[peyyala]

Originally Posted by adi_nano

Good evening everyone.

I came across this door handle storage solution on Amazon JP. If anyone is using this? Or anyone can share knowledge about its compatibility on 5 door Jimmys? I have seen two points under the door handle in pics of Indian Jimmys. Attachment 2716899

Yes, this is compatible. These accessories were designed for the 3-door Jimny, but since the 5-door Jimny is similar, many accessories are interchangeable between the two models. I’ve personally purchased several accessories and found them to fit well.

When ordering from Amazon Japan, the only aspect to be cautious about is avoiding specific items for the rear seat and boot, as the 3-door and 5-door Jimny have fundamental differences in these areas. Check the product images carefully to assess compatibility. The front seats, however, are like-for-like, with the only difference being the placement of the back window controls in the central console, which changes the layout slightly. As a result, some center console armrest accessories may not be compatible with the 5-door Jimny.

These items are also available on Amazon India; however, I’ve noticed that the quality of accessories from Amazon Japan tends to be better for the Jimny. The prices are fairly comparable. The advantage of Amazon India is the ability to return items if there are compatibility issues, so I recommend selecting a returnable option when purchasing from Amazon India.

[arjab]

Originally Posted by AVL500

Otherwise the car is just as it came with no squeaks or rattles.

Yes, I found this a pleasant surprise too. Over 14,500kms but no squeaks or rattles! That too from Maruti! My Gen-1 Swift used to rattle like a skeleton in a steel almirah from 5000 kms onwards!

I guess this "rattle-less feature" can be attributed to the super compact dashboard stashed up right against the small windscreen, the minimal door trims, centre console and no parcel tray. I am keeping my fingers crossed for any potential rattle from the tailgate hinges or the spare wheel carrier: till now it's holding good!

Take care & drive safe!

[Rahul Lal]

Originally Posted by adi_nano

Good evening everyone.

I came across this door handle storage solution on Amazon JP. If anyone is using this? Or anyone can share knowledge about its compatibility on 5 door Jimmys? I have seen two points under the door handle in pics of Indian Jimmys. Attachment 2716899

I have purchased Seiwa IMP211 soft door pockets from Amazon.jp & using for front as they only fit in front doors.
The quality is excellent. It comes in a set (for LHS & RHS)

[Vikram9193]

Originally Posted by ChauhanSaurabh

One for the heart:
GAN tuning chip

Could you please expand on your experience with this, especially at higher altitudes? A fellow bhpian had a thread about his stock Jimny failing to keep up with the Thar in Spiti, and people on that thread were also wondering whether a chip tune would help or hinder at those altitudes, so your comments will be invaluable.

[adi_nano]

Hello everyone
I recently booked a Jimny but it seems that I will have to wait even more. I would like to share my booking experience.

Presently in my Garage I have 2013 Alto K10 and a 2017 Polo Gt Tsi with a combined mileage of 2 Lac km plus. Presently my family size is three. We are travel enthusiasts and love to do long road trips. We set out for at least two long road trips apart from few smaller weekend trips in a year. Personally I love the mountains and have made numerous trips to various destinations. Due to nature of work also, I travel a lot on my car. My daily office commute is about 14 km to and fro which is not much. Alto k10 was bought in my bachelor days and I got it solely because of the amazing power delivery. It was a nice upgrade from Maruti 800. It is small peppy and agile car. It can do highway runs, grocery runs, office runs and what not. Its small foot print is wonderful. We drove once from Jamnagar to Patna on it.It perfectly served the purpose till about 2 yrs post marriage. After marriage we realised that we need a highway car which is safer and also fast. So Polo Gt clicked all the right boxes. I took the car solely reading about it on tbhp forums without even a TD. I just puts a smile on my face every time I push it. It was really a great decision. I am really very happy and satisfied with both of my purchase. Alto serves as my daily driver to office which is usually short and in-campus drive from residence to place of work and Polo is for outside drives and of course my wife uses it whenever needed. I was anticipating change of car as Alto was nearing its liveable age.

Being travel enthusiasts, we undertook few trips to Spiti in our Polo and it was wonderful experience but we were really nervous during the Batal Gramphu stretch. Even though polo performed really well and most of the people were shocked to see the car successfully treading through the treacherous road of Batal- Gramphu, we were not comfortable. I really had a sense of achievement on doing this trip successfully on our polo. But we really felt the need of a car with high gc and which would enable us to enjoy our trip more without worries. We considered the likes of Isuzu, Hilux Scorpio N but then the practicality was missing totally in these options for us.

In nutshell we wanted to replace alto which served as my office commute vehicle and also wanted a vehicle which is not a nuisance in terms of size and weight. A car which can add up as an adventure car. And a car which can be driven without hassles in mountains and also on snow. Jimny ticked all the right boxes. After too much of over thinking, calculations, delays etc, I decided to part ways with beloved Alto and book a Jimny. It’s a MY 24 Alpha MT with amazing discounts. 12.5 OTR is what I am getting. I booked it immediately. We went to see the car and I knew what exactly was car like even before seeing it, thanks to this forum. After seeing the car, I transferred the amount. It can perfectly replace my alto as there no issue of parking space in my workplace and also can do those market runs due to its smaller size. I have been waiting eagerly but,

Now I have been informed that the car is held by Maruti as there are some quality checks needed on the car. Had a word with dealer, he’s saying that the car is held by Maruti and not by them. Once the quality check is done, he will deliver the car. He also added that few other cars like few Grand Vitaras are on hold. I never expected these kind issues from the time of delivery itself. It’s frustrating to wait.

The silver lining is that this delay has given me some time to order parts from Amazon JP and Bimbra. Hopefully now the parts will arrive before the car.I already have the GFX mats. I am utilising this time to do more research before our stallion arrives. Happy to read and research more about accessories and mods which can be done on this car. I am really thankful to all of the members for the responses.

Will update once the car is delivered to me.

Sharing couple of pics from my recent coastal trip of Gujarat. Just open roads and no traffic. I was pushed off from drivers seat to passenger’s seat. He loves the ride of Polo and these kind of roads really brings out the most of the GT Tsi.

[ChauhanSaurabh]

Originally Posted by Vikram9193

Could you please expand on your experience with this, especially at higher altitudes? A fellow bhpian had a thread about his stock Jimny failing to keep up with the Thar in Spiti, and people on that thread were also wondering whether a chip tune would help or hinder at those altitudes, so your comments will be invaluable.

There might be more technical folks who can explain or debate it better based on technical knowledge and reads. But I can share my experience based on my usage. I narrowed down to the chip by the method of test driving it and not by the specs.

Lets keep Spiti/altitude aside first. This piggyback system in a NA engine like Jimny makes the inherent resistance of of 4AT go away. Car feels considerably more refined than stock. The Delhi to mountains stretch is the most boring part in a stock AT. That's not the case with this chip, since it revs freely (and refined) I can floor it wherever needed. Not sure about acceleration timings but the refinement is much close to K15C.

Coming to high altitudes, I didn't experience any drop that chip is contributing to. I have this experience from Umlingla as well where I had the same chip but the other AT Jimny in my above pics didn't. Even on high altitudes the engine felt refined as plains. Though my friend in other Jimny, has also got the chip and he was all happy during this trip. Real difference is felt when one has to drive without this chip once used to. And I do that frequently since I keep plugging this chip to my XL6 as well.

To your question if Jimny can keep up with Thar using this chip, not sure if I am eligible to answer this.
I think it depends on the driver, specially in mountains. Plains, Jimny does not stand a chance. The Thar accompanying us was all over the place in Pin valley due to its weight, stock tyres and severely struggling. With decent AT tyres I have seen even stock Jimnys(from mountains) keeping up with Thar.

I had a similar chip from Racedynamics in my Figo 1.5tdci. Your observation on high altitudes was exactly what i experienced with that. The turbo charged engine struggled too much on higher altitudes. So may be its just associated with a turbo.

[sinharishi]

Originally Posted by matchvan

Greetings,

I don't whether this was posted earlier.

Yup, it has been. However, even if your Jimny is part of the recall, it is up to the SC to decide whether to replace the parts or not. They will conduct 2 test drives and only after that if they are convinced, the parts will be replaced FOC, which is quite absurd!

[Pancham]

Originally Posted by Vikram9193

Could you please expand on your experience with this, especially at higher altitudes? A fellow bhpian had a thread about his stock Jimny failing to keep up with the Thar in Spiti, and people on that thread were also wondering whether a chip tune would help or hinder at those altitudes, so your comments will be invaluable.

Dear Vikram, I may be wrong but you could be referring to me here. Yes, I did mention that the Jimny was unable to keep up with the Thars. This was specifically for the stretches which had smooth tarmac and steep climbs (e.g., Khab to Nako stretch). This is not a high altitude problem - this is a Jimny problem. Jimny cannot compete with 2L turbo charged diesel engines on smooth tarmac. Period. And no, tuning an NA Jimny will not give you any better results (other than the experience mentioned above by CS). If you look at it individually, the car is fun to drive in the mountains. Do not buy Jimny for the power - buy it for the experience.

[Vikram9193]

Originally Posted by Pancham

Dear Vikram, I may be wrong but you could be referring to me here. Yes, I did mention that the Jimny was unable to keep up with the Thars. This was specifically for the stretches which had smooth tarmac and steep climbs (e.g., Khab to Nako stretch). This is not a high altitude problem - this is a Jimny problem. Jimny cannot compete with 2L turbo charged diesel engines on smooth tarmac. Period. And no, tuning an NA Jimny will not give you any better results. If you look at it individually, the car is fun to drive in the mountains. Do not buy Jimny for the power - buy it for the experience.

Thanks Pancham, I just hate getting left behind by friends’ cars And in my year and a half with the Jimny, it hasn’t yet happened! Hence the alarm at your experience. Of course you are quite right that we don’t buy the Jimny to race with and I am happy that you are enjoying your car

[HTC]

Sharing this for the benefit of those planning to install 'Gear Light Panel' accessory.

I had purchased this item from Amazon Japan. Same is available with Amazon India ( product link). When I gave my car for 3rd free service, I asked the SA to get this fixed. to avoid any warranty issues, no wires would be spliced and decided to use the USB port for powering the LED strip.

SA said it would be done which full confidence. When I went to collect the car, this task was not done. Reason given was that the gear knob is bigger and this can not slide or inserted over the gear know. He outrightly said that this is a wrong product and will definitely not fit. After coming home, realized that they have made a scratch mark on gear knob while trying to slide it over. me not happy.

once I closely looked at it, I found that there are two parts to it. the below part can be removed helping in easy installation. I checked the Japan amazon site and they have a pic as well to show how it has to be done. Took help from google lens translator to read the Japanese text .

I am yet to install it but confident of doing it myself. See the pics for reference.





cheers
HTC

[arjab]

Indian made Jimny 5-door to be sold in Japan domestic market from February 2025.

Link: https://www.autocarindia.com/car-new...m-india-434374

[DrivingNirvana]

Dear members,
I am planning to get a Jimny Alpha AT. After searching at many dealers for 2024 stock of my preferred color (which is Kinetic Yellow, BTW ), I came across a dealer who is having a 2024 July manufactured car ready at stock and he is ready to give 2.25 lacs cash discount. Obviously, I will check the car thoroughly before finalizing the deal. Is this a fair deal? Although I will be going to the dealer armed with the Team-BHP PDI checklist for inspection, do you guys have anything specific in mind which I need to check?
Thanks, and Regards

[adi_nano]

Originally Posted by DrivingNirvana

Is this a fair deal? Although I will be going to the dealer armed with the Team-BHP PDI checklist for inspection, do you guys have anything specific in mind which I need to check?
Thanks, and Regards

In my opinion,
You can bargain more. Ask for atleast 3 lac of discount. I am getting 2.6 lac on Nov 24 car. I have compromised with colour due to attractive discounts. There is some delay in delivery. Hoping to get it soon.

[DrivingNirvana]

Originally Posted by adi_nano

In my opinion,
You can bargain more. Ask for atleast 3 lac of discount. I am getting 2.6 lac on Nov 24 car. I have compromised with colour due to attractive discounts. There is some delay in delivery. Hoping to get it soon.

I have tried to bargain hard. But they are ready to shell out more discounts on MT and not on AT. Let me physically check the car and then I will push for more. I initially thought of compromising with the color, but my heart is so attached to the Kinetic Yellow color that I am ready to take a haircut of 30-40k INR

[adi_nano]

Originally Posted by DrivingNirvana

I have tried to bargain hard. But they are ready to shell out more discounts on MT and not on AT. Let me physically check the car and then I will push for more. I initially thought of compromising with the color, but my heart is so attached to the Kinetic Yellow color that I am ready to take a haircut of 30-40k INR

Kinetic yellow looks awesome on Jimny. It’s a head turner and I personally love the colour. I am getting bluish black but I am okay with it as it is a safe colour.

May I know in which city are you getting this? I am getting suspicious about the delay over ‘quality check’ on my Jimny. I haven’t got a concrete answer to my queries. Maruti customer care says that there are no delays as such but dealer is sure that he has been told to hold the delivery. Car is physically available. I may change the mind and go for some place else.