PROJECT CHAPZUKI

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 4:51 pm

Hey Turoa said i should do this so i am :lol:

they say the most fun 4x4's are the ones built on a budget i totally agree :lol:

this is a slow on going project and i do as many mods as i can where money permits (im only 15 so no high paying jobs here :cry:

) i have saved all my life to buy it and i have nothing else to spend my money on so everything goes into my baby.....chapzuki

i bought it totally standard it was mint......not anymore :roll:

This is project chapzuki (turoa named it because my last names chapman and its a suzuki :roll:

) lol any way the list of mods so far is

Aircon to aircompressor
Rear lockright
sill bars (made by me and red_zuki)
front bar (made by me)
skidplate (made by me)
air intake into behind glovebox(made by me)
30" hancook muddies
1&1/2" suspension lift
longer rear shocks
spotties
Rear bar (care of WTBS.....ur the man marty)
front strut mount flip

far far far away to come is:
bigger motor bigger diffs and SAS :roll:

bending up the bar at WTBS

chosing the bar and looking for plate steel

welding up the bar

the front bar with spotties (just replaces the front big silly plastic bumper)

my pimping chrome sill bars

where the snorkel connects to the standard air intake system

where it goes

close up, the second hole with silicone around it is the one you have to drill ( ends up by heater in the passenger footwell)

where it goes (just behind the speaker and then glovebox goes back in :wink:

)

ok so costs so far,

car cost=$3500
tyres=$500
lift=$180
shocks=$40
front bar=$50
skid plate= zip zero nada :lol:

snorkel thing=$30 for pipe
lockright=$700 (inc. labour to put in)
sillbars=$40
spotties=$40
rear bar=$450

total so far=$5530 not to mention little things like tow hooks fire ext. air compressor and pump tow ropes etc :roll:

but the way i look at it you cant put a price on how much fun i have in it, so i hope to see you out on the tracks one day :wink:

James

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:11 pm

heres some pics of it playin

first trip out only had lift and muddies

rallywoods

fantails lol

i call this one zero vision lol

weeeeee

lack of artic :roll:

guuunnnnn iiitttt!

thats all for now enjoy

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:16 pm

When we going to rallywoods next? :lol:

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:37 pm

lol soonish i hope

you like those pics aye :wink:

turoa · Post by **turoa** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 5:42 pm

Maybe

. 2 weeks until the ORE BBQ. I wonder if I can pinch the old mans truck again :roll:

I dont think the rover will be ready for a trip in 2 weeks, I just need to get the cage sorted (this weekend) and then ill be able to go hard on it, and get driveshafts and steering columns made.

3 weeks until interclubs. hmmm :scratch:

WACKO · Post by **WACKO** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:53 pm

lockright is in now? good sh*t! still gota put mine in...

ahh well when time permits :roll:

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 6:27 am

WACKO wrote:lockright is in now? good sh*t! still gota put mine in... ahh well when time permits

:happyjump: sure is

i can give you a hand, i dont know how to do it but i can give you a hand :wink:

rokhound · Post by **rokhound** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 2:02 pm

Slight hi jack, but James will like this one.

Met a local ChCh guy on Friday who is building a Vitara with 37" mtr's on.
Saw some photos, bit more work to do on it yet, but was starting to look real cool. Still a bit secret squirral, so couldn't get any other specs, other than he plans to road legal it.

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 4:33 pm

mroffroader wrote:Hey.... crapzuki

sorry mr o... had to.. :wink:

good to see ya doin it up though..

when i initially read the title , i thought it said crapzuki... :oops:

i know better now.. keep up the pics and posts.. :thumleft:

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 7:05 pm

thats not very nice nibby :cry:

yeal will do hopefully of a trick rear bar,.............aye marty :wink:

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 7:06 pm

rokhound wrote:Slight hi jack, but James will like this one.

Met a local ChCh guy on Friday who is building a Vitara with 37" mtr's on.
Saw some photos, bit more work to do on it yet, but was starting to look real cool. Still a bit secret squirral, so couldn't get any other specs, other than he plans to road legal it.

when you can get me some pics and maybe a vid or to :shock:

WACKO · Post by **WACKO** » Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:09 pm

the hardest part bout putting mine in will be putting the front diff in also. need a hoist for that. :lol:

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:48 pm

ok a update already

got my A into G and did my front strut mount flip, i saw this on the net at...... http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=13687.0 and i thought hey it will cost me nothing and i will gain some travel from it

so i started when i got home from school (5pm) and was thinking id be there till dark and do at least one side as it looked time consuming........but i was wrong 1 hour 15 minutes later i had both sides done

and not only have i gained some travel, the car was on a slight lean forward because of the new big rear shocks and now its come level

so for anybody with a small lift in a vitara and standard front shocks it doesn't take long at all and i took a short cut i cut the old nuts off with the angle grinder lol :roll:

and just hit what was left out with a punch and hammer and wacked some new ones back in :twisted:

all done

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:47 am

update:

got my rear bar on yesterday (care of wellington bullbar and towbar services) who did a extremley good job on it. heres a couple of pics, its got a fuel tank protector and 2 tow hook mounts and a removable hitch.

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:30 pm

Looking good mr0

fish · Post by **fish** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:17 pm

hey that air intake idea look good (cheep) but does it afect the proformance at all being inside the cab? i wouldnt mind doing it to my daihatsu.

hiriklux · Post by **hiriklux** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:24 pm

good to see a young fella doing the hard yards nice pics in rallywoods tooo

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 5:56 pm

yea its good no performnace drop, blew my head gasket today :evil:

niblik · Post by **niblik** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 6:59 pm

mroffroader wrote:blew my head gasket today

gutted mr o..

so whats next then? fix asap?

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 7:06 pm

niblik wrote:
mroffroader wrote:blew my head gasket today

gutted mr o..

so whats next then? fix asap?

yea i am a bit slutted aye but these things happen especially when u thrash the fuk out of your zook :twisted:

ummm..... yea take it apart see if the head will need planeing replace gasket wack sum goo on that bitch and throw it all back together....wen i get some cash of course :roll:

icekayak · Post by **icekayak** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:07 pm

how'd you do it? how'd you know you'd done it? you got extractors? cheers

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:22 am

icekayak wrote:how'd you do it? how'd you know you'd done it? you got extractors? cheers

duno last trip it was doing similar things, using water etc and with all the thrashings i give it + i dont have extractors (not enough flow) it went (there was bubbles comming through the radiator) :roll:

Rotazuk · Post by **Rotazuk** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:06 am

Time for a j18 or better still a j20 :-)

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 4:04 pm

Rotazuk wrote:Time for a j18 or better still a j20

or just a new head gasket :roll:

Rotazuk · Post by **Rotazuk** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:45 pm

Make sure its just a gasket and not a crack in the head or block . Sure you have heard all the storys .

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:46 pm

Rotazuk wrote:Make sure its just a gasket and not a crack in the head or block . Sure you have heard all the storys .

yea yea yea :roll:

................. :cry:

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:51 pm

You should be out in the shed taking the head off tonight not sitting inside beside the fire cruising the net :scratch:

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 5:59 pm

Sadam_Husain wrote:You should be out in the shed taking the head off tonight not sitting inside beside the fire cruising the net :scratch:

i just washed it.......kinda.......when its dry its probably still gunna be dirty lol.....yea i spose i should...........but i cant be bothered maybe 2moro night :roll:

stinky · Post by **stinky** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:01 pm

dont rip it apart you need to find where the leaks are from pm me or call

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 7:44 pm

good news had the mech. round its just a thermostat, and he advised a new radiator cap and fan oh yea and the alternator bearings about shot and i need extractors :roll:

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