Yes, I totally agree with you.....  but..... Ever since I saw a Sammy on these ATV tires, I have wanted to do it..   If anything, they will be just extra, for muddy conditions and all..

I will trailer it to any wheeling place, as I don't want to break, and get stuck with no way home.. LOL...


The Buckshots seem to be great so far, easy on the road, and decent in the dirt.  It's hard to come inside! Too much fun in the back yard! 

I am going to Haspin with a bunch of Jeep guys on Groundhog day weekend.. and see what I can tear up..

What is the absolute weakest link?    Front aluminum diff?  What is the best fix, Calmini Anvil with Vitara guts? or just a Vitara front diff?

Also, what spares should I keep? Axles? CV's??   I knew what to take when I took the pickup out, and my ATV's....  but I am not sure what to take for the Tracker..


Also, bonus news... I found out the radio DOES work.. it was just on AM, and the display doesn't work, (is real dim) and the antenna was all the way in.. works great.. so..... I have tunes too... LOL..

$600 bargain for SURE..


I feel like a 44 year old kid!

It's nice to have a backyard proving ground too.. ( I live in a suburb of Cincinnati, but have a vacant "ditch" in my back yard... LOL)

Hahaha...man, wish I had something like that around here.



If you want some serious traction without having to look for odd sized rims or ATV tires, why not get some Super Swampers?  There's TSL's and TSL radials in sizes that will fit your Tracker as it sits right now.

I bet the Buckshot Mudders will get you through a lot as it is though.

Hey there QuadDawg, welcome to the Zuk Craze.

Im just across the river from you in covington, and have loved zuks since i was 16 and bought my first samurai.

The tracker is a nice comfy little truck with fancy comfort options like door upholstry and leg room, but if you are looking for true ATV replacement, you cant beat a Samurai !

This is a picture of mine on my own backyard dirt pile......THose are buckshot wide mudders on there with a 6 inch SPOA lift.....









best of luck with that rust.....oh and if you kill it let me know, i will buy your engine bay contents and ECU   

Great looking Sammy!    I have a buddy that has a Sammy he is wanting to sell me, just the tub and frame and some bigass tires... needs the engine and all from my Tracker.. but, it seems like too much work... I will play with this one till I get tired of where it WON'T go, then I will build something more capable...  That Rock-Star looks like the ticket...


I had Super Swamper TSL's on that Chevy if you look at the picture on page one.. Had them siped too, they were amazing.. but they were a bit more, about $30 a tire at my dealer.. and I didn't have the patience to wait for mail order.... lol..


Now, I am really wanting a locker... ARB in the rear would be fine.. but would cost more than the whole rig.... LOL.... Lincoln Locker is getting more and more attractive!!

  this is a good site to sniff around on for kick stuff.  stan 

Hey Quad, and welcome to zuki's    as for spare parts, I have heard that you will need spare CV's if you plan on wheeling it very hard. Although I was running 31x12.50's on open diff's I never suffered any breakage (lucky I guess). If you are wanting a cheap lift you can get Diggers coil spacers and do a homemade body lift for under $200. Also I am pretty sure it was also Digger that made the rocker panel rails where he cut out a notch in the rockers and welded 2 2x4 sq tubing in place in each side, looked pretty sweet. I was quite amazed what the little things could do, many times I upset my friends being able to out do their real (as they called them) 4x4's. Good luck with the new rig and enjoy.

you can't beat kumho venture mt's for the price

http://www.fourwheeler.com/techarticles/27702/

$88 each at   http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Kumho&tireModel=Road+Venture+MT+834&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes&partnum=375QR5VMTOWL

you can't beat kumho venture mt's for the price

http://www.fourwheeler.com/techarticles/27702/

$88 each at   http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Kumho&tireModel=Road+Venture+MT+834&vehicleSearch=false&fromCompare1=yes&partnum=375QR5VMTOWL

He's already got a set of radial muds, he wants something more extreme.

I tell ya, I am so bitten by this bug, that if I had the extra money, I would buy another street DD today.. in great shape.. put these Buckshots on that one.. and go way more extreme on this rusted one.... even tube body extreme...  BUT,  funds are limited for now.. SO.. the 235 Buckshots will have to do for  while... the real question now is:

Spool

Weld

Lock-rite

ARB  (not financially possible at this time)


If I were to mini spool it, why not just weld it up.... cheaper

I am not too fond of the BANG factor of a lock rite, I wouldn't mind the ratcheting too much, but I don't need it to BANG..  IF I decide to get a DD trackick, then I will weld it on up, and lock-rite the front... but... see... that is the trouble... not enough money to to EXACTLY what I want to do with it....


I guess the bottom line..  gotta lock it somehow............. the difference in trailability will just be too much to pass up.. gotta do it... There is NO reason for air lockers to be so darned expensive.. someone needs to take the idea to China, and get a decent product made.. I bet you could sell thousands of them for $300 each.....

Just weld it.  Cheap and works.

I have friends that drive thier welded/spooled  jeeps on the street... but this thing is so much fun to drive on the street...  how bad is it really? I have narrow 235/75's on it, and the track on these things is narrow anyway...   I mean, will it kill the turning radius on pavement? Making parking the manuevering HORRIBLE?  I mean, all my quads are of course solid, or locked IRS, I drive them on the road all the time, but it's a different world altogether..

anyone else run welded or spooled rears on the road regularly?

(I really need a DD Sidetrack!)

anyone else run welded or spooled rears on the road regularly?

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I'd like to weld/spool my daily street driver too(but not sure which), I've been thinking about buying a spare rear axle when I do, just in case something breaks.

I think this tire is awesome. The Cooper STT.  Not very cheap though.  :'(

I have the ST on my Tracker and it is a good tire. I got it because I had heard good things about it and I got a good deal. It actually out performed the BEG AT and MT in a off-road test (www.offroad.au.com). And they are both great tires. This STT even looks better though. It has to be good.

Then again, there is an older couple that come every year to the ZookiMelt (weekend after the Fourth of July) with their stock green Tracker and run moderately harsh trails (creek beds, off-camber stuff steep hills).  They have a BLAST!

 

Yeah, that's us...