This guide is suggested equipment and the easy modifications anyone can do to have an ultralight Jimny roof tent build. From experience this is a great balance between roof load weight and overall camping comfort. This set up is not only ultralight, it’s ultra comfortable. Elephant in the room People freak out about the 30kg…
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Sleeping in the Suzuki Jimny
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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Leather Cargo Hook Inserts
I’d recently ordered a box of cargo hooks and fancied making them into something more interesting. I 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 Forest 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 forest) 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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Darche Eclipse 1.4m Awning
We went for the 1.4m Eclipse Awning by Darche. Based on a recommendation from Trekoverland.com. Not only does it look great, fitting it was super easy. The plan for the awning is to make an additional piece to attach to the side of the tent. Creating a bat wing style coverage. One things for sure…
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Front Runner Slimline 3/4 Rack
We decided to go for the Front Runner Slimline 3/4 rack. The reason we did not go for the full sized rack is when the tent is mounted we don’t plan on adding any additional items to increase the roof load. The 3/4 rack fits the tent perfectly. Fitting the tent to the rack we…
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