Picked up the new 4x4 rig today!!!

[carpsniperg2]

Well instead of spending 11-15k on a side by side this is what I came up with. I took the advice of a few people and came up with this bad girl!!! 92 Suzuki Samurai!!!!! Looked at about 40-50 of them and this one just poped out at me. So me and TwoSixFourWins made the trip down to Portland today and picked it up. Got a few little things to play with and get fixed the way I want. Plus a few small add on's to make it mine Should be a fun rig and haul 2-3 guys around and keep us dry. Also it will crawl around well!!!

[bearpaw]

Nice....
I've wondered about those rigs, are they geared low enough for off roading?

Looks tight for room, what's it really like?

[jackelope]

Nice....
I've wondered about those rigs, are they geared low enough for off roading?

Looks tight for room, what's it really like?

My buddy had one. I barely fit in the passenger seat LOL. Aside from that a great offroad rig.
got a winch, Matt?

[carpsniperg2]

It's not bad in the front the bucket seats are o.k for the big 6'1 260lber It has deeper seats then I thought. I am not use to such small pedals The back is a bit tight but has a fold up bench seat. I can cram a deer into Yeah it started life as a 4x2 and the guy is a crawler who put it together and geared it down. Has a back end and power steering out of a side kick in it. Lockers and all that good stuff. He put a lot of time into it and made a nice rig. Lot's of small stuff I need to do. Like make and put handles on window to roll the windows down, without using vice grips. I have a couple little plates to weld on the bracket to keep the brake light off. Have the back part of a roll bar to finish welding. Has a very seal leak in the the transfer case. He gave me a seal to fix it. Fix the glove box and Lot's of small stuff like that.

It's a 92 and has 78k on it. Run's and starts like a top.

Josh I just looked at one. It's a 4k and new at coastal for 700.00 the rig comes it right at 2800lbs. I am thinking that would be about right!!! I have a 2ooolber but I don't think that would work as well

[KFhunter]

So you're going to put this:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
into that?
 
 

[KFhunter]

Oh I see you already did 
 
 
 
Looks like a good find, been kinda eyeballin one of those myself but I don't think I could get 3 kids and a dog in the back.
 
I need something a tad bigger

[sebek556]

Carp just cut into the wiring and do a switch for the brake lights, that way its still street legal if needed and you can kill them for off road 

[carpsniperg2]

KFHUNTER:

Already been in and out more then a few times today So yes

That is one sexy pic! I know why you saved it!

Good old camo booty!!!! One of the first companies I started shooting with They treated me well and I rocked there stuff as you can see

Sebek556. It's already street legal. The brake light is in the dash saying that the parking brake is still on when it is off. Should have been more clear sorry about that, but it's a good idea. I was already bombing around stark in portland today

[KFhunter]

I'm glad you got thick skin carp 
 

[sebek556]

ahh the dash brake light... sharpie or a little bit of nail polish takes care of those quick and easy..

[Swiftkid]

Nice pick CARP...Good on gas and don't have to worry about scratchin her all up...i got 2 Bronco II's that i drive around hunting...i love em great gas milege i've put 4 guys in it and gone in some shady spots....places you wouldn't want to take your daily driver.

[carpsniperg2]

Yeah The guy I got it from was driving 50 miles a day back and fourth from work He is wanting to get a smaller car. He has a 2nd one that is all converted and caged up, true rock crawler style, 35" tires etc. This one is more of a off road but still street legal ride

They are supposed to be pretty easy to work on and my buddy is a pretty handy mechanic. He gave me the nod so she came home with us today

It get's around 20 with the 32" tires on it. I think when I do put new rubber on it I will drop it down to a 30". The 32's are a little big on her.

I'm glad you got thick skin carp 
 

You know it

[Wazukie]

I've built a lot of Sammy's in my day, in fact that's where Wazukie comes from.  They are very easy to work on! If you ever need any help or advice on them just PM me Carp. At one time I had five of them in the shop, that was back when you could pick them up completely stock for between $200-$500 dollars. I bought my first one back in 92'.

[carpsniperg2]

That is great to hear Wazukie Thanks for the great offer. I might have to take you up on that someday. Hope it is not any time soon but everything with a motor needs some love at some point

Right now it just needs lots of little things done to make it better. Not things that are really needed but things I will just fix for OCD sake

The one thing it does do is shifting from low to high. It sometimes kicks those 2 bars into the same line and binds the shifter up a little. It is a easy fix as you just pop the plastic dust cover off. Unlock the retainer ring and pull the shifter handle out. Then see which one needs to be slid forward or back and move it. Then drop everything back in. Takes about 5 minutes to do once you learn how to do. We have already done it twice playing with it. Just puts a little grease on the hands. Not sure how to keep it from doing it. I am sure once I figure out the sweet spots. I can shift it without them locking up. That's the only thing that we could find that is a bit off about it. Runs like a top and drives pretty nice. The lockers make it a little jumpy on sharp corners 

[Wazukie]

If its doing what I thinks its doing here is the fix: http://zukioffroad.com/Tech_Library/tcase_shifter_bushing.shtml