rolled coily

Post by **hooki** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:41 am

hi guys, rolled my coily sierra on the w/e. I wanted to see what you guys would recommend to fix the window frame. The car has very straight panels all around still apart from the window frame and hoop bar. I'v been told that it's a right off due to the fact that the window frame in molded into the body. what do you guys think i should do?

Post by **croatian4x4** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:05 am

some pics might help...?

Post by **Gutless** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:28 am

get another coily tub, or buy a leafy tub and use that.

Post by **mud4b** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:15 am

Repair or replace the window frame..

Write off because of that reason is a bunch of BS.. its only metal and no different to replacing a non bolt off panel anywhere else on the vehicle.

cheers mark

Post by **want33s** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:09 pm

If I were you I'd look really hard at fitting a WT fold down screen.

It would be a bit of work grafting the cowl section of WT to Coily but would be replaceable if you ever damaged it again.
Would be VERY cool too. Not many coily's with a fold down screen.

Jas

Post by **r0ck_m0nkey** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:15 pm

want33s wrote:Not many coily's with a fold down screen.

Jas

Mine has one, and an SJ410 front end (with Santana badges), always get the question of how the coil conversion was done.

Post by **nicbeer** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:26 pm

Lancelin?

Bugger on the roll.

as far as writeoff. i have heard that also and may be only a insurance thing. can u get it done on insurance?

another cab will be 500 or so. from suzukishop. think u could use a leafy tub and use all your panels fine on it.

or do as someelse said. try graft a WT one on and if that craps then get a new tub.

Post by **Gwagensteve** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:21 pm

mud4b wrote: its ...no different to replacing a non bolt off panel anywhere else on the vehicle.

cheers mark

Which would also probably write the car off too from an insurance point of view.
It doesn't take much labour and paint to write of a $5K sierra.

Post by **mud4b** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:35 pm

Gwagensteve wrote:
mud4b wrote: its ...no different to replacing a non bolt off panel anywhere else on the vehicle.

cheers mark
Which would also probably write the car off too from an insurance point of view.
It doesn't take much labour and paint to write of a $5K sierra.

I do agree but there was no mention of insurance, The question was asked how to fix it..

Post by **Mudbits** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:39 pm

Buy new replacement panels from Suzuki to weld in.

Post by **jonno_racing** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:45 pm

u can buy replacemnt pannels??????????????????????

Post by **Mudbits** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:48 pm

Sure.

Post by **spamwell** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:07 pm

there is no way you could put a wt screen in there they are completely different in so many different ways. to the point that a coily soft top is different to a wt soft top by 10mm.

fix it see if it is cheaper to get panels from suzuki or to get a new tub.

how stuffed is it anyway ?

Post by **want33s** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:45 pm

spamwell wrote:there is no way you could put a wt screen in there they are completely different in so many different ways. to the point that a coily soft top is different to a wt soft top by 10mm.

The car below is a custom and has had several pieces of other cars GRAFTED into it.
None of them fitted straight on and all of them needed work.
WT windscreen frame CAN be made to fit a coily. It won't be easy and it won't bolt on but custom work never is easy , however the results are always

if done properly.

Jas.

Post by **just cruizin'** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:44 pm

Correct Jas, try doing this

It won't be perfect when finish but then again it's a Sierra and will get driven accordingly so no point having it show quality

Post by **hooki** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:02 am

hey guys, thanks for all the idea's so far. I'm realy not sure what to do about it atm. I would love to put a WT fold down on but i'm not the best fabricator. 'nicbeer' was done at mudaring and was caused by a stupid mis judgment in the terrain while taking a corner. I might give suzistore a ring tomorrow and see what they have. Here's a pic of the damage. I didn't hit the side of the car at all as it bounced from 2 wheels straight onto the roof. Denting to the flares was caused when turning it back upright. I was thinking of maybe buying a WT tub and then bolting the coily front clip on, would this be do-able?

http://img111.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img2102da2.jpg

Post by **grimbo** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:10 am

hooki wrote:I was thinking of maybe buying a WT tub and then bolting the coily front clip on, would this be do-able?

nope it wont line up and the cowl from the coily is all part of the windscreen

Post by **nicbeer** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:45 am

looks like the pig pen. doing nuts maybe?

yeh if u use a WT bonnet the coild front should go on i think.

Post by **alien** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 10:57 am

just cruizin' wrote:

the side window is a little small isnt it??? lol - post up a link to the build of this one - looks like itll be great at the end!

With the grafting of parts - Brian at suzistore has a blended coily/maruti.... theres pics here: http://www.suzistore.com.au/shopcontent ... customwork - click the martui link. It can certainly be done...

Post by **hooki** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:21 am

r0ck_m0nkey wrote:
want33s wrote:Not many coily's with a fold down screen.

Jas
Mine has one, and an SJ410 front end (with Santana badges), always get the question of how the coil conversion was done.

so have you put a whole WT leafy shell on?

Post by **r0ck_m0nkey** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:24 am

hooki wrote:
r0ck_m0nkey wrote:
want33s wrote:Not many coily's with a fold down screen.

Jas
Mine has one, and an SJ410 front end (with Santana badges), always get the question of how the coil conversion was done.
so have you put a whole WT leafy shell on?

I didn't do it myself, it was done by a previous owner. But yes, i have a WT Leafy body on my coily

Post by **spamwell** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:50 pm

want33s wrote:
spamwell wrote:there is no way you could put a wt screen in there they are completely different in so many different ways. to the point that a coily soft top is different to a wt soft top by 10mm.

The car below is a custom and has had several pieces of other cars GRAFTED into it.
None of them fitted straight on and all of them needed work.
WT windscreen frame CAN be made to fit a coily. It won't be easy and it won't bolt on but custom work never is easy , however the results are always if done properly.

Jas.

i just don't think it would be worth the work, you would be better off replacing the coily parts and building some sort of cage to stop it being damaged it would be less work and would not look as bad there are big differences between the frames.
coily front end can be bolted on to wt with bonnet mods but does not line up with the cowl section. these picture sorta show the differences, i think they are even different widths, you would have to make a custom wt frame for it to look right and then that defeats the purpouse of interchangability in the future

Post by **spamwell** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:57 pm

http://4wdwreckers.com/catalog/index.ph ... 094d135fd9

i dunno if this one is still around but quick searc i found that

Post by **Ridge** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:11 pm

just checking incase of future damage, would it be easier just to do a compete body swap on a coily chassie with a leafy body?

Post by **just cruizin'** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 12:53 pm

Must retain the coily doors though as they have side intrusion bars, not sure whether they fit

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