make it like this one I would love to have that rig! Should make any toy fan drool!

 

I actually got into Yotas because of a longtime friend of mine who was racing them, he made the switch to Zukis about 6 years ago.
We have endurance races here that have courses of rocks, woods, mud, etc., the distances are 6 miles and 12 miles, I can't remember how many laps they do.
He started with a Sami with an engine from a Corolla (1.8l?) and moved to a Sidekick, its very durable and fun.
He still runs Yotas on the street and has a '92 that easily pulls the Zuks to any events.
On a side note I was outbid a couple of years ago on rare Zuk pickup that has a stretched Sami frame, frontend, and doors and a very simple flatbed with sides that fold down. I have also seen long wheel base Samis on eBay, these examples I believe are just between the length of 1st gen 4runner and a normal Sami.
I think they're pretty cool and I'd rather see you go that route than lose anyone to the creepy Jeep camp!

 

A Zuk is a step down from a Toyota...period.

 

wabbit sure does speak the truth...
i priced out a ifs eliminator and if i keep rear coils i might be able to afford big tires..

problem then becomes my tow dolly needs to be febbed or truck needs to be put back on the road insurance ...

i may have found a sami that was running a 22r with no engine now for 300 with no rust..

 

stay with the yotas man!

 

My neighbor up the street has a suzuki Samurai that he has setup really nice. I has a supercharged Suzuki motor, 4.5: transfer case. 5:13 axles with longs in the front and a full floating rear axle conversion. ARB air lockers front and rear, jeep springs, 33x12.50-15 Interco SSR's and a full cage. He has driven that thing all over moab and the northwest and I have never heard him complain once about it's size. He can drive it into areas that we might not be able to, which could make it easier for him.

 

cool, i think, definetly has a lot of spending cash, god damn.

Not what I would do to a rig personally. I prefer function over competition but to each their own. Still a sweet rig and some good fab work done.

Tho you can hardly call it a sami anymore lol

 

Exactly...not much Zuk left of it. I got (2) Zuks sitting in my parking lot outside the shop(not mine)...and they are just cheaply put together. Toyota is 10 times the vehicle.

 

so maybe a stock 85 just a little lift on 33s is a more relible.. better put together wheeler..
and prolly pretty light compared to towing a second gen runner..

im going to go look at teh 84 single cab flat bed before i decide on a zuk

 

Unlike this one ( ) His still looks mostly like a samurai. He has built it up over the years to what it is now.

I actually found a site that his rig on it. It actually has stock gears. for some reason i thought he said that he changed them. He now has 33x12.50's.

http://www.rockcrawler.com/readersri...splay.asp?ID=7

 

Exactly, pretty much the only zuk left left on it is the tub and frame. rest of of it is pretty much all toyota

In my opinion he's building it for function. A trail only rig, but still for function. Why else would he be putting a seat in for his daughter? I understand what your saying thought. I wouldn't build a trail only rig either. but ya can't help but respect the amount of time and planning that's gone into that rig!

 

seems to me i found a mint 82 that is just dissassembled but like primed epoxyed and ready to go...
still waiting on a few zuks..
got lots of interest in parts from my gold 4runner...
might even end up parting the blue one 2..
anyone in canada need any 4runner parts if i do this?

 

In general I've been very impressed with your rig and common sense mods, so I don't mean to be disrespectful in any way but you couldn't be farther from the truth regarding Suzukis.

If you can get it for a Toy, you can get it for Zuk and from multiple vendors. You can find just as many parts in JY for Zuks as Toys.

Trust me, I own both and my Suzuki is much bigger and built more capable than my Toy is. Zuks are cheap to build.

How much are a set of Longfields for you SAS'd yota? I bet not as cheap as trailtough's axles for the samurai.


Zuks and Yotas are the only things I will wheel. You can't go wrong with either.

 

suzuki had significantly better corrosion protection on their frames in the 80's than toyota or nissan had at that time. You just don't see a lot of rotted out frames under samurais.

I wouldn't equate a no frills vehicle to being cheaply made per-se. Was the rusted and rotted out truck bed of the 88 and earlier toyota trucks a symptom of being cheaply made? The samurai was an inexpensive, open top, solid axle vehicle that competed well with Jeep Wranglers.

 

jeep springs bolt into the stock leaf locations, i had a zuk but sold it cause i'm broke. this was a common lift/flex mod.

 

My buddys old zuk

Toy axles, Locked, 6.5:1 case,yj leafs,cut to fit 36's




I kept trying to get him to paint it up like a USPS delivery truck with a plate or sticker that said gone postal.