I've been working on my sammy again so I thought I would share some of it.

Bought it like this

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=371015&d=1211304065

Then added a 1.6 16 valve, 6.5s, yjs f/r,toys etc...

Ended up like this

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=395134&d=1223323517

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=395137&d=1223325096

This was/is my daily driver since I have a tube buggy but now the buggy is sold and so the samurai needs some more work. My goal is to have a strong reliable truck that I can drive to the trails and hopefully make it back :D I will be adding rocksliders (once i figure out what route I want to go) and some tube to the rear to protect the rear fenders

New plans are 22re, cam'd, header etc... diamonds housing F/R, 5.29s elockers, longs, rear chromos etc..

The front housing is 5" wider then stock (shortside) with a custom cut axle from FROR. So no more wheelspacers. Since the diamonds were originally not for elocker thirds I had to make some changes. These housings are a work of art :smokin:


Before

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/diamond3.jpg

making room

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/Diamond.jpg

Finished

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/diamond2.jpg


And cleaned up and rebuilt with some six shooters

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/diamond4.jpg

My 22re was sitting around waiting to go in a friends buggy before it ended up mine so a friend of mine stripped it down to a long block and put in all new seals etc.... I took the chance to clean up everything and powdercoat anything I could. Its the first time I have ever had a nice clean motor so im sure it will spring a oil leak as soon as I start it just to fuck me over

Its hard to tell from the camera phone pics but the paint is a cool gun metal grey with extra clear. I also added a TG PS pump and a GM 1 wire alt.


http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/motor4.jpg


http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/Motor3.jpg

Then this past weekend I got a bit more work done

Made some motor mounts

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/Motormount.jpg

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/motormount2.jpg

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/22remotormount.jpg

I was able to get the motor fairly low

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/22re.jpg

View from the top. I am going to cut out and redo my winch mount (which ties into the stock round tube up there) to make more room. The hood latch etc.. will also have to go

It looks like its going to fun mounting the airfilter, PS resi and all the other stuff in there

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/enginetopview.jpg

I had to do a little trimming in the tunnel. My truck came with a small bodylift so it made things easier. Hopefully sometime this week I can get the new shifters in place and do a little sheet metal work

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/choppedtunnel.jpg

For the tcase crossmember I took a TG toyota mount and started cutting

Here are the new tcase mounts

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/tcasemount.jpg

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/tcasemount2.jpg


and the finished tcase crossmember

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/tcaseskid.jpg

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/tcaseskid2.jpg

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/tcaseskid3.jpg

I used six 9/16 machine bolts for the crossmember and countersunk the 3/8 plate

Not quite a flat belly but it should work.


http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/tcasemountdone.jpg

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/tcasemountdone2.jpg

and from the back

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/tcasemountdone3.jpg

cool truck. I like the after pics. I had heard a while back that they only sold those in hawaii or something.

cool truck. I like the after pics. I had heard a while back that they only sold those in hawaii or something.


You talking about the lwbs only being sold in Hawaii? We got them in Canada too. They are mostly all rotted away now but there are still some around. This is a 85 so it came with weird half sj half sammy diffs and inboarded leaf mounts. It had "Samurai Super" decals lol

Heres a shot of it back on all 4s. This is without the drivetrain in it yet. It sits about 2" + lower now but I might take a leaf out. I used the yj 6 leaf packs in this truck and they have some arch in them. In my old zuk I ran the 5 packs and I remember them being pretty flat. I have 22" under the tcase skid now and wouldnt mind it being a bit lower

I also ditched the bushwackers and am going to build some floating fenders instead to keep the cops happy

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/backon4s3.jpg

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/backon4s4.jpg

great work love the details you made in the tcase mount/ skid

looking SICK Nic!

The motor is Low, mine was never that low. Good job!

Realy like your T case mount/skid "flat belly". Do you plan on leaving hood/grill stock and not extending to clear added room needed for motor/fan/rad.?

In first "after" pick, are the springs under the axles?

Earl

Im going to have to cut out the hood latch but will try to get the grill to stay were it belongs.

The springs are over the axle

Awesome rig. I wish my disease (zuki) was lwb. Nice work on everything bro.:smokin:

Doesn't look like you're hurtin' for money.:flipoff2:

Nice friggin' motor, and excellent work.

Doesn't look like you're hurtin' for money.:flipoff2:

Nice friggin' motor, and excellent work.

I bought stocks early on in the ShamWow biz :flipoff2:



I sold my buggy to a friend that was about to start building his own and the diamond housings and a few extras were part of the deal :smokin:

Looks good. :smokin:

Always have liked the LWBs!!

Im waiting for my new rad to come in the mail so today I started working on the interior. Since I had a ton of room over top of the tranny I decided to change the front of the tunnel.

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/tunnel2.jpg



While I was in there I said fawk it and ripped out the old samurai heating system.


http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/tunnel.jpg

I'm going to put in a Mojave heater instead to keep me warm in the winter. This will also make it easy to hook up the heater lines since the motor is right up against the firewall and the stock core lines where practiculy touching the valve cover. Nice thing is that now I have tons of room behind the dash so I am going to mount the computer high up and hopefully my amp

Havent had a ton of time to work on it lately but I decided since I wasnt going to be using much of the stock wiring I might as well rip most of it out and start over. So tonight I started ripping out the dash. Im not a huge wiring fan so this should be good practice. I only need the ignition, wipers, turn signals etc.. so it shouldnt be to bad. I want to remove all the stock crap in the engine compartment as well

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/Dashout.jpg

Im going to add a Petroworks dash so now I should be able to lower the windshield bar in the cage

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/Frontviewnodash.jpg

I also spent so time searching summitracing.com and found a 17 gallon fuel cell that measures 30"x17"x7" so out with the old 30 liter tank and hello 63 liters :D It should fit right up behind the rear diff and I will be able to use the stock fill location. I guess one bonus of having the longer over hang in the back :smokin:

This thing done yet?

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This thing done yet?

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Its slowly getting there.

I started trying to clean up the rat's nest of wiring. There was atleast 30 unused/spliced wires not doing anything from its previous life. I said fawk it and it ended up like this.



http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/nowire.jpg

Every wire from the dash and in the engine compartment is gone. I ordered a 14 circuit pre wired kit from 4wheelinjunky to make things easier to get back in place http://www.4wheelinjunkycomoffroadproducts.com/servlet/the-10/hot-rod-jeep-14/Detail

I also made a shroud for my aluminum fan and am starting to get the rad mounted up

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/shroud.jpg
http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/shroudfan.jpg

The rad im using is a a summit brand universal. I found a old post by Mike Hendrix suggesting this rad for ftoys but the size works for sammys. Only thing I am changing is the lower hose is getting switched from 1 3/4 to 1 1/2

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-380424/

Its a tight fit but I was able to get the lower mounts in. All I need to do now is tie in the top which I think I will do by adding a 10 gauge strap from headlight bucket to bucket also bolting to the fan shroud. The bottom mounts are made out of 1/4 plate welded like this [_] that will have rubber strips to hold tightly onto the tanks



http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/newrad.jpg

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/newrad3.jpg

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/newrad2.jpg

nice and very sick build man....

vince

Not any crazy tech here but im making some progress on the interior

Since I ripped out all the stock heater ducting I needed to make it so rain wouldnt come through the cowl vent into the cab. I ended up bending up a little 16 quage box to catch the water and with some 1/2 heater hose drain out into the engine bay. I just welded on flat bar and used the 2 stock studs to clamp and added a bead of silicone

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/venttray2.jpg

and since there was 3" of dried leafs in the my old heater core I stuck this in there as well

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/ventcover.jpg

I also finished the dash. I had to cut out the top corners of the dash to work with my rollcage but it worked out. I wanted to still have a glove box so I made a small aluminum pan (about 3" deep) and got it to fit. I made a aluminum channel for the defrost duct to hook up to thats about 1"x2"

Thanks to Pook for doing the tig welding for me


http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/newdash2.jpg

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/newdash3.jpg

and the glove box. The extra small box in here is so my windshield can fold down without taking anything apart

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/glovebox.jpg

I like the dash!! Nice work!!

I like the dash!! Nice work!!



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Realy nice looking. Like the "drain pan" for vent also.

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Dang, that things looks GOOD.

I guess its aight, for an inbred canadian hick. :flipoff2:

[QUOTE=BCzuk;10032850]I bought stocks early on in the ShamWow biz :flipoff2:

:flipoff2::flipoff2::flipoff2::flipoff2::flipoff2: :flipoff2::flipoff2:

Its ppl like you that make tv suck:laughing:


The zuk looks bad azz I like it.

What is you wms to wms now?

Let us know how the cooling does I have to rework mine it gets hot easy.

What is you wms to wms now?

Let us know how the cooling does I have to rework mine it gets hot easy.

Well stock toy is 55.5" I think so im 60.5 with 5" more on the short side. With trailgear wheels and my 35" ltbs im about 74" bulge to bulge in the front. Back is stock ifs width

I was able to get the tunnel built and installed. I made it removable and used a type of silicone they sell for sealing up drafty windows. The silicone comes out of the tube about 75% set so its easy to work with and peels off easily down the road. The rest was rhinolined.

I still need to mount the mojave heater but its nice and roomy under the dash now

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/interior2.jpg

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/interior.jpg

The seats are also in. I went with the Corbeau Baja rs seats from Trailworks on the board

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/interior3.jpg

They are a wide seat but I still had lots of room for the twin sticks and some cup holders down the road

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/interior4.jpg

Cheap and simple air intake

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/intake-1.jpg

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/intake2-1.jpg


All this little stuff is just eating up the time. Hopefully I will get it driving before the nice weather is gone.

I bought a 17 gallon fuel cell from summitracing to replace the stock 30 litre tank. I decided to try and make it work with the factory fill tube so some aluminum tube was tigwelded onto the side. I also installed 4 Walbro snowmobile pickups in the cell



http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/Walbro.jpg



http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/fuelcell1.jpg





The tank is 30" x 17" x 7" high so it fits pretty tight between the rear frame rails. I bent up a gas tank skid plate out of 1/8 hot roll



http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/fuelcell2.jpg



http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/fuelcell3.jpg



http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/fuelcell4.jpg



I think it should work pretty good

Here it is under the truck. It is a little lower then I originally hoped but not lower then the springs.


http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/fuelcell5.jpg


where it will join to the stock filler hose

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/fuelcell6.jpg


The Mojave heater finally has a new home too


http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/heatercore.jpg






And a updated grill thanks to Lowrange Offroad
http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/newgrill.jpg

With that fuel tank, what will you do with the exhaust?

With that fuel tank, what will you do with the exhaust?

There is lots of space between the tcase and rear diff on the drivers side so the muffler will go there and I am going to have to dump it out by the tire. It will work fine i think

Hope you do not smell the exhaust with it dumping by the drivers tire.

LWB is coming along nicely.

Hope you do not smell the exhaust with it dumping by the drivers tire.

I hope so too :D

LWB is coming along nicely.


Thanks

LWB is looking really good. :smokin:


Hope you do not smell the exhaust with it dumping by the drivers tire.

Shouldn't be a problem, mine dumps there and I very, very rarely get any exhaust smell.

Finally have the exhaust figured out

With a used muffler from a friend, a couple store bought 180 degree bends and a stick of tube it cost me about $60 bucks :D I ran 2" all the way through

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/exhaust1.jpg


The tail pipe was a little bit of a bitch but I think a small price to pay for having a big fuel cell under the truck. I am powdercoating the tail pipe flat black today to make it blend in with the truck

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/exhaust2.jpg

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/exhaust3.jpg

exhaust turned out great. I love how wide it is

Thanks.

I love how wide it is too. It does suck though since I am building it to drive on the street and local laws wont allow it the way it is now. I am thinking I might try to get away with stock TJ flares. I had bushwachers on it before but I was never a big fan and sold them

Looks great....I hate you for having a LWB, but it looks really good! :flipoff2:

EDIT: forgot to add, thanks for giving me some ideas on the dash. I need to get my ZOR dash in the buggy. I like how well yours turned out.

I am really glad I did the dash. It was a bit of work but made alot of extra room and having things laid out the way you want them is cool too. Also ripping out the stock heater crap gives you alot of room on the firewall. I'm going to mount the computer and amp up there

This thing done yet? :flipoff2:

lookin real good. keep the updates comin

Im almost ready to bring it home where I will start re-doing the wiring. I have been working on plumbing the fuel lines, clutch slave etc... so not much stuff worthy of taking pictures

Im still trying to figure out what I am going to do for fender flares to get this thing legal for the road. I rolled some sheet metal to mock up some floating fenders but I dont know if there is away to make them half decent.

Pook and I have been talking about maybe making crush corners like a jeep and adding some metal flares to that which would also help me not destroy the body wheeling.

Heres a couple pics I took when I was playing around with the floating fender idea

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I would paint them black and go for it. getting something that wide body mounted will look.. far from great. keep the sexy zuk lines :smokin:

I would paint them black and go for it. getting something that wide body mounted will look.. far from great. keep the sexy zuk lines :smokin:


Ya thats what Im thinking. Powdercoat them flat black to help them blend in.

I found some pics on here of this guys truck. I think something like this but I am going make them smaller and see if the I can get away with it

Eiither that or i'll swap on some yj rears and try my luck

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I love the attention to detail. Keep up the good work

I love the attention to detail. Keep up the good work

Thanks

I have almost everything on the chassis re-wired using solder and shrink tube. I still need a few misc. sensors etc for the motor to run the new harness but other then that its almost ready to run

did you get the flashers figured out?

did you get the flashers figured out?

They are hooked up but dont flash. Im running leds front and rear now so I probably need to switch out the GM style flasher that came in the universal harness

Like the build looks real good.:smokin:. i need to figure out some type of flap/fender system also.. something like the ones on the green zook except a bit smaller with less front/back coverage could work. and make them quick disconnect
-scott

Like the build looks real good.:smokin:. i need to figure out some type of flap/fender system also.. something like the ones on the green zook except a bit smaller with less front/back coverage could work. and make them quick disconnect
-scott



I havent had anytime to work on my fenders yet but that was the idea I had as well. Or making some rear crush corners like a heep with clip on fender.

I gotta get it running first then make it road worthy

Wow , what an awesome build ! ! ! ! . Digging it for sure , nice work :smokin:

Thanks.

I have it almost ready to go. I started it up a few days ago but it needs to have the timing set, etc still by someone that knows what they are doing :homer:

I also am having a bitch of time with the hydraulic clutch. I gravity bleed a whole bottle through it but when I compress the pedal I just get a nice scraping/squeak sound. I dont think I am getting enough throw and then I noticed the foot pedal is flexing from the pressure so I am going to redo the bracket I made. The bracket isnt flexing the whole flatbar pedal is. I'm starting to get a little frustrated with it all the last few days

its looking good man. the pic from your engine bay are a big help... i think mine will be fairly easy as well. someone before me put in a 3" body lift so i should clear alot of the trans but i think i will be cutting a bit any how.

love the dash man so clean. i wounder bout then axles there sweet. but where the crap you get the shafts from. i know where i can find some FJ80's and i think there bout the same as what you got there so this could happen for me as well.

your belly is at 22.5 on 35's? hmm... i'm lookin for lowwer but i am on 37's so this will get ruff. i'm not runnin street so i shoul bo ok.


this thing is frig sweet man...

So are you using that universal 4wheelingjunky harness for the 22RE or are you still using some of the stock toyota 22RE wiring for the engine? :D

its looking good man. the pic from your engine bay are a big help... i think mine will be fairly easy as well. someone before me put in a 3" body lift so i should clear alot of the trans but i think i will be cutting a bit any how.

love the dash man so clean. i wounder bout then axles there sweet. but where the crap you get the shafts from. i know where i can find some FJ80's and i think there bout the same as what you got there so this could happen for me as well.

your belly is at 22.5 on 35's? hmm... i'm lookin for lowwer but i am on 37's so this will get ruff. i'm not runnin street so i shoul bo ok.


this thing is frig sweet man... If you are going to cut it a bit anyhow I would ditch the bodylift :) The B/L came with mine to but is only 1" over stock. My front diff has longs with a custom short side from Brian at FROR. The rear is toy IFS width The housings are also from Brian :smokin: I think the belly height has settled down a little bit from the new drive train weight. It does sit a little higher then I would like but I havent chopped my fenders yet so it works out. The 35" ltb with street pressure is almost as high as some 37" SS :)

So are you using that universal 4wheelingjunky harness for the 22RE or are you still using some of the stock toyota 22RE wiring for the engine? :D


The junky harness was for the chassis :) The 22re harness is a stock engine harness from a third gen

If you wired the 22RE like I suggested and it works you should send me a pm to let me know. :D

If you wired the 22RE like I suggested and it works you should send me a pm to let me know. :D

I have it running so I will double check what was hooked up and to where and let you know :D

Wicked. That's some info I wouldn't mind knowing for future reference. Thanks man. :D

rig is sweet

dam man looking good. the yj flairs look better than the bushwackers but i think you idea of crusher corners, and built fenders is the way to go.



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this is the only pic i have right now but these are 1.5x.120 herw, they work great he has put the jeep on them a few times.

I will send you my '86 stock Samurai...all you gotta do is a simple spring over,a 3" body lift and adjust the carb!!:shaking:

dam man looking good. the yj flairs look better than the bushwackers but i think you idea of crusher corners, and built fenders is the way to go.



http://inlinethumb03.webshots.com/6722/2432785460103067285S425x425Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2432785460103067285wNWffC)


this is the only pic i have right now but these are 1.5x.120 herw, they work great he has put the jeep on them a few times.


I bought some used rubicon TJ rears (1" wider then stock i think) from the junkyard cheap so I am going to run those for now and then try to tackle the crush corners down the road.

i know this is a newb question, and i might get flamed. but is there any specific years the longer sammy comes in? or are they from some where else or what? i had never seen one till on this site. im very intrested. please throw some info my way

i know this is a newb question, and i might get flamed. but is there any specific years the longer sammy comes in? or are they from some where else or what? i had never seen one till on this site. im very intrested. please throw some info my way

They're from this far off land called Canada, eh. :flipoff2: They got 'em elsewhere in the world, but I don't think they ever made it to the states. You can look into importing them from up here though. It's been done.

as long as it was sold new in Canada you can import one into the states easily. The only problem is is it worth it? Most are full of rust and take alot of work to restore. I would stretch the frame on a shorty and get an aluminum tub from Aqualu when they come out.

Once they are 25 years old then it is easy to import them into the states from canada.

Well I have it driving and insured now. Havent taken any pics :homer:

My front main seal started leaking right away so I fixed that. Now the rear mian is leaking :( but its not to bad and will probably have to wait until after KOH.

It drives nice except it seems to be running to cold. It also rattles like a sob. I have heavy duty motor mounts and TrailGear tcase mounts which equal rattling Samurai tin. I think I will be able to chase them down. After this weekend I should have the front bumper finished and the rocker guards. Ill take some pics

The Corbeau seats also sit to high so I am ditching the stock flip ahead seat on the passenger side and cutting out the drivers mount. Both seat will be bolted almost on the floor

Are you driving your zuk down to KOH?

The original plan was to drive it there but luckily my buddy is going to tow it down for me :D

Super!!!
It's very interesting, keep going

I started the rocker guards today. I bought a couple pieces of 3/16 bent 90 degree 8" x 8" and this is what I came up with. Ill take some better pics tomorrow. I cant decide if I want to add some tube to them or keep the truck skinny

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/rocker1.jpg

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/rocker2.jpg

I've been real busy working on the little bugs that come with a project like this but its almost ready for the KOH trip. Here are a couple pics my buddy Cody took the other day.

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and I couldnt decide on how I wanted my front bumper so I made this simple bar to hold my light for now and I will figure it out after we get back

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Damn that looks sharp, nice work!

Finally some better quality pics, looks very nice. Is that led lights? never seen something like that before

Its a Reflex LED light from VisionX. I wired it last night and tried it out on the way home. It is bright :eek: I think this 20" light puts out 9000 lumens

So the zuk made the journey to Johnson Valley for KOH. I was able to run a bunch of the trails in the days after the race. The truck did will except for the front leafs took a beating. I need to either make a front traction bar or swap in a military wrap from another set for the front. The body got a bit of love mainly from Wrecking Ball :D


Here are a couple pics someone emailed me. These are from my new favorite trail Outer Limits. This was the first day out wheeling. I took the flares off when we got back to camp. Big thanks to Pook for spotting me all week

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Besides a few new rattles and squeaks it still drove nicely at 70 miles a hour this morning on the way to work so I am pretty happy. I do need to replace the 2 tweaked front leafs. The body has some needed character now.

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This was on the last V notch on Wrecking ball which was the last trail we ran :laughing: Now I have a reason to build my crush corners

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If you wired the 22RE like I suggested and it works you should send me a pm to let me know. :D

I have it running so I will double check what was hooked up and to where and let you know :D

It is wired the way you suggested. A couple of my wires were off since 89 is a odd ball year but other then a crappy TPS she is running good

Nice body damage :smokin: you need to bend the door into shape tough

Nice body damage :smokin: you need to bend the door into shape tough

I was actually able to get most of the dent out yesterday after work. I just took out the seatbelt pod and added a big washer and nut to the inside and started wrenching on it. The door still needs some love though to close the gap. Im going wheeling this weekend so I will see what I can do :D

dang man looks good! wish i could have seen it at KOH. like the way these look done up like that. lillte body lovin from the rocks looks good. but that back corner does need some protection. lets see a mok up of tube rockers.

Thanks

I think I am going to try making something like this genright blank except I will make it go up and over the top edge and have some bolts through the inside lip too. I dont think I will make it round the corners to the back. That way I can take off the flares and still have the narrow zuk body. I think I am going to do the virtual lift at the same time so I can start using my brothers used comp Krawlers on future trips

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A few more Hammer pics courtesy of the Can 2s

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Came a little short on the waterfall on Wreckingball

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The rock that claimed the rear panel :homer:

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Fellow long wheelbaser. Very nice work. You should think about a soft top. I had a guy in Kelowna make mine for me.

Tom

I have been waiting on someone local to make me a soft top. Its going to be a Safari style top. Hopefully I will get it soon

Good luck. I bought a safari for a standard samurai and took it to a boat shop and lengthened it to fit my LWB.

very nice build

Did you say you are running rear TJ flares?
Looks real good.

Did you say you are running rear TJ flares?
Looks real good.

Ya they are rear tj flares front and back. I grab mine from a couple saharas since they are a inch wider then stock flares. They are help on with sheet metal screws so they come off in about 5 minutes total with a small screwdriver

sweet lwb!

I really love the wheels. hehehe :laughing:

Sexy LWB nic! :eek::eek::eek::eek:

Damn bro, thats a clean well built Sami....
I love the attention to detail.

Thanks!

It has been living in the garage for a couple weeks since my tranny blew up on my way home from work. The tranny that blew up used to be in a friends truggy so it had some serious abuse through it already before i stuck it in, so probably didnt like driving 60 mph to work everyday. Took it for a spin this afternoon and its all good.

Im going to try and start my rear quarter protection this week so i will snap a few pics of the progress.

Any recent updates? killer build.

Any recent updates? killer build.

Been awhile since I looked in this thread.

Truck has pretty much stayed the same since the trip to the Hammers. Had alot of fun local wheeling/exploring this summer.

I am going to be making some changes starting after a business trip I have to take in a couple weeks. Plans are to link the rear and add around 6" or so more wb back there eliminating some of the over hang. I will also redo the bumper, move the gas tank, up and redo the inner wheel wells etc. If all goes well I might link the front as well :grinpimp:

That means it must have been working well this summer. Congrats on a great build. I know a lot of guys would love to have a rig like your , myself included.

great work, thanks for posting the build.

--sky

Ya the truck works pretty good. Only thing I had problems with is all 4 leaf springs are kinked but not much you can do about that

all 4 leaf springs are kinked but not much you can do about that
Go 4link!!!:smokin:

How'd the side panel fair ?
Pics of body damage ? :D
Your rig = :smokin:

I havent done much to zuk lately but I am slowly saving money and collecting parts so hopefully I can start the next phase soon :D

I did mount up some new 37s. A local 4x4 shop (BigCountryCustoms) hooked me up with a great deal on some new Procomp Stickies. I am definitely going to need to do some trimming front and back.

The only real damage to the body is the back right quarter from the Hammers trip last year.


http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/zuk1.jpg

http://i529.photobucket.com/albums/dd337/slicknic604/zuk2.jpg

man!! your rig is :smokin:

good job, all your work looks really well thought out and well done.


got a pic or 2 of that rear bumper of where/how its connected to frame?

keep up the good work

Thanks.

I dont have any pics of it right now but I can tell you it is attached with some 3" x 1/4 flatbar that runs a long the outside of the frame on both sides. Probably about 8" or so. Then it has three 1/2 bolts per side going through the frame. I also welded on some 1.5" tube that goes from the side pieces back to the flatbar to reinforce it all.

I am taking the bumper off soon and making a new one so I will snap a few pics for you