We never had this body style in Canada though.
@@Kim_Alexander yu
Nah i have changed my mind
Aluminium block and head. Enough said.
They are weak engines subject to head gasket failure often made worse by over modified, wrong tyres and you will destroy you wheel bearings and drive shafts as it to much resistance and weight. Big fat tyres are not always needed as they just fill with mud . I was modifying Suzukis before all the big hype started. It would have been better with a 1.5 diesel engine
Great review, thanks for sharing. They are a very reliable & capable 4WD. I use my 2006 soft top Jimny a lot in outback Australia & in the mountains here. Going to fit a long range tank (70 litres). A change to a lower gear ratio in for the transfer case will be done when I eventually change the clutch. Some footage of a recent trip in the mountains ruclips.net/video/h7vMSYeKVcM/видео.html
How do you fit a long range tank? I mean is there space? Wouldn't it protrude down?
@@soyolbolds4567 I've ordered a Chinese 70L tank, should arrive soon. There is space, just need to modify exhaust & reposition a brake line. Several people I know have done it.
grettings from south Poland Adrian SQ9FCB .. ham radio operator .. Black JB43 Jimny Owner to radio expeditions and trips
How come it looks so massive compared to u lol
The low angle of the camera and me standing on a slightly lower ground
Kanon video!:)
Tack! :D
LS swap it
LS swap is always the answer :D
this car its a dog, but its made for japan bodys, missing another 30 cm for the bags
I love jimmy
I love the jeep
what jeep? 🤔🚙