If you have multiple zuk's then your favorite one. Since Ive only had mine for a few weeks I havent put much into it yet, but Ive done a spray in bedliner, seat covers, cut off the cat, door panels, new top, and a few basic maintenance items. A side from the money I paid for the zuk itself ive spent only about $600 on it, with future mods ill be putting at least another $2500 in before this april trip im taking to moab.

If you do the work yourself and go with used parts you will save a lot of money. If you buy new parts and lift kits/tires and stuff brand new it will add up quick and your credit card will be smoking in no time.

Confessions of a zuki madman - In the past I've put $4g's into a zuk getting it lifted no problem, it's not hard to do if you think about it - 6.4 transfer case $1100, kong bucket $200, high steer $300, tires/wheels $1100, SPOA YJ lift kit $1000, wheel spacers $200, gears/lockers $800 plus cage, rocker protection, bumpers, etc. Amazing how quick it adds up isn't it?

My suggestion would be to do the work on your own so you can learn and then cruise the parts forum for stuff you need and get it half off the new price or more. There are guys on here that do everything themselves, including making parts, and they build them up really cheap. Read up on what you need here and it will save you big bucks. Good luck.

Im doing all the work myself but I dont have access to welding equipment so I'm sort of limited as to the things I can do myself. I'm working on a moderate budget so I cant blow money but I dont have to skimp on good parts. I thought about buying used, but there are certain things that I'm dont really want to buy used.

Im doing all the work myself but I dont have access to welding equipment so I'm sort of limited as to the things I can do myself. I'm working on a moderate budget so I cant blow money but I dont have to skimp on good parts. I thought about buying used, but there are certain things that I'm dont really want to buy used.

I understand your situation, back when I was doing my first lift I didn't have a welder I just had the local muffler shop weld on the perches. It was only $20 or so and well worth it. I know a place in NorCal that sells sidekick gears (5.12 & 4.62) that you could put in your sammi, $250 plus shipping for the pair. It's called Kia Suzuki Recycling and their number is 800-638-5773. Let me know what you need and I'll see if I can find it - I have lots of buddies into zuks.

$450 for the Sammi
$ 70 for the HD spring perches
$ 50 extended brake lines
$125 used BF Muds (31x10.50)
$100 used lock-right for the front
$ 00 Fozzy locked rear
$ 25 used FJ60 steering box and ps pump

$820 grand total so far, and it runs the wood trails around me just fine. Happier than a pig in shit so far!! :flipoff2:

Not sure I can still call mine a Zuk, I just have Samurai brake and clutch pedals left :D I should have about 15k into my new one when I am done (includes everything from the 9k Warn I bought to the gas for the welder), about 5.8k of that comes from parts being re-used from my old one and I sold about 8.1k in parts from the old rig and the parts truck I bought. This puts the out of pocket at a reasonable 3k. The little stuff is racking up the total, just spent over $100 yesterday in fittings for the low pressure side of my steering, all cheap steel JIC fittings, elbows and socketless hose.

Well, in CA, it's hard to find a decent one for cheap.

I bought mine a year ago for $1100
Tires/ wheels $1000 (w/ fullsize spare)
locker $200
Lift (spoa), shocks, and steering $700

so $3000 and it's still a POS.

I want to get a new top, gears, and an engine rebuild soon, so the money wasting continues.

just got my first zook a week ago

$300 for zook (rusted as hell, but solid power train, driveline and frame)
$50 for used red top so i could start it (fired up first try)
$125 for used 33" muds and 15x10 rims
$5 in sawzal blades to chop of rear end
$50 in perches

so 530 so far
still needs alot of work though, but it runs under it own power
:D

Mine :confused: I don't want to know. I did tell the wife it was around $1,000, but I might have mispalced a decimal point :D

I recently did one for a freind for about $3,000 (exlcude purchase price of vehicle). It had:
- Yota axles
- Cross-over steering
- Detroits f&r
- frame extension and s/r
- YJ's f&r
- long spline front drive shaft
- Rear CV shaft
- Bilstein 5100's
- 6:1 t-case w/ 2wd low
- 35 mtr's
- full roll cage

We made as much stuff as possible. That is about as cheap as we could get it. The problem with the sport is that if you get into it, you are never "done" with your rig and end up eating the elephant one bite at a time.................

$800 ---86 Suzuki samurai with mercedes engine and toy axles
$75 ----35" BFG MTs with 60% tread
$90 ----10" wheels
$350----4.16 transfercase gears, shifter seat and gaskets.
$60-----soft top
$40-----bucket seats
$40-----bumper
$20-----harbor f off road lights.
$20-----cone air filter
so pretty much $1500.

with the money I spent on shipping alone I couldve buit another rig :shaking:

edit: posted too soon

truck 1800
axles 110
gears200
traction 500
jonny joints 350
wheels freebies 0
beadlocks 200
tires 700
winch freebie 0
tube/steel 700
t-cases 850
air shocks 1000
labor 200 to have one of my d44's set up with .028" backlash..... :shaking:

tow rig 45k

so far im up to about 6600 and i still have about 1500 to go, then depending on what happens breaks will determine if i break 5 figures

$2000 87 Samurai
$500 YJ Springs (still not installed)
$2000 Diesel engine and adapters
$500 Misc repairs

All that is left is getting the motor in, slapping on YJs, and then rebuilding the axles. It should keep me happy, for a while. New tires are high on the consideration list.

i bought mine for six hundred,it had a rebuilt motor with about 20 thou on it,that was four years ago.since then i've spent close to ten times that.by the time i get the new engine, tires ,wheels[six lug]ect etc etc etc it will be around ten. $2000 a year,thats only 166.66 a month,hell some people spend that much on living room furniture.

250.00 zuk
200.00 front & rear D-44
1400.00 f & R ARB lockers
600.00 f & r axle gears
1500.00 linked suspension
1000.00 fox air shox
500.00 V6 and tranny
500.00 Hyd steering
250.00 OB air and tank
250.00 winch
1700.00 15" strech
100.00 recessed tool box in floor
1000.00 full cage
250.00 custom drive shafts
15.00 CB
1000.00 wheels and tires
400.00 sound system
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10,915.00 grand total

this also does not include 2 to 3k in misc. bracketry,hardware,and parts i forgot.with the exclusion of all the labor .
even if the work is done yourself your time is money I figure mine on our shop rate which would push the total close to 18 to 19k :eek:
and it still LOOKS like sh*t :shaking:

[QUOTE=zukzilla4x4]250.00 zuk

100.00 recessed tool box in floor
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that is a great idea i never thought of

$1000 purchase
$300 v6
$50 5spd
$100 spring over/2" body
$150 31/1050 15s
$600 6t winch
$150 drop steering
$20 lincoln locker
$100 various used spare parts (axles,hubs,rims, t case)
$400 more parts this weekend (real locker,more axles seats etc)
many, many hours looking for a rad that fits and cools well enough

$2300 '87 w/ 33s on centerlines, sprung over w/5.42s and locked f/r. pretty clean
$350ish 4.16 t-case gears
$800ish repaired roll-over damage, complete used winshield frame, targa, doors and soft top, and used 33 bfgs w/new wheels
$600 complete Toy axles with 5.29s locked rear
$200 complete stock Toy axles (spares)
$400 6.1 sumo t-case
$200 cage
$600 power steering with crossover high steer
$550 brand new 35" BFG M/Ts on new 15x8 black d hole wheels
$000 welded diff
$180 rear drive shaft 100% new parts w/cv (smokin deal)
$80 4 used YJ springs
-$1000 sold original axles and 4.16 case
plus add an assload of nickels and dimes for misc. junk
That's over $5200 after selling the axles
Travis..

600 zuk (burns oil, however runs like a top)
50 rear toy axle (4.10)
25 Yj leafs
+50 old axles and leafs
25 cj style spring hanger
50 currie yj, boomerang shackles
7 diff bushing set
10 new cut off wheels and new grinder chuck
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717 so far and she has a l-o-n-g way to go

Sitting on jack stands awaiting to be finished (soon) shackle reversal, and finish spring hangers

Not much so far...
*Fixed body rot and bedlined it
*New Top
*New Exhaust (inc. Thorley header, Thrush glass pak)
*Replaced factory striping
*Fixed heater
*Replaced windshield

What's to come...
*Calmini SR
*Sidekick JLX alloys w/ 235/75/R15's
*Yukon 4.57's w/ EZ Lockers
*TT 4.6:1 T-case w/ Mighty Kong

& that's just phase 1

that's kinda like asking an alcoholic if he drinks too much!!!

my 88 so far with the 4.3, gm auto trans, cage, ruf/cj , winch, 33's on 589's,sunport top, tuffy console, rebuilding the 4.3, lockers,etc etc i probably have around 5k in mine :eek:
i think i need a :beer:
frank

1991 Tracker........................$35,000 over the last 14 years
New Bulletproof Project..........$25,000 and counting
Such a stupid sport/hobby, but hell I've got more to show than doing coke!!

Zuk - $2200
SPOA kit - $400
YJ Kit - $400
YJ Springs - $100
15x8 wheels - $300
Used BFG MT- $Free
Fog Lights - $60
TB Spacer - $100
Shackles - $60
Axle Shims - $30
TOTAL - $3650
Time Spent- $PRICELESS
Still to go:
T-case - $700
Locker - $150
Cage - $ ?
Tire Carrier- $ ?

350- rig + new clutch
350- bed liner rocker pannels/ enside/ rear
75- stock axels F/R
150-250 for spark plugs/oil filter/new u bolts/ line lock to replace parking brake/ exc.

i'm just getting started. rig 2400. clean 88 . rro coil and ott stearing 1750. used vitara motor 1250. swap kit 1250. toy axels front free . 75. rear . so far 6,725.00 sill need tires rims , cage lockers, gears, tc gears, DAM THIS THING IS GITTING OUT OF CONTROL :shaking: after i get all the parts in . then i can start the build. :evil:

I am afraid to add it all up

Zuk from Junkyard 100.00

Then a WHOLE lot more!! :rolleyes:

I am running cheep right now....about $3500 for the current build. Not including the trip to Az to pick it up, the spares I have bought, or the upgrade Toy parts I bought for it and have not added yet (they're going into the buggy instead).

Thing is, I have also done next to nothing to it as far as repairs, except a fuel pump and altenator. Thats in 4 years of wheeling it from mild to Moab.

Overall, I think its one of the cheepest cars/trucks I have owned in almost 30 years. Cant complain about that. :D

beat up rusted sammi 200
SPOA and Miller locked rear 100

Oil change and gas 50.

Freebie 235 75s.