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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: Nicksidekickin on July 28, 2010, 05:37:34 PM
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My zuk got hit is the front end and bent the frame not the way i wonted to start the day. I was getting ready to make it just a toy now i get to not the way i wanted to, but now it is getting solid axle conversion and tube front end. Anyone have any good ideas on what i should do to it. I want to do something different than normal.
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sorry for the spelling and grammer. Im very tired and sore for the wreck.
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Ouch is right, sorry to see that... dang, ripped the body mount right through. :( Hope you're okay though & good to hear you're gonna fix it.
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Honestly, maybe it's the angle of the picture, but it doesn't look that bad...but it could just be the angle of the picture. Maybe just make the best of it as it is and leave the front end intact? I have an idea for my second one I just bought, its front end is messed up too...if and when I get to it I will post pictures...
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the pictures dont do it justice the frame is pushed back a inch, the strut tower is pushed over against the steering shaft. The hole front clip will have to be cut off. and the power steering pump is shot but the steering gear survived how i dont know.
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wow that really sucks... atleast you will be able to make it your toy
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You can fix that, hell I welded a whole new front frame section on mine
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You can fix that, hell I welded a whole new front frame section on mine
That reminds me...I was reading a post on this site that linked to another forum, it was about grafting a Toyota IFS front frame section onto one of these trucklets...there's an idea if you'd like to keep IFS but make it more durable (and gear and locker options)...
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wow that would be different do you have the link thats a great idea
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wow that would be different do you have the link thats a great idea
Taken from:
http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/technical-discussion-performance-modify/toyota-ifs-%28paging-mr-hagen%29/ (http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/technical-discussion-performance-modify/toyota-ifs-%28paging-mr-hagen%29/)
The link on this page on reply #6 takes you here:
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=318480 (http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=318480)
Which is basically putting Toyota IFS diff into the Trackick...
but it has a link further down the page to what I was telling you about:
http://www.zukikrawlers.com/showthread.php?t=12186 (http://www.zukikrawlers.com/showthread.php?t=12186)
This guy does a whole step-by-step, for the most part. Looks great tho
Yes, he grafted the whole front section of the frame from the Toyota IFS truck onto his Trackick, and swapped in the Toyota rear axle.
I'm not sure what you're thinking, but you could do this, and then remove fenders, etc on the front end and make a tube chassis for the front. Integrate it into a full exo-cage and you'd be sittin purty!
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I started yesterday on removeing the front clip i am going for the exocage look. This is what i am going for:
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I like that, sweet tubed out exo-cage, I'd like to see more pics of that truck
Wild
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That picture right there is exactly what I was referring to, something just like that! Where'd you find it?
Depending on how badly the frame is messed up, you could use that Toyota front frame idea. If not, then you can do whatever you want, samurai sas, swap both axles for toyotas, or even just cut and fabricate your own stuff into the frame and swap in the front pig from a toyota IFS and keep it independent.
Basically, whatever you wanna do!
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I found that pic on google and the frame aint to bad now that the front is cut off it isnt as bad as i thought going to work on that saturday. I am going to start a build post so i can keep everyone updated and get better ideas as i go.