No, but for every day use probably. The Padjero is a more comfy, and quicker on the road. The independant front suspession can be a limiting factor off road, although on a recent outing our group included a SWB padjero on Simex copies and it copedd very well, in fact on 'mud hole' we encountered managed to stop all the Land rovers in the party while my Jimny, the Padjero and a Ssangyong Musso (LWB) sailed through without a problem. As for parts for mods, some are available but they're not cheap.