My Zu-Yota-Kick Build

[WOODZUK]

Originally Posted by D Boz

Which PRP's are those, and how wide? I've been wanting a set, but it gets real tight with an interior cage. Looking forward to seeing how you get it all in there

Rigs looking really good

thx D Boz. i traded a guy here on pirate for them and dont remember what he said they were,by comparing them to the website i believe they are premiums. at the widest point (shoulders) they measure 22.5" they rub on the B pillars (targa) as u can see in the pic. one could always move them in a little more but with my center tunnel the way it is im in as far as i can go. when i first built this zuke i put mastercrafts in it that were amost identical except the mounting points. what a world of differance in weight u couldnt hardly lift those MC's with one hand but these PRP's are like lifting a half rack of beer,super light weight. i just figured i would put the MC's back in since they were mounted on tracks already but when i felt the weight diff i couldnt put the MC's back. stuck them in the wifes jeep dont care about the weight in that thing

this is how i mounted the passenger side.dont care if that seat goes forward or back

[moveaside]

Nice build I like it. Hardest thing about any build is not putting or leaving parts and tools in the tub Makes it a PITA to find later or have to clean out all the time.

[WOODZUK]

Originally Posted by moveaside

Nice build I like it. Hardest thing about any build is not putting or leaving parts and tools in the tub Makes it a PITA to find later or have to clean out all the time.

thanks. agree on the tools part but i just took the seats out and was getting ready to grind a chunk of tube off the factory bar that i put on years ago for my shoulder harness.it was cleaned up within the hour.hows urs doing these days,followed it for awhile and lost it before i new how to subscribe to threads

[WOODZUK]

Originally Posted by WOODZUK

Thanks!
16" long coil overs in the front with 200# main springs 16" long and 120# tenders 14" long. Both are Eibach. Rears are 14" travel coil overs with 150# main springs 14" long and 125# tenders 12" long.

i F'd up and found that i had the top springs for the front and back at the wrong end the 120"s go in the back and the 125's go up front. couldnt figure out why it sat so much higher in the back then in the front.thought i was gonna have to order lighter springs. my ride height was 3" taller then i wanted,had to crank the front springs down to get it to set level.problem solved though

[WOODZUK]

mocking up the links and such,used Trail Gear creepers with the 5/8 through bolt on each end,gotta love pvc links.ended up using some tubing i found at the scrap yard for links.i think its DOM. it was laying on the ground in 20 ft sections,5 of them.its seamless and has a wall thickness of .30 its not dark like DOM but it looks like it has been on the ground for awhile.tried to bend it but there wasnt a hyd bender in town that could budge it.ended up borrowing a pipe bender from a fencing guy and had to heat the tube to get any bend out of it at all.didnt collapse it at all.ended up cutting those links off the front anyway.bought the tubing at scrap weight,paid 200$ for all of it


this is what i ended up with for the lower mount,sorry for the crappy cell phone pic.on the top of the mount are some holes im gonna run a tube through to mount to the frame to stiffen it up.the tube is 2" DOM with .250 wall so it shouldnt bend


this is how the upper link mount came out,its all 1/4" inch plate.only have this 1 pic. frame is plated with 1/4" wherever i had to weld a link mount to it.the upper link is missing a brace that i later added but dont have a pic of

[WOODZUK]

lower links came out to be 39" and the upper links came out to 36" long.the lower links are 5 degrees up in the front and the uppers are 1 degree up in front also.both links are triangulated

[WOODZUK]

this is what i ended up with,not sure if its good or bad but any comments good or bad would be helpful. can adjust the lower links up if need be and the upper links can go up another inch.

[Turbo Tonka]

love the build mate. Very nice rig and clean fab work
make uppers adjustable on the rear?looks similar in the pic to what mine would be like now since i lifted it as the squat was terrible and a huge mistake. i still think i could have gone up a fraction more at the frame end of my uppers.

sorry double checked pic showing adjustment on uppers also.

[WOODZUK]

Originally Posted by Turbo Tonka

love the build mate. Very nice rig and clean fab work

Thanks

[WOODZUK]

everybody must be asleep or wheelin. found a suzuki esteem grill i modified thats gonna fit good. think im just gonna screw it to the bottom of the hood. got the wheels and tires under it along with the front suspension i was gonna run.no pics of the front suspension cuz it was changed.

[WOODZUK]

this is where it sat for nearly 2 years while i bought a house with a nice shop and then had a kid

[toyoturd]

grille looks nice. plans for lights?

[WOODZUK]

was thinkin about some snowplow lights, kinda like these,but they arent in the budget just yet.
if anybody has any better suggestions im open to ideas

[toyoturd]

Never knew snow plows had different lights. Put on post up pics of beam and visibility

[80toy2brc]

Originally Posted by WOODZUK

was thinkin about some snowplow lights, kinda like these,but they arent in the budget just yet.
if anybody has any better suggestions im open to ideas

Where can I find those snow plow lights? Ive found a few different ones but havent seen those exact ones.

[WOODZUK]

Originally Posted by toyoturd

Never knew snow plows had different lights. Put on post up pics of beam and visibility

gonna be awhile on that request.just got laid off so have to tighten up the belt a bit but will do when i get them.if i can sell my power steering and HD rear driveline from this thing i can get em might have to put on the wal mart burners if work doesent pick up

[WOODZUK]

Originally Posted by 80toy2brc

Where can I find those snow plow lights? Ive found a few different ones but havent seen those exact ones.

ebay,i liked the ones that desertbound put on his tracker build so i looked them up and they was alot more then i wanted to pay so i went and found some on ebay. i just typed in "snow plow lights"

[levi_456]

i went with a set of dune buggy lights when i cut up my front end. $30 each they look like a big kc housing that holds the factory 7" dot sealed beam. i got them at a local VW dune buggy shop. i think they are sold by EMPI

[WOODZUK]

Originally Posted by levi_456

i went with a set of dune buggy lights when i cut up my front end. $30 each they look like a big kc housing that holds the factory 7" dot sealed beam. i got them at a local VW dune buggy shop. i think they are sold by EMPI

nice, i'll have to look them up.we dont have any dunes here close let alone a dune buggy shop so i will see what i can find online. i have to measure to see if i can get a full size light in there without the tire hitting it or them being partially behind the bars. thx

[levi_456]

sorry about the blurry pics its all i have right now.

[WOODZUK]

Originally Posted by levi_456

sorry about the blurry pics its all i have right now.

nice, dont think i can fit them in there like that. i will have to get the front diff back in and stuff the wheel up with it turned.build looks good.u have a volvo motor in urs or just using the grill?

[levi_456]

volvo 2.3 turbo, volvo 4speed manual, custom adapter to a couple toy cases.

[WOODZUK]

nice

[WOODZUK]

wel after surfing the pbb for 6 months and selling my 67 el camino to buy some parts i finally got interested in this thing again,bought some hellfire knuckles for my fj80 front diff and started hangin parts on the thing

[WOODZUK]

hangin the shocks on it