Mikes Samurai build / use / fixing broken bits after abuse

[4eye]

Great work there fella......!!

lookin forward to the finished artical and many more

chris

[ROBBIE]

build nice to see someone putting so much time and effort into a build. keep up the good work

[mike harris]

thanks !!

yeh its taken me ages to do it!! with work as well as trying to do this!!

to be honest, if i new how bad it was going to be after getting it blasted i wouldent have done it !!!

but at least the hard part is done now!!

the engine will be a 1.6 16v vitara engine, thats being machiened at the moment, my plan is to turbo it, but i am having second thoughts now though, my gearing will be so low, i dont really need to, its got a 5.1 transfer box and vitrara 5.125 diffs, so its going to be really low geared !!!

many thanks!!

mike

[ScottieJ]

to :S:cuk Mike

I was following your build on Difflock but don't go on there anymore so it's nice to see it here now as well

Some top work has gone into your zuki, Fair play

Looking forward to seeing it finished!

So what colour are you going?

[mike harris]

its going to be a really, really dark red.

with black roll cage, black engine, black engine bay, black axles and chasis, black wheel arches, black wheels,

basically other than the body parts !!! all black!!!

thanks

mike

[Henry]

If i was you, do the engine a light colour, much easier to spot fluid leaks ect

Just my 2P's worth. going to be a very nice truck

[mike harris]

thanks, i was goin to paint it yellow, but with the black would look silly !!

i have seen another 4x4, those that we dont speak of, lawn rovers??? tractor like things?? daft looking??

anyway, saw one with a black cage on a really dark red body colour........

and it looked the nuts!!!

so thats my plan !! but i might change my mind yet...

mike

[mike harris]

sorry henry i miss read what you said!!!

yeh, the engine, i might just leave it, it has been dipped at teh machine shop and looks clean, so i might not bother painting it!!

i thought you mean the whole thing lol!!!

sorry my mistake !!

mike

[ScottieJ]

Just polish the alloy, make it bling bling and paint all the other components.

I'm going for something a bit like this. I like the green but yellow looks (these are 8v engines though)

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[mike harris]

i am going to paint the block black, leave the head bare ally, powder coat the sump, and cam cover....

thats what me thinks!!!

high steer kit should be here today, need to get it on see if it works with the leaf springs i made for it !!!

hope it all fits!!!

thanks

mike