ok..so what were thinking now is making it a 2 seater only..but a kind of extended cab..so ud have the 2 froont seats and..lets back to the middle of the wheel wells a little closer to the back of the front seats..the tail gate would then be welded in there and a kind of removable shell will be made to go here..itl use like toyota truck rear glass or something similar

why would you want the bed covered?

stu

I would think what you want to do is to
move the front wheels forward, and the
back wheels rearward, and improve the
approach and departure angles, a longer
over all length is going to work against
you for all around Zuking, in my humble
oppinion

Wild

well the wheels wil be moved fore and aft..so not alot of lenght will be added to the frame

and no the bed wont be covered..but a removable rear window type deal is what i was talking about to go inplace of the removable top in the rear now

I think streching it is a good idea for 37s.(you said 37s right?) Are you planning to street it at all? I think 103" is a good length for 37s. It depends on your terrain but I would think if you went much longer than that you would have high centering issues. At least around here you would.

Mike

and no the bed wont be covered..but a removable rear window type deal is what i was talking about to go inplace of the removable top in the rear now

one of my friends bought a convo kit for his yota a long time ago.  you cut most of the roof off and the top pease is a plexyglass.   the place he got it from has sence gone out of bidness but that might give you an idea.

stu

one of my friends bought a convo kit for his yota a long time ago.  you cut most of the roof off and the top pease is a plexyglass.   the place he got it from has sence gone out of bidness but that might give you an idea.

stu

yah that does help stu =)

also mike..i think 100-103 is what kimbal was saying

its super hard to say what kind of wheelin i am going to do because i really havent wheeled very much before lol..but im not the kind of pearson to do something i know i will have to change later..id rather make it the best i can now..i dunno hard to explain

and as of right now it will be a street drivin truck..hence the power plant that will be going into it (top secret) otherwise id stay with the 8v and gear it down

LWB sammi with semi crew cab conversion:

do u happen to have any better side shots..or just more pictures of that one?

Hmmm SO it should begin to look like this...
http://bbs.zuwharrie.com/content/topic,8850.15.html





Norzuki encolsed his cab with a hard top back door and did the Extended frame over the winter.  THis spring he went with the 1.6L & Toyota's w/rear spool.  Now he is building the bed.  Ã‚ 



These pics below were posted on the Zuwharrie board Sept 9th.  SO he's about right their with ya

hmm that cab looks better then i had imagined..do u know what he is doing for the bed though??

i cant get my head around how the bed will look..no offense to anyone its just my taste but that orenge sammy up top kinda looks like the bed was an after thought..since im gunna be drivin this thing out side of the trail id like the bed to look a little more finished

not that i dont love the orenge one its just that if i can id like to make it look more factory..

i cant get my head around how the bed will look..no offense to anyone its just my taste but that orenge sammy up top kinda looks like the bed was an after thought..since im gunna be drivin this thing out side of the trail id like the bed to look a little more finished

not that i dont love the orenge one its just that if i can id like to make it look more factory..

I agree. You could tube the back into a structure that would hold flat side panels cut to the shape of a zuk rear.  Even bolt on stock flares to make it look even more natural.

Mike

go for the factory look....

Here is a Sami that was stretched. The attention to detail on this rig is awsome:


As Mike stated, you could try this approach with stock looking body panels over the rear tubing.

Here's one for you: