Jean-Paul van Ewijk yeah.. actually there aren’t many thoroughbred off-roaders anymore these days

@@RoamOverlanding wrangler

@@RoamOverlanding 4 runner is another of the few

Small and lightweight.that is importance of offroad.

There still are land cruisers ranging from prado to the ol 70 series, G wagon with all three lockers, Hilux, Wrangler, 4runner

That was too funny. pls stop.

Check out Lite Brite on KZfaq, they take their JL Jeep everywhere, but got to admit for the money the lil Jimney is hard to beat.

Jeep Renegade is rubbish, the Suzuki Jimny is the best 4x4

Do you drink from them ?

@@paddymuppy you can't understand sorry for that

@@dhirenderkumarcarandgadget5520 Maybe you use them to wash your arse.

@@paddymuppy I wish. .................

Wth is going on

Its a combination of all my favourite cars! :D

Glad you enjoying bud! That wheel lift was awesome! 😜 the new rigidity of the chassis was much appreciated there!

softroadingthewest 🙏🏻🙏🏻 thanks so much for tuning in and I’m hoping to be doing a whole lot of stuff over December.

@@RoamOverlanding Next, a set of steelies...

Thanks Squire! Im going to do my best. Unfortunately Im leaving for 10 days in Dubai next week monday, so there will be a bit of a dry spell, but once I'm back, just wait and see... I have some VERY special stuff coming up.

Giant Killer!

That would be very interesting to see if they released a little toyota there.

Hahah! It was great to get on the rough stuff and test it out abit. I had heard how good it was, but I needed to test it for myself.

They hoard them because they're so mobile and can easily navigate small tight roads that the big trucks cant squeeze through.

Andrew Morton thanks so much! We are going to have a great time together!

Thanks for the great feedback! Lots more videos to come over December and Jan!

Thanks Paul! I am indeed expecting many happy kilometers with it!

Alexandru Cristian B thanks man! I appreciate the support

Personally I wouldnt use MT, but I also dont live in Romania :D The thing with MT is that they wear quite quickly, so you will need to replace them sooner than something like the BFG KO2.

@@RoamOverlanding I heared that life of BF Goodrich MT is estimated at 50000 km or 31000 miles, and is alot. MT are like 80% offroad usage and 20% on road. While AT's are 50 50 % off on road usage.

Exactly, so for me the BFG KO2 should get over 80,000km’s and I drive a lot around town and on highway and ten on occasion do long trips offroad

@@RoamOverlanding For me Jimny will be the second car. I have another japonese car as primary car, a Honda Civic FD1 and I want an offroad car that's why I will chose MT's. More performance offroad.

I see! Then I would definitely going MT the Goodyear Duratrac is also very good

Karim ELTANTAWI 👏🏻👏🏻thanks

The headlights on this thing are AMAZING! Especially in comparison to my previous car. When I put high beams on, it lights up for a good couple hundred meters. For my a light bar or extra lights are really low on my list of things to do to the vehicle.

Сергей Васильев thanks bro! It’s looking great! Check my Instagram if you want to see more images of it and follow the build too.

Are they the stock size just in a off road tread design ?

Chris Hart nope they are a 215/75/15

@@RoamOverlanding good too know. All these 4x4 cars look so much better with at least 50/50 tyres on them. If i was looking for a car i would get one of these.

Roam Overlanding thanks for the size. Any rubbing problems? Was this on the standard rims?

Karim ELTANTAWI impressive!

Dubai ?! Hasnt been released in the uae yet, how did you get your hands on it.

gamer4vr no official launch yet, but there was one shipment of 50 cars that arrived mid-November. All pre-booked a long time ago.

Must be its light weight then...

Michael P cause they would outsell any other off road vehicle in the states lol just like the samurai

Because in the states we got the crappy Jeep renegade. We can’t have the best of everything

@@pleaseelaborate5456 we have both in Aus

Suzuki got played dirty by the EPA

jeep

Ladder Frame all the way!

Its coming! :D

Nathan David one of my favorite things is doing overlanding more than off-roading, just hopping in the car and heading to somewhere remote and beautiful. Just to explore all the little nooks and crannies around my country and beyond the borders

I think I would need to do so in an independant video, having to type it out here would take way too long! :P

Glad to have you on board! :)

Thank you for taking the time to comment!

Thanks man! Not much power loss going to the 215's and the fuel consumption has only gone down by 1-2KM/L

Hai Romania ! Alot of Jimny fans in Romania

I think as a little project vehicle, you might have a great time with it!

Hundred percent!

The radio isnt so great, I feel like they slacked a bit on the antenna. But the music player and apple carplay, makes up for it in spades! Loving it so far! Not sure on the speakers, but definitely not enough!

Ted Qian thanks! When are they arriving in your country?

Roam Overlanding thought it was January next year for Australia according to the news?

Thanks Ayanda!

Peter Brown so I fit a roofrack this week, so then after that I’m doing the fridge slider and drawer system. Once I’ve got the Overlanding mods done, then I can look at what it needs in terms of power etc

Aware :) Was just a slip of the tongue while we were driving, old habits! My previous vehicle had a rear difflock.

As long as the result is the same, does it matter? Just asking. Would a dif-lock be more than redundant?

Dan Slotea The result isn’t exactly the same. Traction control only kicks in when traction is lost on one wheel. It then electronically locks the brake on that wheel to fool the LSD to apply power to both wheels. The negative is that you first have to loose traction momentarily, so there is a delay. The pros of this is that you can turn sharply on the trail without axle windup. Diff lock when manually activated locks the diff fully, so you have permanent traction. If you have both front and back diffs locked, you have full 4x4 traction. If you are on a trail in a relatively straight line, you are gonna have far greater traction, no waiting on traction to kick in. The negative is that you have to disengage diff lock every time you do a sharp turn (small slight turns are fine). If you don’t, you’ll snap your axle because the two wheels on both sides of the 4x4 have different size turning circles and the axle will windup and snap or a wheel will jump in the air to unwind the axle. I believe this is the reason many modern 4x4’s opt for traction control over traditional diff lock.

@@johnarmstrong6940 Thanks for the answer. By "the result is the same" I mean the car will be moving forward instead of spinning the free wheel like the old Jimny. So is there a reason to install a diff-lock in the new model? Could there be any situation in which the existing traction control system could fail to keep the vehicle moving?

Dan Slotea for the vast majority of situations while 4x4ing, the traction control is perfectly well suited, no need for diff lock. Even without traction control or diff lock, the old Jimny and samurai are incredible due to their short wheel base. The issue with new modern cars, like the new jimny, is that you can’t make any serious modifications to the vehicle, otherwise your warranty is voided. So no big lift, no big tyres, no diff lock. I’ve got a SJ413 Samurai with rear air compressor diff lock and it is incredible. The only situation I can think of off hand were a diff lock would be better, would be going up a serious steep incline, were one would have to avoid loss of traction all the way up. If you start to spin on the incline, and it takes a second or so to gain traction, that could mean not getting up the hill to due momentum loss. I’m sure there are other situations. Whether the old Jimny with a diff lock is better then new with traction control, I’m not sure because there are other factors to consider. Weight, size, approach angle, bigger engine and so on.

Congrats!

Epik76 00 I definitely want to do that. I have already seen some rust residue forming underneath.

Nice, watching out for a video about it :-) Loved your new Video in Helderberg (i think was called) :-)

Bruno Reis Maya at least you are already in a Jimny! A year will fly buy and soon you will have your new one! 😊

Its actually South Africa! :)

Thanks Renny, It great on the highway! It can get a bit lively sometimes if its very windy, but just paying attention to the road and the vehicle and you will be fine. A Ford Ranger will definitely be nice on long open roads and highways. I also didnt buy the car to drive on highways, I would have just bought a VW or a Merc if I wanted to that :P

Scott RC flexibly it!

so just for a correction on my end, its not an electronic diff lock but actually a limited slip diff, just functions differently mechanically, but has similar results.

an even smaller 90 :P

I think it goes just fine at 120, definitely more stable than the previous Jimny. I've done a day of about 4 hours straight of driving and was quite comfortable. You get used to the ride, its definitely not like Mercedes :P

@@RoamOverlanding Thanks , i m about to get one to myself ...wish magic rides there !

Coming up soon.

Unbraked can tow up to 350KG and then braked up to 1.3T

@@RoamOverlanding Not bad. I would liked more, to have an diesel option. Thank you !

Alexandru Cristian B not sure, I would assume a belt, but I’ll double check with the dealers

@@RoamOverlanding I await your answer. Thank you!

Hi Alex, the Jimny’s K15B engine has a timing chain. the engine also similiar to K14B that found in Swift/Baleno.

Thanks for the feedback Dms, its time to learn all the technicals on these vehicle

@@aquaboy1650 That's very good! Thank you very much mate! Love you Jimny

Thank you so much! :)

Not at all.

I have 215/75/15 yes :)

Nope, all fits nicely

Great! I can't wait until they are released in new Zealand, but that won't be until mid next year at this rate.

Its going to be an awesome vehicle for NZ, you have so many great places to explore!

If you have a venter trailer, you can actually mount the rooftop tent on it 👍🏻

@@RoamOverlanding then im buying a Venter. Even if it is only boerewors and pap for 3 months for dinner. Thx for the tip. I think the Venter will come in handy. Oh and best or worst part is, l'm only a long serving publick servant and have to trade my VW UP!. this Jimny will also be my day to day so the suspension will remain standard. But this country awaits for the Jimny, and me and my Glock 19, and my girl and my cat. But every bonus month will be an adventure into the unknown.

Good eye, they are indeed BFG KO2 and they are a 215/75/15

@@RoamOverlanding Thanks , how can you mount 215 on 5.5j wheel channel ?

Sascha Will 😂😂😂 it’s not fault. It only grows there. And grows badly at that. My Girlfriend loves to make fun of it too..

awesome reaction man! really! :) watched your clips ... im waiting for my Jimny now in Germany. Will have to wait till August. :( i thought about getting KO2s as well, now seeing your jimny with them, ill definatly get KO2s!

Thanks so much! I appreciate you appreciating me :P

Its good to see some good South African off road videos keep them coming

Thanks man! I have big plans for the future! We going to have an exciting December

Thats tough... I havent test the new Auto yet. The old auto felt very underpowered.

So much fun working on builds and getting the creative juices flowing.

Do it! :D Gotta have fun with it!

235/75 does indeed need a lift to fit

Roam Overlanding yes thanks . I will try them

Ionut B I enjoy driving my Jimny, I don’t find it bad on the roads at all. Fuel consumption as stock is around 13km/L combined driving

@@RoamOverlanding ty for Quick answer, What about with your new tyres? Did the consumption goes up a lot?

from 13 to 11.5

It is stock and only had new tyres 215/75/15

So it comes with a very light set of AT tyres, id say maybe 20% Offroad 80% onroad. But definitely prefering the BF's

Dueler 697 would probably be an option

Dimitris Orestis it depends on what travel you will be doing. I think if you want to save some money the General Grabber AT3 are very nice, if you are going be doing lots of off-roading then I recommend spending the extra and getting the BFGoodrich KO2 like on my vehicle

@@RoamOverlanding I will be buying this car in Greece next year,so I will see then what possibilities and options I have.I do believe though that the choice of tires is a key.Thanks.

Especially this weekend, its going to be playing in some more mud!

@@RoamOverlanding Nice!

Mikan Leachon nope, no lift required for a 215/75/15

Some 235s and a 2" lift would be amazing.

Underneath is all stock at the moment.

@@RoamOverlanding great! How's the handling on/off road?

John So I have the Manual, I love the gearbox! Would be interested to see the auto in action

salty I agree!

Hey are only 0.3" bigger, the tyre is more aggressive so it also seems bigger. So I havent bothered touching the speedo

@@RoamOverlanding Yup. True, now that I looked back at the stock tires.

Hey Mikko! Thanks for getting in touch! 😊 you don’t need to lift the Jimny to fit. 215/75/15 👌🏻

Roam Overlanding that is awesome bro! Thank you for replying. ☺️ you're the best!! 🔥🔥

So far, they wont be coming to the States.