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ZUKIWORLD Model Specific Suzuki Forum => Suzuki Grand Vitara, Vitara, Chevy Tracker (Gen. 2 Platform) 1999-2005 => Topic started by: Crazy4x4 on April 19, 2012, 08:49:37 AM
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I know there are always questions about installing Fog lights/Offroad lights in the bumpers preformed spot. It was pretty simple to say the truth. I just got simple lights from Walmart $13 each for a 4in light.
Here is stock front.
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac327/Dodgef25/Suzuki%20GV/IMG_20120418_135921.jpg)
Here is stock backside.
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac327/Dodgef25/Suzuki%20GV/IMG_20120418_135933.jpg)
Here is the installed unit.
Backside
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac327/Dodgef25/Suzuki%20GV/IMG_20120418_143905.jpg)
Front side
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac327/Dodgef25/Suzuki%20GV/IMG_20120418_143921.jpg)
Now to do the wiring and install the switch and relay. I will post up pics of a long shot of the bumper and the switch later.
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Nice! And done on the cheap too I like that... plus they're not likely to get ripped off.
My buddy just got 4 offroad lamps stolen off the roll bar on his toyota truck...they were worth 120 each! He went on vacation for a week and they were gone when he came back. Damn junkies in my town they're all on the hillbilly heroin (oxy contin) ::) Actually I know another guy that got the winch taken right off his gmc despite having filed down the bolt heads to prevent theft. But Im rambling off topic again i know :D
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looks nice, i wonder how it would look like in a vitara grills or just the cheap plain front bumper, yours seems more like a grand vitara one.
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Thanks.
Ya Diftoyota it is a Grand Vitara. I'm not sure how the Vitara bumpers look, do they have the recessed spot like these ones?
I just finished the wiring yesterday. Installed the switch and a relay and fuse.
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac327/Dodgef25/Suzuki%20GV/IMG_20120421_074708.jpg)
Switch.
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac327/Dodgef25/Suzuki%20GV/IMG_20120421_124317.jpg)
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Nice job on the lights. Looks like that bumper was just begging for lights.
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Ya Diftoyota it is a Grand Vitara. I'm not sure how the Vitara bumpers look, do they have the recessed spot like these ones?
no we dont, i would like to see picture of guys that have done this, would be nice to have extra lights
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Well I was at the U-Pull. I grabbed a roof rack off of a Chevy Tracker. Perfect fit!
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac327/Dodgef25/IMG_20120501_125844.jpg)
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Well I was at the U-Pull. I grabbed a roof rack off of a Chevy Tracker. Perfect fit!
([url]http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac327/Dodgef25/IMG_20120501_125844.jpg[/url])
Looks nice, and very usefull as well
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They're actually not that useful by themselves - the roof lacks the strength to support a load - he also has the cross bars, which were a separate option, and that's when they start to be useful, next up is a cargo pod or basket.
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They're actually not that useful by themselves - the roof lacks the strength to support a load - he also has the cross bars, which were a separate option, and that's when they start to be useful, next up is a cargo pod or basket.
i find them handy as they are now, i have carried a queen size bed and a full size sofa as well. cross bar just gives more stuff to carry. but if your not worried for roof dents or scratches your all set as it is lol
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On my first GV 01 it had the crossbars on it. I know how useful they can be.
This GV had the vertical rails but not the cross bars.
I have a truck so most of my hauling I will use that. For long trips/vacations I will use the hitch rack platform as well as the roof rack, now with the crossbars. Usually I take the dogs in the trunk area so I use the exterior to haul the rest.
I don't have a picture of the roof rack loaded but for the rear I got some.
Day at the lake.
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac327/Dodgef25/Suzuki%20GV/0525101534-00.jpg)
During my SAS on my truck, since it was down I had to get the tires mounded on the new rims somehow.
(http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac327/Dodgef25/Suzuki%20GV/0311111045-00.jpg)
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i find them handy as they are now, i have carried a queen size bed and a full size sofa as well. cross bar just gives more stuff to carry. but if your not worried for roof dents or scratches your all set as it is lol
If you don't mind the damage to the roof - you don't even need the rails - just toss your stuff up there and tie it down through the window and you're good.
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On my first GV 01 it had the crossbars on it. I know how useful they can be.
This GV had the vertical rails but not the cross bars.
I have a truck so most of my hauling I will use that. For long trips/vacations I will use the hitch rack platform as well as the roof rack, now with the crossbars. Usually I take the dogs in the trunk area so I use the exterior to haul the rest.
I don't have a picture of the roof rack loaded but for the rear I got some.
Day at the lake.
([url]http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac327/Dodgef25/Suzuki%20GV/0525101534-00.jpg[/url])
During my SAS on my truck, since it was down I had to get the tires mounded on the new rims somehow.
([url]http://i912.photobucket.com/albums/ac327/Dodgef25/Suzuki%20GV/0311111045-00.jpg[/url])
i was looking at a motorcycle carrier for my vitara the other day, same set up as yours basically, just wonder if the vitara can hold up to a 300lb tongue weight (250lb dirt bike and a 50lb carrier). looks like your sags down alot for the amount of stuff you got on
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i was looking at a motorcycle carrier for my vitara the other day, same set up as yours basically, just wonder if the vitara can hold up to a 300lb tongue weight (250lb dirt bike and a 50lb carrier). looks like your sags down alot for the amount of stuff you got on
Ya it could handle it. The rear does have a soft springs that can sag a bit with the weight, the rack mostly looks like it sags due to using a 1.5? to 2in receiver adapter off of the hitch then the rack all of those pieces have play and don't keep it sraight.
I got the 2in hitch now so the sag shouldn't be bad at all.
If you wanted you can ad air shocks/helper bags. Like these. http://www.shockwarehouse.com/site/product.cfm/id/288283/name/60793-Air-Lift-1000-Air-Spring-Kit-GEO-and-Suzuki (http://www.shockwarehouse.com/site/product.cfm/id/288283/name/60793-Air-Lift-1000-Air-Spring-Kit-GEO-and-Suzuki)
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For what it's worth for those wishing they had a luggage rack...I just drilled holes through the exisiting rails to fit some U bolts and matching holes through some 2x4's i had laying around...voila! Been on there for several years with plenty of abuse and never an issue.
I always tie the load to the RAILS not just to the 2x4's!!
When I get around to it I will replace the 2x4's with steel tubing and that will probably look a lot better.
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For what it's worth for those wishing they had a luggage rack...I just drilled holes through the exisiting rails to fit some U bolts and matching holes through some 2x4's i had laying around...voila! Been on there for several years with plenty of abuse and never an issue.
I always tie the load to the RAILS not just to the 2x4's!!
When I get around to it I will replace the 2x4's with steel tubing and that will probably look a lot better.
i find the manufacturers sell them too expensive for what they are, so simple to make them cheaper,they probably use about 50$ of material and sell them for 250-300$
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For what it's worth for those wishing they had a luggage rack...I just drilled holes through the exisiting rails to fit some U bolts and matching holes through some 2x4's i had laying around...voila! Been on there for several years with plenty of abuse and never an issue.
I always tie the load to the RAILS not just to the 2x4's!!
When I get around to it I will replace the 2x4's with steel tubing and that will probably look a lot better.
My first "rack" was 2x2's notched to sit atop the rails, and I would strap the load and the rack to the rails with ratchet tie-downs - I used that for a year until I picked up a set of chinese made cross bars 20mmx30mm rectangluar hollow section which slide through a sheet metal foot that clamps them to the rails - simple & sturdy - a year later, I've just picked up a roof basket to go on top of those cross bars.
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I know I thought about getting the cross bars off a blazer and just cut them to length, simple and would mount up easy. At my local U-Pull it is $20 for a roof rack system. Way better than the $250-up the dealer wants.