{"id":312300,"date":"2025-11-22T23:15:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T23:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/we-bought-a-suzuki-jimny-wide-subcompact-culture\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T23:15:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T23:15:28","slug":"we-bought-a-suzuki-jimny-wide-subcompact-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=312300","title":{"rendered":"We Bought a Suzuki Jimny Wide! | Subcompact Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Our 1998 Suzuki Jimny Wide<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

We have wanted a third-generation Suzuki Jimny <\/a>for years. In 2023, they would become legal to import into the USA, and I was counting down the years. I literally told myself that when we could import one, we would. That year came and went, but two years later, we finally pulled the trigger and bought ourselves a Suzuki Jimny, specifically a 1998 Suzuki Jimny Wide.<\/p>\n

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Suzuki Samurai Successor<\/h3>\n

The last year for the Suzuki Samurai in the USA was 1995. Slightly wider axles and a few other differences separated the USDM Samurai from the world-market Jimny, as did a 1.3-liter engine vs 660cc mills. However, a global Jimny replacement came in 1998 with the vehicle you see above.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This third-gen Jimny was available in both kei varieties (660cc turbo engine) and the Jimny Wide here, which came with the normally aspirated G13BB 1.3-liter SOHC gas engine (also found in the USDM 1998+ Chevrolet Metro). Additionally, it had wider fender flares, and both this and the 1.3-liter kicked it out of Japan’s kei class designation. However, with Oregon’s current prohibition of kei cars, the Jimny Wide was the model for us as it isn’t<\/i>\u00a0a kei car.<\/p>\n

Our Jimny<\/h3>\n

Our Grove Green Metallic Jimny had been previously registered in Washington, so we didn’t have to bother with the import paperwork. Rather, it was just an out-of-state registration.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It has a couple of minor modifications, including 15×7 steel wheels, 235\/75\/15 BFGoodrich KO2 tires, King lift springs, Ultima shocks, a Jimny Bits winch mount, a 5,500 lb. winch, and AVM manual hubs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This beauty has just over 71,000 km (44,000 miles), and it drives very well. In fact, I drove it from the Seattle, WA area down to Portland, OR, some 200+ miles. It was happy at 65 MPH on flat Interstate. However, upon getting home, we noticed an oil leak dripping onto the exhaust pipe, causing a little smoke. So that’ll need to be fixed, as will a couple of other minor things. Overall, this Jimny is super clean, and we cannot wait to get behind the wheel of it more (as well as hit the off-road trails). We think it’s a worthy successor to our Teal Terror, our beloved 1995 Suzuki Sidekick. It’s also the fourth Suzuki we’ve owned, as we had a 2009 and 2010 Suzuki SX4<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned here and at Crankshaft Culture<\/a> for more updates on our new-to-use subcompact off-roader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"1998<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
We love the Grove Green Metallic color, and look at that little spoiler!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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