zukijames' 86 sami

i guess i will put my rig on here (im pretty bored)

about 3 years ago i headed up to heber city with josh(toyotarockhead) and picked up a little zuk buggy

it had gears , lockers, yj spring swap, awesome 84 inch wheel base

I thought it was as built as i would ever need, i borrowed the money from my parents and remember telling them it was already built and i wouldnt have to spend any money on upgrade parts... hahaha

it was off road only and took some work to get it back on the road. i made some rear fenders installed tail/brake lights

i wanted more flex and josh had some toyota rear springs so i threw them up front

went to snakes to test them out

this pic was right after my first flop! dang waynes world. tried once more in the rain and didnt make it. finally i made got to try again this summer and made it !

Then i went to moab with josh and goose

decided i needed more wheelbase before i went down there so i got some more yota rears and put them on all corners and swapped to yota axles

i loved the new stance but still wasn't long enough to keep up with goose and josh



second flop at the snakes! i had no hydro assist so to be able to turn i had my arb turned off.. started tipping tried to throttle out and the tire in the air spun(bad driving im just making excuses)


tricky recovery just me and my gf on the trail and my 2000lb rear suspension winch mounted up in the frame rails

its never been a good camping rig

so i traded the yj swap for some old coil overs and radius arms and linked the front, the coils were so still that id did worse after linking it!

 

[zukijames]

well lets go! i wont have knuckles for a month.. atleast and im going to run a panhard i think .. i had a 4 link figured out but im pretty sure my tires will rub. but yeah setting up suspension with no knuckles kinda blows

 

[toyota rockhead]

That sounds like a pain in the butt! A 4 link would be sweet but its hard to fit everything in there it sucks! Did you buy some different wheels? Im hoping i can take mine down to walker in the next week or so to flex it out and see where i want my shocks

 

[zukijames]

yeah i got some different wheels and got my 40s mounted yesterday so i have the ugly ones with the 37 stickys(that measure 34!) and then then 40s on some just black steels with 3inch backspace

 

[Coco]

Updates James??:greg:

 

[zukijames]

i got some knuckles from hellfirefabworks.com today there awesome zuk is chassi is sitting on my trailer getting rusted

 

[sixstringsteve]

No excuses now, git er done

 

[zukijames]

i have lost all desire to work on it lately haven't really done anything on the rover either..

 

[Gravy]

Back to work

 

[zukijames]

picking up the computer and wiring harness from panos tonight

 

[zukijames]

Panos did great on the harness

 

[sixstringsteve]

panos is the man, especially when it comes to wiring.

 

[zukijames]

he did an awesome job ! and even said he can come down and help me. not many people sell a used product then help with the install! way better customer service then trail gear.. they put you on hold 2 times and then tell you to leave a voice mail on the tech help voicemail box and they will get back to you when they can

 

[toyota rockhead]

do you think yours will be done before mine?

 

[zukijames]

hopefully.. maddie pulled hers out of the way last night so now i can start working on mine.. ps before when i said we will be done by may i ment next may.. did you go get your link material

 

[zukijames]

so this is what i think i can fit in the front

rough estimate on weight and cg height

anyone see anything horribly wrong? I worry that thats not enough triangulation to keep the axle under the rig..also not much vertical separation

 

[zukijames]

not much progress ..


sorry pictures in the dark dont work too good
axle vertical separation

triangulation

vertical separation at frame and adjustability

 

[zukijames]

6 months since the last post and its still pretty much the same ha

but got some parts today that might help me get motivated

Longfield Superaxles 30

so it will work with the early or the late fj80 axles/flanges/minitruck hubs

short side with 1 of my new flanges

long 30 spline birf vs stock mini stuck 27..


you can see there is a ton more meat on the bell

hard to tell but the 27 necks down a ton compared to the 30 spline

stock mini

longfield fj80 30 spline birf

another once showing the size of the 30 spline inner shaft at the birf compared to a mini truck stock 27 spline

not the best comparison pics.. but my stock fj80 shafts are still c clipped in sitting in the knuckles out side and its damn cold tonight


also got some flanges and lifetime wipers pretty excited to stuff them in

and not much progress for the back

haven't touched it since after the first week bought my land rover..

end of prichett best day ever

 

[toyota rockhead]

we need go get these things done james!! I wish it wasnt always soo cold outside. it would make things alot better!

 

[zukijames]

Not much progress but atleast it's in the garage

 

[Greg]

James, a couple questions....

How are you going to keep the rear lowers from rolling side to side, around in their mounts?

And why standard shocks in addition to the air shocks?