Anyone have any pics of their coil swap swap? I also would like to know what springs you used and what trac bars and mounts. Thanks:D

There are a couple pics on Rocky Road Outfitter's site on the suspension page. I also know M. Martian has pretty good pic of a coil set-up from a guy who rolled, but I don't have the link. You might be able to find some stuff in the search, too. ~Steve

I think Rocky Road sell the Shaffer Coil Conversion.

Not mine, but here's one.

http://www.sonic.net/jkwaters/images/DSC00204.JPG

It's hard to tell that the above picture is in a sammi.
But here it is.


http://www.sonic.net/jkwaters/images/jasoncrear.jpg

I never get sick of looking at Jasons rig!

Here's some food for thought on this topic. They apparently use this on early Bronco's...

Wierd Arms (http://www.bcbroncos.com/)
(click on "Front Suspension" at the left)

You mean 'Wristed' radius arms? It's a pretty cool idea. Allow one radius arm to pivot for mad flex. Pin it in place, and the axle becomes a giant sway bar.

ive got a few of mine on , http://community.webshots.com/user/4byhigh.
Or
http://4ByHigh.4t.com

I see they have both wristed and non-wristed.

http://www.bcbroncos.com/twisterarm01.gif

http://www.bcbroncos.com/castorarm.gif

Originally posted by squirrelman83
There are a couple pics on Rocky Road Outfitter's site on the suspension page. I also know M. Martian has pretty good pic of a coil set-up from a guy who rolled, but I don't have the link. You might be able to find some stuff in the search, too. ~Steve

The Guy on the Con was my buddy Keith. He is running the Shaffer coil kit...........

anymore pics and some info of that zuki with the tubed rear. that thing is awesome

I dont have any pics yet, but I can tell you it uses the same coils as you see in the pic above with the shaffer kit. They are way cheap($35) and work perfect. I used 1 3/8" dom tube for the links and purchased some inserts for the rod ends versus taping the tube. Then bought some 3/4" aurora ends with misalignment washers. Rather than fabbing up all the mounts I ordered laser cut tabs from aa-mfg for way cheap. I haven't finised the front yet, but I can tell you the rear is fuckin awesome. I would have loved to have used coil-overs, but at around $400-500 a corner I couldn't afford it.

The tubed sami belongs to Jason Coker. He built the whole thing, hes a very good fabricator. It got a efi 1600 8v, grs1, toys 5.29s, detroits and 36x12.5 tsl radials. The rear tubing is now boxed into a bed and it is sweet as @#$%.

Ok, so on Jason rig he is running Toyo axles and the Zuk t-case. What mods does the driveshaft need to do this? Lengthend and CV joint? Also, does anyone make a good coil over kit that is not $2000?

Ya, I got the same set up and I have to get a new shaft that is lengthened and cv-d. As far as pre-fabbed coil kits the only one that I know of that is offered for sammys is the shaffer coil kit. HE can make it for the toy axles for $1650 last time I talked to him. You can always do it yourself though.......

Having seen a bunch of homebuilt coil setups, and built a 3-link myself, a well designed coil setup is worth the 1600$ or whatever if you value your time at all.

Things they have now like johnny joints and laser cut tabs etc speed the process up a lot but you pay for that stuff. Mines cost me about 400$ in steel, TTB bushings, regular bushings, bolts welding/torch supplies etc but I have free access to machine shop. Must be 200 hours into it now, it's all bolt on though and thats a bit part of the time.

Anyways, if ya want to be wheeling not wrenching, spend the money! (Just don't buy an old HHOR piece of @#$^! That thing was a death trap!)
Ken

Having seen a bunch of homebuilt coil setups, and built a 3-link myself, a well designed coil setup is worth the 1600$ or whatever if you value your time at all.

Things they have now like johnny joints and laser cut tabs etc speed the process up a lot but you pay for that stuff. Mines cost me about 400$ in steel, TTB bushings, regular bushings, bolts welding/torch supplies etc but I have free access to machine shop. Must be 200 hours into it now, it's all bolt on though and thats a bit part of the time.

Anyways, if ya want to be wheeling not wrenching, spend the money! (Just don't buy an old HHOR piece of @#$^! That thing was a death trap!)
Ken

OK, who is Shaffer and how can I get ahold of him?

Originally posted by 1970cruiser
OK, who is Shaffer and how can I get ahold of him?


his email
shafferoffroad@cs.com and his # 775-885-9944

One more thing, We used that Samurai in the last NWRCA (www.nwrca.com) event and it rocked! I could not be anymore happier with it's performance.....all Keith needed was PS:D

I am looking at going to D60's on my FJ40, has anyone run Fj40 axles on their Zuk? Also, how welll did they do; pros and cons?:confused:

Originally posted by 1970cruiser
I am looking at going to D60's on my FJ40, has anyone run Fj40 axles on their Zuk? Also, how welll did they do; pros and cons?:confused:

Search Landcruiser on this board & there is info,
'70CruiserNEWBIE;)

I am all over the Landcruiser board, what I am asking is will my stock Landcruiser axles swap in on a Suzuki Samurai? I own the cruiser and am hunting a Samurai to build.;)

I am just starting my FJ40 and coil install, not really into it enough for any details but it looks like it will be a nice set-up.

what do u guyz use for bushings?? do you buy them for some kind of leaf spring or do just buy them n e where sold sepretly:confused:

I know I'm just seeing things, but I almost think I saw a wingnut in the above photo.

Originally posted by Slowzuki
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Anyways, if ya want to be wheeling not wrenching, spend the money! (Just don't buy an old HHOR piece of @#$^! That thing was a death trap!)
Ken


BINGO !!!!!

I'm still building mine as we speek, the design/layout plus the fab up stuff just takes time. If your a fab shop prolly not that big of deal. Hell it takes me an hour after work to put my thinking hat on straight before im makeing any progress....

Or maybe i'm just slow.... :-)


-yag

Originally posted by twistedmetal
I know I'm just seeing things, but I almost think I saw a wingnut in the above photo.

Scarey eh ? :eek:

Originally posted by zukipuke



BINGO !!!!!

I'm still building mine as we speek, the design/layout plus the fab up stuff just takes time. If your a fab shop prolly not that big of deal. Hell it takes me an hour after work to put my thinking hat on straight before im makeing any progress....

Or maybe i'm just slow.... :-)


-yag

Dude I hear that! Maybe we should start a slow person club:goofball:

Originally posted by Bill4rest


Dude I hear that! Maybe we should start a slow person club:goofball:

Where do I sign up?

r@m

Originally posted by Root Moose


Where do I sign up?

r@m

Right on my ass after you kiss it! Sorry RM that brought back a dumb and dumber flashback LOL

Originally posted by Bill4rest


Dude I hear that! Maybe we should start a slow person club:goofball:

Bill, I think I would have to be one of the founding members as well. I think in our case, being military, we have a darn good excuse though. We're not slow, we're just tired! :zzz: :zzz:

I am all over the Landcruiser board, what I am asking is will my stock Landcruiser axles swap in on a Suzuki Samurai? I own the cruiser and am hunting a Samurai to build.


I had a Landcruiser axle in the rear of my last Samurai and it

worked great, the only drawback is the sheer size of it. You lose

quite a bit of ground clearance ( kind of like our version of a 14-

bolt). It also has c-clip axles, but they are the same size axles as

a 14-bolt so we probably arent going to break them anyway.

I watched a guy snap an FJ40 front few weeks ago in a Sammi. It had 40 boggers and a 400cid V8 though....so he kinda deserved it. :D

PS: That question was posted 6mo ago. :flipoff2: