It's getting some steel diamond plate rear corners that I will make out of 10 guage steel, gonna fab up some bumpers with aproach guards, eventually full cage and a 4.3 Vortech... I am a Howell Engine Development distributor and Technician, so I will enjoy geeking out on plumming and wiring something for myself for a change! I love doing a super clean install! Maybe a 3 liter Ford though! Beefed up my Z bar that I had to heat and bend more yesterday. Need a hi-steer kit, but it's significantly better than stock! Long tube gussets and quarter inch plate to face it with. Looks pretty good for the little time I spent on it!

sweet.  I bet you can school us on some of that stuff.  Sounds like you will fit in fine with the Zuke crowd.  If you want cross over steering pm me, I may be able to help you out. 

hey every one here is my sj410 lifted 2 inches and looking to go bigger 33 are coming my way soon !

Well, My project is moving forward! Just did 10 guage diamond plate steel rear corners, fully welded, of course, Reconditioned my hard top, and got it on, and am getting ready to sand and skim coat the body! Damn clutch is on it's way out, so That'll happen next weekend!

Clutch and U joints tomorrow! Whoo Hoo! (not) I do this stuff every day, so I am not brimming with excitement by any means... But I like having a Nice Rig! Pics soon Fellas!

I was going to say, get a build thread going with some pics. 

Howdy from South Louisiana. I've had this 87 Samurai for a couple years and finally decided to do something with it. Now that it isn't a daily driver, I figure to play with it some. I sold the hard top (no too cold down here) and I have a set of YJ springs from a previous project. My goal is Toyota axles, 31 in tires, regeared T-case, soft top, and swap the tub out with another Zuk I just got.

1987 JX
1.6 Direct Injection
4.16:1 Tcase
Factory Air Conditioning
Audiovox Cruise Control
American Racing wheels
2" Lift
CA Legal
70mph, up steep hill, in 5th gear, 5000 feet elevation.
I called her The Pickle and I miss her dearly....... :'(

What happened to her?  She is a clean looking rig.

What happened to her?  She is a clean looking rig.

The crack ho's runnoft with her.....

No, actually I sold her to buy a boat.  I rotate toys every few years it seems.  I just got a Tracker to build.

New member first post.

I just got an 87 JX last week. It has 73k miles. I got it for a beach cruiser and will probably be making a trip to baja.

First thing I'm going to do is power steering mod.

Might get a lift and some tires but for sure it's getting a safari rack.

Can I get a seat in the back? I see everything says that i look at says it won't work on JX.

Looks good!  Yes, you can put a seat in the back.  You just need to find one, all the mount points should be there to bolt it down.  If not you can look underneath, the nuts are there.  You just need to drill them out.

Hey everyone my names Kelly, I live in Oregon.
I have a SJ410 body on 88 Samuai running gear.
Pretty simple build nothing too fancy

Hi folks, Even though I signed up a while ago (been lurkin' and learnin'), I'm just now finally gettin' around saying hi. Been a fan of the Samurai ever since they started being sold here. In fact, my first "new" car was an beige '87 tin top right off the lot back when they were selling like crazy. Of course, back then I did the Calmini mods. (seems like they had it going on with Zuks before alot of the others) and beat it to death. Eventually I picked up an FJ40 w/a small block and got rid of that little truck but, honestly I think the sami was the better vehicle. (Toyota= too big/heavy/thirsty) The next one was an '87 soft top about 6 yrs. ago, drove the wheels off it and sold it to a guy in Az. where the last time I heard it was a some sort of skeletonized rock crawler. Recently, I found a really nice '86 with a removable 2 piece top that had spent most of it's life behind a retired couples motorhome (peeled no less than 10 plastic reflectors off the back window and bumper!) Now I'm back in Zuki mode and all the other projects around here are just going to have to wait!

Hi,
   My name is Jeff from Highland Ca.   Sorry no pictures.   Im 54 years old got an 88 Samurai w 100,000 on it .    I got it for trips w motor home  I like to hunt and fish  Id realy like to start doing some off road  easy trails.  Its all Stock  Really fun for me even on road  Im more and more interested in these vehicles every day!