Suzuki sj jago conversion

[Corrado vr6]

Hi there, for a few months now I've been making progress towards putting a jago geep body onto a Suzuki sj chassis for a true 4x4

Here's what I've done so far

Well I bought a Suzuki sj413



And a jago



Removed the sj body



Sat the jago body on to realise I had issues with sizes



So I made a fibreglass mould of the side panel on each side





Cut the body and clamped the mould to the outside to then be able to lay my fibreglass against it
In total I extended the body by 90mm so no the front grill covers the sj steering box







I had some dihatsu wheels banded and reused the jago tyres



I put in a new floor to better suit the sj chassis



Getting confident with my fibreglass skills I made some light pods







The sj was also wider so I had to widen my jago wings too



Started to look at body mounts







Because of the way I cut the sj body I had to extend the center tunnel



I then had to start looking at mounting steering and pedals to a flexible body so made a metal frame to suit







I had to modify the sj pedal box to better angle the servo





Made a mount for my throttle pedal





I then made up a whole new bulkhead to better suit the sj setup



Made a clutch cable housing. And glassed it in







That's as far as I've got so far hopefully if people are interested I'll keep this updated

[ROBBIE]

Looks good, nice work

[twiss]

blimey you're really going to town on that... anton may be interested in this thread... it might have been difficult in a parking space outside!

[plugspanner]

great project so far
nice size of shed as well

[Anton]

[Ladaman]

Really nice job.

It might not be the most practical if off roading it, but very nice work.

Keep us posted.

[Corrado vr6]

Thanks for all the comments guys, it's been a lot of work to get to this stage

Here's a video of toady of me having my first drive, with some great commentary from my neighbour filming

http://youtu.be/khnuoeJLohU

[Rhinoman]

Nice work, I like it :-)

[RickUK]

Must admit i prefer the orange motor in the back ground much better than the Jago what engine is that running a ford lump or jap bike engine ???

[djc]

Excellent work, very impressed. The wheels and tyres really set it all off. Your cameraman seemed surprised you kept reappearing round those corners.
That looked a nice SJ you started with - if you plan to sell any body & trim bits can you let me know?