The Tuki Suzuki - Toyota drivetrain, Samurai body

THK Matt · June 29, 2008, 08:45:09 PM

is it finished yet?

4RnrRick · July 01, 2008, 08:50:42 PM

Well tonight I reworked over my clucth bracket some more and I think I got it working pretty good - I hope.

So then I moved onto the rear coilover fitment. If you remember I was having problems with them hitting the tires at full stuff AND the frame rails on full droop. Now that the rear frame rails are notched, it looks like everything is working out pretty good. Well expect for the fact that the tires hit the rear sheetmetal and I'm going to have to increase my bump stop height.

Anyways I think I got the fitment pretty good - so now I get to make some shock tabs and get them re-enforced. along with that you can see the start of what I got planned for sealing up the coilovers. I'm planning on making a removable top cap section so I can still install the top bolt.

Phazertwo · July 01, 2008, 09:03:55 PM

OH YEAH!!! THATS GOOD!

46&2 · July 01, 2008, 09:14:14 PM

Sweet!

Good to see some progress, there are some major addicts on this site that have been going stark raving mad without any updates to this thread

DeadlyPeace · July 01, 2008, 11:11:10 PM

X2

Great to see you back at it.

THK Matt · July 02, 2008, 02:14:53 AM

Quote from: fortysixandtwo on July 01, 2008, 09:14:14 PM
Sweet!

Good to see some progress, there are some major addicts on this site that have been going stark raving mad without any updates to this thread

THK Matt · July 02, 2008, 02:15:42 AM

I seriously think you could have made your own tv show on Spike TV to compete with 4x4 tv and extreme 4x4

TheCookieMonster · July 02, 2008, 08:36:03 AM

....this will bring motivation back to a lot of people $Beer Chug\'n$ ...keep up the great work

TIMS89CRAWLER · July 02, 2008, 08:46:00 AM

looks good! Im excited for it to be coming along once again

4RnrRick · July 02, 2008, 09:32:07 PM

More progress tonight !

COToy91 · July 02, 2008, 09:32:49 PM

OMG!!!!

THK Matt · July 03, 2008, 02:26:22 AM

in the last pic... the notch in the body looks like its offset too much... is it just me?

TIMS89CRAWLER · July 03, 2008, 08:37:58 AM

more gorgeous fab work by rick!!!

4RnrRick · July 03, 2008, 06:45:53 PM

Made a couple more sheetmetal pieces to fill in the gaps. The top piece is removable so you can still get to the coilover bolt. So now the passenger side is done and I get to see how well I can duplicate it on the driver side!

joeshmo · July 04, 2008, 09:22:18 PM

looking good rick, glad to see your back in the shop

808 · July 04, 2008, 10:23:20 PM

this thing is bad

, but its a shame what you had to do to that 2nd gen

Phazertwo · July 04, 2008, 10:27:14 PM

4RnrRick · July 05, 2008, 07:41:29 PM

Got the driver side sheetmetal done and it matches the passenger side pretty good.

I also re-enforced the coilover mounts with a couple tubes.

Time for some more Paint.

46&2 · July 05, 2008, 08:02:17 PM

Sweet, nice tube work. Looks bad

KDXSR5 · July 06, 2008, 02:08:52 AM

4RnrRick · July 06, 2008, 08:56:52 PM

Today I worked on getting the sheetmetal all bolted back together and aligned. Not to mention finding all the stainless steel hardware I bought to replace those damn suzuki phillips screws.

Ran into a problem with the window frame on the driver side door. See the title on this sami was "totaled" when I bought it and the only real damage I could find (not including the old hood and some bondo on the core support) was the top corner of driver side door window frame appeared to have been pushed back, which tweaked the window frame of the door and the moved some of the sheetmetal around. Well now that I got the targa and winsheild to be what I think is aligned correctly - the door won't close. and you can see the split seam sealer on the door, so I need to figure out a way to tweak the window frame forward and back into place. I'm sure I will figure out a way - but I just got tired dealing with it so I quit early today. So no real progress was made.

But once I get this door figured out - I can start on some front end tube work so I can determine the front coilover mounts.

Hammerhead · July 06, 2008, 09:11:57 PM

Get a new (read straight) door and cut that one down for a half door?

4RnrRick · July 06, 2008, 10:04:07 PM

I already got a spare set of doors that wil be cut up for half doors. Right now I think I can still fix this one. It just needs some persuation.

TIMS89CRAWLER · July 07, 2008, 08:14:53 AM

wow this thing is coming together sick man! my favorite build yet.... cant wait to see it done

THK Matt · July 07, 2008, 03:32:26 PM

Quote from: 4RnrRick on July 06, 2008, 10:04:07 PM
I already got a spare set of doors that wil be cut up for half doors. Right now I think I can still fix this one. It just needs some persuation.

here's the first idea that popped in my head...

weld a hook on the front of the door.... like by where the mirror would be, and then i another somewhere on the other side of the door.. .and hue a ratchet strap? and try and pull it back? or something like that.

jarboarder1 · July 07, 2008, 06:09:35 PM

Quote from: 4RnrRick on July 06, 2008, 10:04:07 PM
I already got a spare set of doors that wil be cut up for half doors. Right now I think I can still fix this one. It just needs some persuation.

could you use one of them for now and fix this one later?

or

BFH?

Phazertwo · July 07, 2008, 06:15:15 PM

That sucks, but I love PROGRESS!!

PZ

4RnrRick · July 07, 2008, 07:22:36 PM

Its not perfect - but I got it close enough for me...

crawlerdan · July 07, 2008, 07:38:29 PM

looks good enough for governmnt work rick $Beer Chug\'n$

Jakesteads · July 07, 2008, 07:48:37 PM

your work should be illegal

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