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ZUKIWORLD Model Specific Suzuki Forum => Suzuki Samurai (All SJ Platform) 1981-1998 => Topic started by: 94samurai on January 27, 2012, 10:21:23 AM
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hey people whats up ! I'm Alex and i got a unmolested 94 samurai 2 months ago with only 74,xxx . i bought it with plans of building a cheep trail rig and it has been a blast ! so far i did a 6in spoa from rocky road , 32x11.50x15 KM2 on procomp wheels . added a Daytona digital tach and other things i cant think of right now ! next is shockworks bumper & rocksliders and so on and so on . here is some pics of b4 and as it sits now .
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Nice ride ---- Welcome ....Boxcar...
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thanks ! from what it looks like this forum is more for people who need help with their car other then knows alot about it .i find it funny that their are so many people asking the same damn question over and over and over :laugh: . other then that i haven't found any "real cool" samurais out their that inspire me to want to keep going with my build. with whats done now i leave jeeps landcruisers/rover toya whatever any pick up they all suck no one can keep up my samurais in the trail. i haven't rock climbed it yet but i don't think that will be a prob at all . ;D the best thing so far was some hipster rolling up next to me in front of 7/11 in his stock jeep wrangler and said "nice jeep man " i was like its not a jeep ! Barbie called and shes wants her jeep back :laugh:
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Dude, don't go there....
I love my Zuke But it's a Zuke . My FJ40 will out wheel it in some situations. My Cj5 Will out do it in the sand. My Wagoneer will out pull it. It has more to do with how it's prepped for the trail by the owner. A stock Zuke will not out perform a stock FJ-40. I'm sorry.....
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I haven't got a new pic. of the YOTA ...And my Wag is in the paint shop. But I'm sure its not needed....Boxcar
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Back from paint...
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Hey I'm with Boxcar, I love my Zuk but my CJ5 will pull it places it can't go to !!!
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well by the way it looks both of your zukis could use better tires like the ones on your jeep. thats just a start ! Dont get me wrong i know jeeps have made their mark in the off road world. i see more jeeps than anyother 4x4 used for off road ! I take my samurai out every weeksend on the same trails i take my 4x4 atv on ! The trails are tight and i can get from point a to point b way faster then any of my friends in their jeeps or yotas ! mainly their are just to wide/long . please tell me why its better in sand ???
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That's a nice ride 94. I think a Zuk looks good in black.
Brad
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You've got a nice lil Zuk build goin on...
I've built alot of trucks and this Samurai is a fun build too. It is comparable to a 78 CJ7 I did although the Zuk has a definate weight advantage. It's mostly how you build them in comparison to what you want to do and expect in return.
J/M $.02.....
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hey people whats up ! I'm Alex and i got a unmolested 94 samurai 2 months ago with only 74,xxx . i bought it with plans of building a cheep trail rig and it has been a blast ! so far i did a 6in spoa from rocky road , 32x11.50x15 KM2 on procomp wheels . added a Daytona digital tach and other things i cant think of right now ! next is shockworks bumper & rocksliders and so on and so on . here is some pics of b4 and as it sits now .
Nice clean looking Sami !
Just a heads up on Shrockworks... check on lead times for the bumpers before you take your old ones off and get rid of them. I sold my old ones and then found out they were backed up 4 months on the new ones ...
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That's a nice ride 94. I think a Zuk looks good in black.
Brad
thanks bro but its dark blue lol kinda gets purple in the right light .
You'vr got a nice lil Zuk build goin on...
I've built alot of trucks and this Samurai is a fun build too. It is comparable to a 78 CJ7 I did although the Zuk has a definate weight advantage. It's mostly how you build them in comparison to what you want to do and expect in return.
J/M $.02.....
thanks bro ! hey people whats up ! I'm Alex and i got a unmolested 94 samurai 2 months ago with only 74,xxx . i bought it with plans of building a cheep trail rig and it has been a blast ! so far i did a 6in spoa from rocky road , 32x11.50x15 KM2 on procomp wheels . added a Daytona digital tach and other things i cant think of right now ! next is shockworks bumper & rocksliders and so on and so on . here is some pics of b4 and as it sits now .
Nice clean looking Sami !
Just a heads up on Shrockworks... check on lead times for the bumpers before you take your old ones off and get rid of them. I sold my old ones and then found out they were backed up 4 months on the new ones ...
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/31069_393131883882_588853882_4172100_7313616_n.jpg)
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thanks for the info ! i take it your ride also? my last evil twin was a 2001 suzuki TL1000R ;D
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thanks for the info ! i take it your ride also? my last evil twin was a 2001 suzuki TL1000R ;D
Good stuff ! I used to live, breath, eat, and sleep bikes....
I bought a new Ducati 996 and rode it for years, everything from track days, canyons and even commuted for awhile on it. I decided to down size the bike collection a couple years ago and the only thing I have left is a '07 KTM 525 EXC setup for supermoto with a set of Pilot Powers on Marchesini wheels. Awesome bike but too easy to get into trouble on it.
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nice! gotta love motards i just sold my hooligan machine last Nov heres some pics of it 03 CRF450R . still have a honda fury and cb750 cafe i built a few years ago. i sell motorcycles for a living :)
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Well lets see. The pic of my Zuke is with my tar baby tires on it. I run LTB,s off road but they suck on road....
The CJ 5 and the sand question ??? try 401 Harlen sharp stoker and the weight and length to handle 500 hp....
Dude, I'm not beating up on my own Zuke....I just don't subscribe to the idea that it's the best 4x4 ever made.
It's my favorite trail rig though. That's what I built it for. Well, It's also my version of the perfect economy rig. (tar baby tires)
I wheel with a bunch of old timers as well as young guys. Most of them drive Jeeps. A few drive FJ-40 s. I (depending on the situation) drive my Zuke. We all end up at the same place at the end of the day....I will say, I got a lot of SH.T when I first built the little bugger. Not so much any more. I've had to winch most of them out a time or two.
Again . It's all what you build, not what you started with...
Today was the first trip out to the woods after completely rebuilding my Zuke because I thought it sucked as it was...
After SPOA, long travel shock conversion, track bar, disk brake conversion, drivelines, transfercase mount, high steer, shackles,
CJ 5 Zuke hybrid springs, cam, flowed head, carb conversion, header, 2" exhaust, flowmaster, 5.12 gears, lockers, T case re gear, Bumpers,exo cage, winch, and probably another $1000 of things I can't think of right now. It's finally IMHO a great trail rig.
Better than every one Else's. Not by a long shot.......Boxcar...
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nice! gotta love motards i just sold my hooligan machine last Nov heres some pics of it 03 CRF450R . still have a honda fury and cb750 cafe i built a few years ago. i sell motorcycles for a living :)
I would have loved to have a CRF450X supermoto !!
I also think a Service 500 would make an awesome hooligan bike but might kill a person in the process....
Out here in CA it is hard to get a plate on a dirt bike, so when KTM came out in 2007 with a plate on the EXC, I jumped on it.
I had thought about trying to get into the motorcycle industry but ended up in the car industry (for awhile).
I really like wrenching on bikes but not enough $$$ in it for me to do it for a living, so I just help out buddies now.
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yea i wrench when im off work also ! but yeah their is more money to be made in the car world but i love my job ! it never feels like work. Its fun we just put a 2012 Kawasaki teryx 4x4 on demo were doing wheels tires lift kit and other crap then take it out to play in . i wanted to buy a side by side then i was like wtf why not just buy a samurai and drive it on the road
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:o holy crap i just went to order the shockworks front bumper and they said 3 month wait ! ???
i want to buy one but don't feel like waiting 3 months to put my hands on one :'(
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3 months ???? I built the whole damn thing in less time than that....Boxcar...
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3 months ???? I built the whole damn thing in less time than that....Boxcar...
i know right ! i asked the dude on the phone R u Kidding me ?!? 3 months ? your that busy ? he was like yea were out 3 months out on anything you need.............i was like ok well thanks anyways . :( if i can get a nice bumper for the same money or cheeper im in ! calmini has 2 i like the c4 and c5 .ARB is just 2 much $
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Where are you located???
If your close .Bring it to my shop.
(Resurrection Iron Works.)
We will build bumper you want in a day or two......Boxcar....
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If you can't get with Boxcar I thought these looked pretty nice....
http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/classified-ads/custom-samurai-bumpers/ (http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/classified-ads/custom-samurai-bumpers/)
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:o holy crap i just went to order the shockworks front bumper and they said 3 month wait ! ???
i want to buy one but don't feel like waiting 3 months to put my hands on one :'(
Only 3 months, I waited 4 months and, in the end, couldn't be happier that I waited.
If you do make one, check out how the Shrockworks bumpers attach, in the pics online. They add a few more points of attachment than some of the others do.
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Where are you located???
If your close .Bring it to my shop.
(Resurrection Iron Works.)
We will build bumper you want in a day or two......Boxcar....
thanks for the offer man but I'm in norther Va .
If you can't get with Boxcar I thought these looked pretty nice....
[url]http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/classified-ads/custom-samurai-bumpers/[/url] ([url]http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/classified-ads/custom-samurai-bumpers/[/url])
wow I'm a dumbass for not looking ! they look great just like shockworks ! ill have to send him a message and see what up ! that looks like a great deal
:o holy crap i just went to order the shockworks front bumper and they said 3 month wait ! ???
i want to buy one but don't feel like waiting 3 months to put my hands on one :'(
Only 3 months, I waited 4 months and, in the end, couldn't be happier that I waited.
If you do make one, check out how the Shockworks bumpers attach, in the pics online. They add a few more points of attachment than some of the others do.
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man you make me want to wait but the other guy makes a great looking bumper ! has anyone bought one from him that has mounted it up and tested it?
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I don't buy what I can build. I work in a engineering / machine shop. These look very nice and clean (cuts & weld lines). Lights included as well as the labor... he is not looking to get rich
Send him a message for more info. Ask him what guage steel he used (I'm not looking at the ad rite now if he did say). Ask to see the bumper to frame hook up.
Ask what you need to do to hook these up? Any modifications? (My Sammi underwent mods to both the front and the rear to accept the bumpers I built.
Ask for a shipping quote.....
Just tryin ta help a Brutha out here..... ;) Tux... 8)
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I don't buy what I can build. I work in a engineering / machine shop. These look very nice and clean (cuts & weld lines). Lights included as well as the labor... he is not looking to get rich
I'm with you 100% ! the stuff looks great . i asked him so we will see. if i could build them i would but my welding skill are not up to par |removethispart|@ all . my father has a plasma cutter to cut whatever but i do not have a welder............yet ;) i have looked at a bunch and i really like the readywelder but IDK its not the realdeal-holyfield :laugh:
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Send him a message for more info. Ask him what guage steel he used (I'm not looking at the ad rite now if he did say). Ask to see the bumper to frame hook up.
Ask what you need to do to hook these up? Any modifications? (My Sammi underwent mods to both the front and the rear to accept the bumpers I built.
I agree... check into it if the wait time isn't workable for ya.
If you can get it made for cheaper then go for it... just be sure you are not getting a "cheaper" quality bumper.
You may even be able to get someone to incorporate the Shrockworks added mounts instead of the typical 4 bolts that many mount a front bumper with. Get it made custom for quicker and cheaper...
Something to also keep in mind on the front bumper mounts, is if you ever intend to run a missing link setup.
The Trail Tough YJ missing link brackets bolt onto the same spot as the bumper.
Here is a link to install instructions on the Shrockworks front bumper. You can see the anti-rotation bracket, the bar for adding the u-bolts, and how the missing link brackets install with the bumper.
http://www2.izook.com/?page_id=413 (http://www2.izook.com/?page_id=413)
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true but i will mever run mising link set up !
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Alex.... Never say Never.... :laugh: Unless you intend to follow it up 1 day with..... "The Devil Made Me Do It...... >:D
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Good point Tux....Boxcar...
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maybe if i was building an off road only rig . but i like my samurais suspension where it stands !
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maybe if i was building an off road only rig . but i like my samurais suspension where it stands !
I've said this about alot of the parts, to include the suspension.
Nothing worse than settling for a bumper (or other parts) only to have to get rid of it because it really wasn't what you wanted (been there).
After changing out many different parts I was once happy with, I can honestly say I am getting close to being happy with it only because I am nearing my limit of things to do/change on it. :)
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Alex my comment was made kiddingly.... It's great if you are where you want to be. It looks nice and if it makes you happy thats really all that matters!
Me, I'm never satisfied and always wanting more. All the way until I feel like its complete and then I sell and start over again on something new.
Enjoy your Sammi... ;)
Tux... 8)
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its all good ! i have also checked around alittle more and i like roadless gears front bumper !
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Never sell it Tux...Just build a bigger garage...
Don't tell my wife I sed that....PLEASE....Boxcar...
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Sorry Boxcar.... I like building then selling... I have 6 Vehicles now and there is just me and my wife. Fortunitly my kids drive 2 of them.
I have 2 Corvettes that rarely get driven (I had 3 until recently)
This Samurai is just a fun build ... a blast from days gone by when Big Muddy trucks were the normal in the shop. Kids ame along and Corvettes replaced the muddy trucks...
I typically buy / build / sell 1 vehicle a year.... no timeframe... no hurry... no worry... just for the fun of it... :laugh:
Sorry about the short hi-jack Alex...
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:laugh: its all good man ! if i ever sell my samurai I'm damn sure to replace it with another ! iv build ricers, motorcycles/race bikes and the samurai takes the cake man ! cheep fun that doesn't get me a speeding tickets :laugh:
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I'm lucky I guess. Get to use the build bug up on others projects.
When I take the time away from that to build for myself, I build exactly what I want (for what ever reason)and then tend to hoard...
When I decided to build myself a Zuke , My wife ( and partner) informed me that my stable was full. That I must first part with one of my beloved toys.
My logic kicked in .
I had a plan....
I placed one of my CJ s on Craig's list with what I deemed an extremely high price tag.
Now I could tell my wife that I had conceded to her demands and decided to sell a rig , while due to time constraints , Starting the Zuke build.
After all, no sane person would be willing to pay what I was asking for the CJ....
Wrong....Sold the damn thing to a guy who just didn't seem to care what he payed . Just wanted that Jeep.
I didn't sleep for a week.......Boxcar....
PS: It was worth it .The Zuke was a blast to build and is a great trail rig to boot. Probably the only rig I own that I wouldn't hesitate to let any one drive....