Samurai front badge / emblem lost

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Samurai front badge / emblem lost

Post by rooihond » Mon Dec 08, 2008 9:47 am

Hi all,

I recently towed my '93 Samurai from Botswana to the South African West Coast - just over 1000 miles on an A-Frame - no problem. But when I got to the destination, I noticed that I lost the chrome S (SuperMan) badge off the front grill.

Anyone got a replacement and willing to mail it to South Africa for me ? I can PayPal etc.

Kindly PM me.

She just does not look cool without it !

Rgds

Derek

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Re: Samurai front badge / emblem lost

Post by dominic » Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:50 pm

Hiya Derek,

Hows things matey ?

I cant help you with the S badge , but if i see one around , i will let you know.


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Re: Samurai front badge / emblem lost

Post by rooihond » Tue Dec 09, 2008 9:54 pm

Hi Dom,

Good thanks, been fairly busy. But go the time to do a clutch, pressure plate, thrust bearing and clutch cable before I took Sammy down to the coast.

Herewith a pic with the S-badge still in place.
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Rgds

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Re: Samurai front badge / emblem lost

Post by liljitjit » Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:11 pm

:shock: Hi fella I dont think we ever had a grill in that style here in the uk I think it was more a spanish thing ?
If i do see one though will let you know.

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Re: Samurai front badge / emblem lost

Post by rooihond » Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:56 am

Hiya Rich !

It is a common grill in our part of the world on the Samurai versions of SJ413. The older SJ413 actually had the word "Suzuki" on the grill as far as I know.

But great, sooner or later someone will stumble onto one. Suzuki lost out during buy-outs and changeovers in the motor industry in South Africa. The SJ and Vitara cars were imported and distributed in Southern Africa by the former Delta Motor Corporation in South Africa (Opel / Isuzu /Suzuki). A couple of years ago the Delta bunch were turned into GM again. At that stage they dropped the Suzuki lineup. We started loosing spares availability. Suzuki is now back in South Africa under Suzuki's own banner. But the cosmetic odds and sods for the older vehicles are not freely available.

The SJs are so popular, that they do not exist in breaker-yards !

Anyways, I'll keep the forum posted if and when we find one.

Rgds

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Re: Samurai front badge / emblem lost

Post by Tramp » Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:12 pm

i thought we did have them, they are post 1993 efi suzuki's ( the early ones carbed) mines 92' so i got the old grill with the 'suzuki' in the middle, really late ones (not sold in uk ones) have a plastic colour coded grill with the indicators up the side,
sorry i dont have one,

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Re: Samurai front badge / emblem lost

Post by rooihond » Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:21 pm

Thanks Luke.

Sooner or later someone will dig one up for me.

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Re: Samurai front badge / emblem lost

Post by Zukipilot » Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:38 pm

Get hold of these guys, and tell them you are looking for the front "S" badge off a late model Jimny

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Re: Samurai front badge / emblem lost

Post by rooihond » Thu Jan 01, 2009 7:36 am

Hi,

Thanks, I'll give them a try after the holidays.

Kind rgds and compliments of the season to all.

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Re: Samurai front badge / emblem lost

Post by urbanzook » Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:06 pm

is it the same as the vit s badge as i have on.
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