aussie zook buildup

[bazooked]

hey guys thought id finaly post up wats been goin on in the shed for the last 2 years lol, got a heap of pics so ill let them do the talkin!

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onto the front end as of today, hood trimmed up and lower shock mounts tacked in, the diff is way foward and the top of the shocks will be on the front corners of the hood, so gotta try work out how to make it look half decent..

any ?s flame away

[yarmish]

Badass..What are the specs?

[2hi2c]

could of bought an atlas after you went through that light t-case..

FJ60 housing are great, especially that 9"+ ring and ctr pinion..

looking good..

[det107]

Flame away ?? That "Rig" is Awesome !! With the machining & welding skills you possess, don't stop-

[bazooked]

ive built a couple other zuks, but they have been street regoed, this my first attempt at sumthin like this, as for an atlas i havent got the dollars for 1 of them to be landed here, plus i dont think its needed,all the fab work for the transfers was done by myself at work so it didnt cost me anythn!, all the brackets i fabbed up cut out my self, aint got acess to a laser cutter lol.
some specs that i can remember,
105-106"? wheelbase
1.6 injected vitara
3spd gm auto (early vitara)
choped vitara transfer
sierra transfer with 6.5 gears
fj60 diffs , 4.11 ratio i think,with arb lockers
37" bfg stickies
trail gear beadlock alloys
longs up front, drive flanges
poly perf rear axle shafts
psc 2.5" ram and res
14" x 2.5" foas up front, 16" in the rear
4" foa bumps up front
beard seats
tri 4 link front and rear 6061 ali with 3/4 , 7/8 qa1 rod ends,
1 3/4 tube, got 3 stiks left!
still need a few more things like rad and springs, got another week of work so most of the fab work should be done, and thanks for the comments

[bazooked]

had a go at it today, bit of a pain in the ass, goin to be a bitch to finish weld up against the tub but u get that, still got more bracing and crap to go in, dont no if ill need gussets on the hoops or not.

[Hvy_Chevy]

were you working off plans for the doubler, or just figuring as you went along?

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Originally Posted by Hvy_Chevy

were you working off plans for the doubler, or just figuring as you went along?

just went of pics of here and the internet lol, figured the rest out, wasnt that hard to do!

[zukiscoot]

good work!there are so many good ideas in this thread.the cage design is definitely one of a kind.

[Longfield]

Nice job mister good clean work.

[WOODZUK]

cool build,subscribed

[bazooked]

startin to get sumwere with the frontend now , runnin out of gas tho will have to get another bottle tomoz

[bazooked]

flexed her up, no binding on the shocks at all, only on the front shaft at the centre bearing , added sum more tube on the front and a place for the cheapo chinese winch when it gets here then spent most of the day welding the front end up, got to notch the front bar to take the bumps and shorten the stroke on the bumps to 2", then next is the gussets and sume more tube around the place then thats the cage pretty much done.

[lilsami]

Killer rig, you have done some killer fab work.

[bazooked]

bit more tube never hurt

[ScottieJ]

Nice build

[bazooked]

not much to show today, 99% of the cage work is done and welded , added sum extra tube down the sides of the seats, and now comes all the fiddly shit that should be fun!

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been busy doin other shit, got some more work done, front chassis notched for cans and welded in, rear cans done and welded aswell thats it for this weekend i think, need sum rest time

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so bought a winch of ebay and wasnt happy with it, had helicoils in the housing for the main hold down bolts, ended up shortening my 6000 warn winch and rebuilt and re greased while i was at it, made up the mounting bracket and did the 2 front recovery points aswell.

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did some work on the under carriage bash plates bolted on , sorted out the shifter aswell had to mod the tranny housing slightly, steering shaft cut to length and quick relaese welded on, also welded bearing mount in position for the colum.