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Anybody restored a Samurai that was in bad shape?

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Offline Jeremiah

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Re: Anybody restored a Samurai that was in bad shape?
« Reply #15 on: March 10, 2009, 05:03:22 PM »
Yeah, but Ukraine girls are hot  8)

Can't you order Suzuki parts from Japan, or Europe?
'96 4 door kick: 29" Pep-Boys M/T, 1.5" OME
'83 SJ410: 31" Toyo M/T, SPOA, 1.3L
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Re: Anybody restored a Samurai that was in bad shape?
« Reply #16 on: March 10, 2009, 05:07:45 PM »
Dimitros,

Now that is some dedication there. Of course it gives me even more motivation to get to working on mine. I'm going to do some checking around, I have heard there's a guy nearby that has a bunch of Sammi's sitting in his yard. Hopefully it will be a treasure trove..

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Offline Bryce132

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Re: Anybody restored a Samurai that was in bad shape?
« Reply #17 on: March 10, 2009, 05:32:55 PM »
stunt double,

Your Samurai looks MINT! You have no idea how bad i wish my floor looked that good when i got my sidekick. I cut the WHOLE FLOOR out as  well as all 8 body mounts and started from scratch with 1/8th plate steel. Took a few weeks but was well worth it, some sturdy now. I would deffinetly keep her and fix the rust, then gator guard the whole floor, inside and out. looks like a fun project, and good canidate for a 2l swap!

Bryce

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Re: Anybody restored a Samurai that was in bad shape?
« Reply #18 on: March 10, 2009, 06:12:06 PM »
Bryce,

You're right, the body doesn't really seem all that bad. Maybe a few patches here and there, but otherwise it seems solid. I think the worst part is that the intake and carb were taken off without any of the lines being labeled. Just part of the fun I guess.

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Offline Dimitros

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Re: Anybody restored a Samurai that was in bad shape?
« Reply #19 on: March 11, 2009, 12:45:26 AM »
Jeremiah
Yepp, they are hot, and here we have aprox 75% - hot, 15% - average to almost hot, 10% - others.

You see, one stock leaf spring costs somewhere around 400 euros here, new stock t-case gears 520 euros and so on. I figured it's better to get the whole 3.5" Calmini lifted suspension for the price less than just 4 stock springs and 4.89 GRS2 t-case gears with full rebuild kit for the price of just stock gears. It is a way cheaper to buy tuning kits and perfomance upgrades than stock ones in Ukraine, even though all those customs and shipping.

stunt double
Don't give up man, you will bring to that Sammi a new life! And you have an advantage - body of your car is just naked (no interior I saw), much more convenient to disassemble it from the frame and then you can do everything you want with it - welding, painting...
Good luck!
95 Samurai, 1.3, high comp.pistons, ported/grinded head, 1.6 valves, bored intake, Solex carb, K&N air, MSD Coil-Blaster+MSD 8.5 wires+Denso Iridium IW16 plugs, Calmini Tri-Y heder, Cherry-Bomb+Bosal custom exhaust, GRS II 4.89 T-case, 3.92:1 R&Ps, Calmini 3.5" susp., 30" BFG ATs, AVM 538 hubs...

Re: Anybody restored a Samurai that was in bad shape?
« Reply #20 on: March 11, 2009, 05:56:17 AM »
I was also having some problems with my vaccum lines.  Just go to your local suzuki dealer parts dept. and they will print off the schematic of where all the vacuum lines are supposed to go.