Suzuki Club UK

Hello, My name is Tom and This is my 1986 Suzuki Sj413.I bought it in June 2009 from Sayers Common in West Sussex.

When i bought it had the following Modifications done to it;

Vw 1900 1.9 TDI fitted, Suzuki calliper rear disc brake conversion, 31.12.50R15 Grizzly claw tyres, homebrewed snorkel, Calamini shackle reverse, Calamini Springs and rear shackles, heavy duty lift springs, Pro Comp es900 shocks all round, extended braided brake hoses, Superwinch X9 winch, X charge relays, Land rover Series fuel tank in the rear bed, Homebrewed front winch bumper and rear bumper, Air horns,Fast back roof, Rhino ray roll bar, half truck cab conversion.

Here are some pictures below;




I then had my first outing in it at Core 4x4 in Chichester west Sussex;



Then the more modifications started to come

BUCKETS SEAT AND HARNESSES
First i had to properly secure the Race X bucket seats in and fit my harnesses.
And these were the cheap harnesses i got,



FABRICATED A LIGHT BAR AND SWITCH BOX

first was the light bar across the cab using 3 maypole driving lights , and a few other small lights



then designed using CAD (carboard aided design) a switch plate for it and wired it all up.......


RADIO AND SPEAKERS

whilst i had most of the wiring hanging out at the time i decided to put in some old radio in it nothing fancy or special , and knocked up a speaker box using too pioneer speakers and a tesco value pillow for the padding inside.
and covered it in the black acoustic carpet from a local radio shop and bolted it right through the top bar



on the back of that i decide to put too more brake lights on it like 3rd level ones cost me a fiver , and two flashing lights of ebuy for a grand some of £3.98



this is were it sits bolts right the way through


this is the radio screwed underneath the glove box on that tray thing


VITARA STEERING WHEEL

i think this is the best £20 ive spent on my sj , as soon as i used it i felt that i had more control over the steering and its alot easier to steer in the sticky stuff and its alot more rounder to grip on two fits straight onto the sj's steering collum



Indeed more lights

decide i wanted to put some lights above my winch just to fill the gap up , i think there of a ford , and i got them for a fiver at a car boot

also bought some of the factory option like gaurds for 8 pound another ebay bargain


OCTOBER 2010 THAT WAS IT FOR NOW THEN BROKE IT BIG TIME AT SLINDON
so Yeah i went to slindon as core 4x4 closed down,
At slindon i blew the engine completly up, and i lost all my gears, lost my clutch bite and then decided to call it a day.Other then that i really like Slindon just a shame its all sand!
Slindon.


AUGUST 2011
So my sj sat locked away in my garage doing nothing because i due to family etc, Anyways i decided that it was full rebuild time as the engine is beyond repair and i wanted a change so out came the diesel engine





SUZUKI SAMURAI NUMBER TWO

soo i bought a 1992 k reg sammy just for parts and drivetrain has got mot runs out this month sep2011

UPDATE 8/9/2011
taking the diesel tank out out the back took pretty much all day (no pics) and in the end it was just held in my silicone we was trying to wedge all sorts under it trying to get it to move and we finally got it out ready to be washed out , because i think if you use the proper stuff to clean it its cheaper n bigger then a boat tank

anyways i didnt like my roll bars colour not a fan of red tbh so ive decide to spray it lime green but the paint has reacted for some reason so i think its got to be all sorted out again.
so off came the paint and re done it and it was fine!

Thats gonna be bright looking good so far, hows the engine swap coming along?

well the engine swap has to be stopped atm because most of the rear floor needs to be plated up , which hopefully my dads mate can weld all new metal in , once that is all done and put back together i can get on with with engine swap

21/9/2011

havent really done much really the engine swap is going to be delayed for a bit longer now , because ive decide that i want to build it how i want it rather keep doing other bits too it
i say that but it probably wont happen

anyways took the dash out of the white sj tonight

Good to see some progress Tom, is that steering wheel for sale in the white one?

will be indeed not sure when though as i need it to move it though , but if a vitara wheel will fit on the sammy it will be for sale sooner

1/10/2010

havent done a great lot tbh due to being mega busy etc scrapped the engine and started welding up the holes




anyways started to get the boot floor welded up as it really did needed doing







then it decide to catch fire not the first time eyy

anyway i bought some more shiny bits for it

UPDATE 2/10/2011

well another day of welding pretty much , plated up all the holes that needed doing so now i can say good bye to the draft that comes in up the floor

anyway here is two pics , but i will take some pictures tomorrow of the welding/bird shit


cutting out bit of the floor

another update....
preped the floor


Good soaking of red oxide