Brandon's 87 sami

Owners Name & City-Brandon Williams woods cross


Make, Model & Year of Vehicle-87 suzuki samurai


Engine-1.3 L Stock


Transmission-stock 5 spd


T-Case-stock


Axles-stock


Suspension-stock


Wheels and Tires-15x8, 5on5.5 with goodyear wrangler P235/75R15


Winch-in the future


Favorite Trails-have not gone out yet, once my sami is licensed and everything and once I can convince someone to teach me how to use the 4wheel drive.


Other-I traded a really nice 1970 Yamaha AT1B 125CC that I restored and a laptop for this.
I havent done much due to funds since im going to school but I have doen the following:
*taken the rocker panel moldings off to do some patch work
*ripped out all the carpet and cleaned up the rust
*put bedliner on the inside and outside
*painted the fender flares, grill, mirrors, and roll bar.
*wife reupholstered the rear seat and is working on the front two
*fuel filter, spark plugs&wires, cap&rotor,air filter, all new vacuum lines, heater core hoses, belt, and more tiny things.

Future items:
*2" lift shackles
*2" body lift
*3" lift springs
*2" wheel spacers
*underdrive pulley
*rock sliders
*offroad front and rear bumpers

 

[sixstringsteve]

well good for you, that's great news.

 

[airmanwilliams]

got it towed to a friends place in west bountiful so I can start working on it as time permits, between classes and work im pretty busy. In the last couple days ive picked up a new early samurai sj410 grill, 4-tj rear fender flares, new radiator, body plugs, an extra brake line for the spoa lift, polyurethane body mounts since my rubber ones are bout gone, and have been slowly working on my new front bumper. Just need the time to put this all together, dang school takes all my time.

 

[airmanwilliams]

just bought a sidekick lastnight so I can pull the 16V motor from it to swap into my samurai. Kinda hate to pull the motor from a straight body vehicle but I want it so bad.

Can anyone help me tow it from lehi to bountiful on a flatbed if my friend cant help me?

 

[sixstringsteve]

is the sidekick worth keeping and building instead?

 

[airmanwilliams]

ive thought about that but the wife wont let me get rid of the samurai. the sidekick has 185k miles on it and has a bad igniter so it will need a rebuild pretty soon I would guess. I would love to build this up instead of the samurai just for the fact that I would use it for a good family car. SO I will be pulling the motor, computer, wire harness, and instrument cluster for a swap into the samurai and then parting out the rest of it to pay for student loans.

 

[airmanwilliams]

is the sidekick worth keeping and building instead?

do you think if I offered steve anyone would rebuild the motor in that sidekick, lift it, and just build it alittle for me in exchange for my samurai and all the spare parts I just bought for it?

 

[sixstringsteve]

I dunno, there are a lot of variables involved in a trade like that. If I wanted that, I'd just try to sell the samurai and buy what I needed for the sidekick. Money is the ultimate trading tool.

 

[sixstringsteve]

I will say that out of all the rigs I've owned, one of my favorites was a 96 4 door tracker with a calmini 3 inch lift with 31s. I enjoyed it more than any sami ive owned, even though it wasn't nearly as capable as most of my past rigs.. Not saying it'll be your favorite rig, but I 4 door kicks can be a blast off road, with very lite lift.

 

[airmanwilliams]

just got a new catalytic converter on the sami today and it passes emissions at idle but not on the high test so now I have to go get 2 lower jets to try on the harley cv to try and get it to pass. Cross my fingers.

 

[TkMeHomePlease]

Can never get mine to pass lol

 

[airmanwilliams]

sure wish I had a po box in a different county to get this done but really its super close but davis is SUPER UPTIGHT and so hopefully either with the 190 or the 180 jet will work. right now with not passing it has a 45 and a 195 jet.