Pile of parts
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- South Jordan
That's looking good! Nice job!
Suzuki XL-7 build- “XL7-UP”
- Thread starter The_Lobbster
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The_Lobbster
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Had the day off for Juneteenth. I won’t complain if they wanna pay me to fab!
Installed the front +25mm coils along with a 1” coil lift block, and the ARB OME struts.
Extended the steering shaft using two splined couplers, and a couple inches of spline chopped off from a junkyard shaft.
After that, I decided to try my hand at some CAD, and started building my bumper brackets. Got it where I liked it enough, and burned it all together. Still a lot to do to beef it up enough, but it’s a start!
Installed the front +25mm coils along with a 1” coil lift block, and the ARB OME struts.
Extended the steering shaft using two splined couplers, and a couple inches of spline chopped off from a junkyard shaft.
After that, I decided to try my hand at some CAD, and started building my bumper brackets. Got it where I liked it enough, and burned it all together. Still a lot to do to beef it up enough, but it’s a start!
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The_Lobbster
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Settled on a 9,500 Badlands. $332 after tax, reviews are decent….ish. Wanted to buy a Warn, but definitely wasn’t in the budget.
Suggestions on a synthetic replacement? Is CustomSplice still a viable option? I heard they went AWOL for a while.
Suggestions on a synthetic replacement? Is CustomSplice still a viable option? I heard they went AWOL for a while.
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More bumper progress. Had to remove the trans cooler, I’ll relocate it along with the PS cooler. This is turning into a big jig saw puzzle with each piece being dependent on the next in order to function. Made the winch plate slot through the lower bracket, so it’s secured by more than just a weld bead. Brackets are 1/4 plate, winch plate is 3/8.
The_Lobbster
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Welded up the winch plate. They’re probably not up to professional standards, but I’m sure they’ll hold.
Installed TJ front coils in the rear for approximately 1.25” lift, but I’ll add a coil spacer too later.
Started customizing the headlights.
Installed TJ front coils in the rear for approximately 1.25” lift, but I’ll add a coil spacer too later.
Started customizing the headlights.
The_Lobbster
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Oooopssss. This is gonna be great when my badlands winch fails and I have to get recovered by a real Warn winch.
That said, I regret nothing.
That said, I regret nothing.
The_Lobbster
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Time to finally jump back on this.
Need to swap the transmission and all accessories onto the new engine. Old engine was not taken care of well.
Need to swap the transmission and all accessories onto the new engine. Old engine was not taken care of well.
The_Lobbster
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Still plugging away with this when I have time. Off work all next week, so I’m hoping to knock out a lot on it. Until then, I decided to do some CAD for the rear bumper design.
The_Lobbster
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First rear bumper side cap roughed in from 3/16. Need to weld all my relief cuts, then fill in the wheel well gaps, grind, and wire wheel.
The other side should be easier now that I can see what direction to go.
The other side should be easier now that I can see what direction to go.
The_Lobbster
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More pipe…..erm… “tube” work on the front now.
Just bouncing back and forth unable to finish one thing before I start the next I guess!
Just bouncing back and forth unable to finish one thing before I start the next I guess!
The_Lobbster
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Thoughts before I weld it all up? I wish the headlight surrounds were lower, but I wanted to not inhibit my lights at all, plus, to be able to remove the headlights without pulling the bumper.
The_Lobbster
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Engine and trans are mated.
Noticed last night though that I apparently smashed this hard line for the cooler while pulling the old combo. New part is still available, but around $75-$100. I'm thinking about using some compression to AN adapters and just running flex lines to the cooler. Any issues with that? Or would I be better just getting the correct piece?
Noticed last night though that I apparently smashed this hard line for the cooler while pulling the old combo. New part is still available, but around $75-$100. I'm thinking about using some compression to AN adapters and just running flex lines to the cooler. Any issues with that? Or would I be better just getting the correct piece?
- Location
- Never Far From Nowhere
$75-$100 isn't that much to know that you have the right part?
The_Lobbster
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That’s true….but it comes from the UAE and has a long lead time 🤣
I’ll probably just order it, this things been sitting for almost a year, so another 3 weeks is doable.
The_Lobbster
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Yep, just goes to the cooler and back. I’ll probably just do that and then zip tie it back to the mount.
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- Never Far From Nowhere
Whats the part number?
The_Lobbster
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22910-54J10
I found it on Partsouq. I was going to call Doug Smith Suzuki in AF this morning to see if they can by chance find it in the states too.
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- Never Far From Nowhere
Yup, my usual places for Kizashi parts shows it as unavailable. Orphan cars. Oh well.
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- Pleasant Grove
The cooler lines on my jeep are all -6AN. I bought an evil energy kit off amazon for about $100. I'd go that way. It's done "right" and you'd have left over hose and fittings for other things in this project.