Notice: We request that you don't just set up a new account at this time if you are a previous user.
If you used to be one of our moderators, please feel free to reach out to Chris via the facebook Outerlimits4x4 group and he will get you set back up with access should he need you.
Recovery:If you cannot access your old email address and don't remember your password, please click here to log a change of email address so you can do a password reset.

suzuki body swap

Tech Talk for Suzuki owners.

Moderators: lay80n, sierrajim

Post Reply
Posts: 37
Joined: Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:06 pm
Location: Central queensland

suzuki body swap

Post by michaeld_101 »

I was wondering if some one can help me i have a lj80 soft top and it is damaged and wondering if there is an other body that will fit on the the lj 80 frame.cheers mick
Posts: 3513
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 12:52 am
Location: Perth, WA

Post by alien »

pleaaaaseeeee put a mini on it!?

i know the mini fits on the sierra chassis, im sure itll fit on LJ... have a monster mini =P
The worst thing about censorship is ███████.
Posts: 37
Joined: Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:06 pm
Location: Central queensland

Post by michaeld_101 »

any thing can be posible but i need as much help as a can get what type of mini and year model i was thinking of a california moke but open to ideas
Posts: 1242
Joined: Fri Oct 17, 2003 8:50 pm
Location: Kanwal

Post by ZOOK60 »

like this mini
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
P.E.T.A
People eating tasty animals.
Posts: 37
Joined: Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:06 pm
Location: Central queensland

Post by michaeld_101 »

guys that is unreal never seen any thing like that sorry to get excited im from the central and dont see this much any more ideas and is it a easy conversion,
Posts: 529
Joined: Thu Jun 03, 2004 6:07 am
Location: SEQ

Post by munga »

how about an ac cobra replica?
ht zook with bog, rust and mt's

this is my wheelbase |<-------->|
Posts: 37
Joined: Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:06 pm
Location: Central queensland

Post by michaeld_101 »

will any other model suzi's fit an lj 80 chasis
Posts: 140
Joined: Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:18 pm
Location: zzz canberra

Post by mad_zook »

would a drover body fit
Posts: 37
Joined: Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:06 pm
Location: Central queensland

Post by michaeld_101 »

what year models would fit suzi or drover
Posts: 529
Joined: Thu Jun 03, 2004 6:07 am
Location: SEQ

Post by munga »

theres chassis diagrams of the sierras on the net, have a bit of a look around, maybe you can compare the diag's to the chassis you have now and tell US the answer. why not just get another lj body? or even get a complete sierra..
ht zook with bog, rust and mt's

this is my wheelbase |<-------->|
Posts: 6229
Joined: Thu Dec 12, 2002 10:37 am
Location: melbourne victoria australia

Post by christover1 »

this may help?

I believe the sierra body is wider than the LJ.
Some people fit LJ bodies to Sierras, because the are much narrower.
Any thing can be done with lots of money, or time, or effort, or all 3.

christover
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
4WD SUZUKI CLUB VICTORIA
http://www.vic.suzuki4wd.com/forum/
Posts: 7345
Joined: Wed Jun 02, 2004 3:29 pm
Location: Melbourne

Post by Gwagensteve »

There doesn't seem to be any practical way to get a sierra body onto a lj chassis. I'm sure it is possible, just more work than it would be worth. I woulld just try and find another LJ tub to swap if it was me.

PS I hate freaks (car body on 4Xchassis) evey one I have ever seen has been hack, and less useful than the original car in both cases. Most cars have very little "drop" in the centre of the chassis - i.e they are very flat front to back so the car body ends up very high on the chassis.- bad for CoG. Also, monocoque car bodies are far heavier than you need if you have a separate chassis so the end result is a much heavier car than original - again pretty dumb.

From a design viewpoint, most cars have much smaller doors, "fast" windscreens (laid back) and lots of other details that make them less useful as 4X4's - poorer visiblity, more complex to repair etc.
[quote="greg"] some say he is a man without happy dreams, or that he sees silver linings on clouds and wonders why they are not platinum... all we know, is he's called the stevie.[/quote]
Posts: 23
Joined: Fri Apr 08, 2005 9:49 pm
Location: WA (downwards and to the left)

Post by Robert Polsen »

this may not mater due to the early year of manufacture of the lj 80 but when i cheked out the legalitys of a body swap with a WA pits i was told that the new body must meet the regs for the chassys year of manufacture e.g. all those little safty requierments that change every year. thing like seatbelt mounts and position of indicators (maby even emisions control laws) but agen this is for WA and this only apliyes if u tell mister plod.
Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests