So, ive recently got hold of another vitara.
Bought for cheap off a mate everything working apart from the front diff has been removed.
90k,2 owners, no rot or serious rust, 16v, hardtop. In metlic green with added moss.
Plans are quite simple really, I don't really want to spend loads on this one, just want to make it capable off road and put a smile on my face.
List.
Collect and Replace front diff
Collect maletesta kobra tyres and jimny dish steels off my mate in wales
Strip carpets and rear seats out
Service engine, re-Greece front hubs, check brakes, new diff and box oil
Lift it, front strut spacer & merc springs, rear rover 600 springs & mk2 astra shocks
Cut inner aches out and bend metal for wheel fitment if needed
Respray, Primer grey with orange bits
Downpipe snorkel
Box section front bumper with shackle points
BUY MORE RECOVERY GEAR!
Im hoping to get the wheels, diff and lift on within the next month. then get her out see what shes like!
My Vitara - Project Mud
My Vitara - Project Mud
Last edited by rory-ray on Wed Aug 07, 2013 5:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.
1994 Pick Up Converted Vitara
+2" Springs, Pro Comp Front And Rear Shocks, 31" Marshalls On 8j's, Front Winch Bumper, OMP Steering Wheel And Boss, Bucket Seats, Stripped Out, Black Bonnet With Scoop, Few Dents And Scratches, Little Rust!!!
+2" Springs, Pro Comp Front And Rear Shocks, 31" Marshalls On 8j's, Front Winch Bumper, OMP Steering Wheel And Boss, Bucket Seats, Stripped Out, Black Bonnet With Scoop, Few Dents And Scratches, Little Rust!!!
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Re: My Vitara - Project Mud
Sounds like a good plan.
Take it its gonna be a road legal machine?
Take it its gonna be a road legal machine?
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Re: My Vitara - Project Mud
Jordi wrote:Sounds like a good plan.
Take it its gonna be a road legal machine?
Cheers mate, yeah going to get a ticket on it when its all back up together, I got a family member for the mots so hopfully he will bend the rules a touch regarding poke on the wheels etc.
I was considering just running it on trade plates, but im not 100% clued up on the legal side of using them for social purposes...
But eather way yeah it will be on the road!
She seems good so far, see what happens when I remove the moss!!turbo-tom wrote:sounds like a good base to start!
1994 Pick Up Converted Vitara
+2" Springs, Pro Comp Front And Rear Shocks, 31" Marshalls On 8j's, Front Winch Bumper, OMP Steering Wheel And Boss, Bucket Seats, Stripped Out, Black Bonnet With Scoop, Few Dents And Scratches, Little Rust!!!
+2" Springs, Pro Comp Front And Rear Shocks, 31" Marshalls On 8j's, Front Winch Bumper, OMP Steering Wheel And Boss, Bucket Seats, Stripped Out, Black Bonnet With Scoop, Few Dents And Scratches, Little Rust!!!
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Re: My Vitara - Project Mud
Grey primer and orange...I love it! Good luck with the build, keep us posted.
If it ticks over...leave it