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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Build Diaries, How-To, DIY => Topic started by: zuk_freak on May 20, 2010, 07:07:10 PM
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hey guys/gals i have been looking around this site for some time now but finally decided to show u my ride ;) so first of all im 15 got this track/kick last year during winter, put a 2 inch coil spacer lift in it, 235's, 2 1/2 inch exhaust, a snorkle,yup and you guessed it painted it bright/blaze orange. just a week ago we cut up the front A-arm and moved the ball join 1 1/2 inches forward 1 1/2 inches down and .5 inches wider. for you of those that have seen mr.t's build you'll know what im talking about. i want to keep it road legal and a good driver cause when i get my drivers this will be my DD. i would like to do dual t case, interior roll cage, winch/winch bumper, extending rear trailing arms, and some offroad lights in the near future.
now can anybody help me figure out how to upload pics????
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pics are easy. I use photobucket, select upload pictures, hold CTRL and select multiples usually, then take the (http://) link for each pic, copy it and paste in replies. works like a charm.
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all you need to do is select the 'Additional Options' at the bottom of the post screen, select your pic located on your computer and post it up... If you have many pics coming with your build, I would suggest going to the Gallery and making yourself a users gallery so store all of your build pics.
HTH,
Zig
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finally got some pics. here's my new tire carrier/high lift jack carrier we built.works pretty good.i just cut up the old tire carrier and lifted it so my 235 tire wouldn't hit the bumper.
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That looks pretty cool, although I'd probably want to beef it up a bit so your tire carrier is ROCK SOLID. hard driving+heavy object held in by a few bolts=some pretty powerful forces pulling those bolts.
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yeah its alot stronger then it looks.here's a pic of the frame we made for the jack. down the road i will probably build a back bumper with a swing away tire carrier.
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Nice! I'd love to see a side shot with the a-arm mod. How do you like it? I like the location for your jack too.
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Nice! I'd love to see a side shot with the a-arm mod. How do you like it? I like the location for your jack too.
thanks.i love it!! by far one of the best mods i've done. the approach angle is awesome on this thing. and my tires don't rub anymore. i put my dads 31s off his tracker on this thing and it didn't rub at all in the front. and i only have a 2 inch lift and my fenders haven't been cut at all. here's a pic with the 31s on it.
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8) Right on!
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so tonight i took my doors off. and welded and cut the stock hinge so i can take my doors on and off. works good but it takes two people to put the doors back on,its surprising how heavy these little doors are. will have pics up in a bit
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alright so heres some pics. all i did was weld the bottom of the pin in and the top peace of the bracket was cut off so the pin just sticks up. now you just lift the doors up and they come offf.....lol easy as that
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So.... im really jealous of your paint job and your work space!! do you have any specs/pics of how you made that jack carrier?
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i don't have any pics of the build...wasn't really much of a build here's a pretty good pic of it finished without the jack on. i just cut three peaces of 1 inch square tubing 4 inches long (if u go any longer you wont be able to get your spare tire on) and welded on vertically onto the tire carrier welded one in the middle of that peace of square tubing sticking out, welded on peace on horizontally then drilled out the holes and welded in some bolts...... very very easy
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so this week i picked up 4 offroad lights....so tonight we made a light bar that bolt onto the factory roll bar. worked really good. here's some pics
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oops clicked on the same pic twice.
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that looks great dude! what wattage are they?
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Looks good! Where do you run it that you need the extra lighting?
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do i need it? no. i just thought it would be nice to have when i go night wheeling sometimes :P. they are 100 watt i think. so...in between the switch and the battery there is a fuse. and when i turn on both switches (i have one switch for the middle two and one switch for the outside two) the fuse for the inside two burns out.... i don't know what im doing wrong could someone help me out here. thanks
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Figured out what was wrong and tested out these lights tonight i love em!!! I love the look of them and they sure are nice for night wheelin
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Nice rig! It looks like it will get around really good! who are the tires made by?
thanks,
KJ
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they are 235 gt radial,adventuro mt's. it actually amazes me how far this little thing will go. and with the welded diff it goes twice as far as it did with open diff!
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so today i bought coils from a door kick. they don't look a whole lot bigger beside the 2 dr coils. but it gave me 1 1/4 of lift in the back. i haven't put the front ones in yet. my front cv's are at some pretty serious angles.i think im gunna lower the front diff before i put the front 4 dr coils in. does anybody have pictures of there front diff lowered and the mounts they made/used?
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with my locked front end i kept breaking cv joints. here's some pics of the 2 inch diff drop we did. first we cut the crossmember where the rear of the diff bolts to out.
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then we welded flat metal onto the side of the cut out crossmember. hammered it in annd lined everything up...
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That looks really good man!
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then we welded flat metal onto the side of the cut out crossmember. hammered it in annd lined everything up...
I did pretty much same thing, did not drop enough the first time so replaced most of cross member with 1/2" plate.
How much was your drop?
A skid plate helps.