I thought I’d write a separate guide for car camping in the Jimny. It’s something a lot of people are interested in and I can understand why. It’s super convenient and a ton of fun. It’s cheap (if you don’t listen to my mattress selection advice lol), warm, quiet and comfortable when set up correctly….
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Multi-Purpose Cargo Hooks
I’d recently ordered a box of cargo hooks and fancied making them into something more interesting. I’ve love old school ‘bushcraft’ style equipment and thought I could bring a bit of that to the Jimny. The idea was to make the cargo hooks multi-purpose by creating some leather covers for the metal hooks that would…
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Kielder Birthday Overnighter
44 years old biologically and 27 years in my head… it was time for a trip. The weather was looking good for Kielder. As it’s so convenient to get too and you can legally overnight car camp (make sure you pay, it goes towards maintaining the forrest) it’s hard not to choose it as our…
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Custom Awning Extension
This project was out of my comfort zone but ended up being one of my favourites yet. Who would have thought a sewing machine could be fun ha! The idea was to create a detachable extension that runs along the side of the 1.4m Darche Eclipse Awning, then attached to the side of the Front…
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Upgrading the Front Runner Tent Ladder
The Jimny is a small car with a tall stature and soft suspension, essentially a box on wheels. Therefore, as soon as you begin to carry a decent amount of weight on the roof you may find yourself in some squeeky bum situations on the road. Ever since starting to build our Jimny Micro Camper…
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A Detailed Guide To Camping with a Suzuki Jimny
If you’re thinking about camping in the new Jimny here’s everything I’ve learnt so far. This is all based on real life camping experiences. I’ll update the guide as I try new things and hope it helps you 🙂 We bought the Jimny to have a small daily driver that was capable of being adapted…
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Front Runner Slimline 3/4 Rack and Darche Eclipse Awning
We decided to switch from the Thule setup to add a bit more versatility on the roof mounting options. 99% of the time we’ll only have the roof tent up top but it will be useful to have the option for storing things on the Jimny. Additionally we wanted to mount an awning and this…
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Smoke Side Markers
Part of the small changes to the Jimny build, here’s a super quick and cheap mod that looks quite nice. Given it’s the black SZ5 we have (we really wanted the Jungle Green 🥺) the plan is to keep it a stealthy looking as possible. Part of the changes will be the lights and for…
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Kielder Castle Overnighter
Back to the lovely Kielder Water & Forest Park for an overnighter in the Jimny. This time we stayed at Kielder Castle and it was an absolute corker! Kielder are trialing a £10 overnight car camping fee at 3 locations. Kielder Castle, Tower Knowe and Elf Kirk Viewpoint. You pay for the ticket at the…
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Suzuki Jimny Roof Tent Camping In The Woods
Another overnighter in Brockwell Woods, this time pitch 6, one of my favourites. Finally a trip where we’ll both slept in the roof tent together. Roof bar set up We’ve been a bit concerned about the strength of the 2 Thule squarebars so decided to buy an extra bar to position next to the rear…
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