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Post by want33s »

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Post by fool_injected »

Go half doors :D
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Post by just cruizin' »

Why not take the winder off and refit it in a position where it doesn't hit your knee say the 10 or 11 o'clock position.


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Re: fractured kneecap

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want33s wrote:
fool_injected wrote:Go half doors :D
Half doors would be great(less weight) but how do you wind the window up when its raining? jas
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fractured kneecap ?

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Post by suzuki boy »

went out yesterday and nearly put mine on it's side and my mum has a HUGE PURPLE broise on her leg from the door handle! :shock:

I had half doors with the canvis windows and stuff but i went full doors. If any one is after them give us a yell would be cool if you wanted to chop then into the lower style half doors!
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Post by christover1 »

I got a rolled up cushion cable tied to my door handle, not just to protect knee, also got tired of buying new winder handles :roll:
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Post by =SKB= »

Take doors off :armsup:
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Post by PJ.zook »

Haha my mums farken Excel's winder is like that with my knee, noice solution!
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Post by Red_Zook »

suzuki boy wrote:went out yesterday and nearly put mine on it's side and my mum has a HUGE PURPLE broise on her leg from the door handle! :shock:

I had half doors with the canvis windows and stuff but i went full doors. If any one is after them give us a yell would be cool if you wanted to chop then into the lower style half doors!
you take your mum wheeling?
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Post by albey »

dude id cut my knee off before putting somethin that ugly on my zook :rofl:
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Post by ofr57 »

if i was 6' 4" i would be worried about smaching my head on the roof more

but good idea ... i had the same problem until i change my driving style offroad ... instead of having your feet straight up there like this \ / ... worked for me but I'm 5' 8"
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Post by Reece89 »

i woud say so i can fit a thumpstar in the back diagonally
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Post by suzuki boy »

Red_Zook wrote:
suzuki boy wrote:went out yesterday and nearly put mine on it's side and my mum has a HUGE PURPLE broise on her leg from the door handle! :shock:

I had half doors with the canvis windows and stuff but i went full doors. If any one is after them give us a yell would be cool if you wanted to chop then into the lower style half doors!
you take your mum wheeling?
I don't have my P's yet so thats the way it is! But i get them in feb so i will be able to go with who ever i want! But mums alright with it all as long as i don't put it on it's side she's cool with it! :cool:
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Post by MrsForby »

Red_Zook wrote:
suzuki boy wrote:went out yesterday and nearly put mine on it's side and my mum has a HUGE PURPLE broise on her leg from the door handle! :shock:

I had half doors with the canvis windows and stuff but i went full doors. If any one is after them give us a yell would be cool if you wanted to chop then into the lower style half doors!
you take your mum wheeling?

Hahahaha! Don't we all???

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Post by ofr57 »

MissForbyNoob wrote:
Red_Zook wrote:
suzuki boy wrote:went out yesterday and nearly put mine on it's side and my mum has a HUGE PURPLE broise on her leg from the door handle! :shock:

I had half doors with the canvis windows and stuff but i went full doors. If any one is after them give us a yell would be cool if you wanted to chop then into the lower style half doors!
you take your mum wheeling?

Hahahaha! Don't we all???

Mate I have to salute you, 6'4" driving a zook, thats gotta be hard. I'm only about 5'4" and even I struggle in my zook!
how so .... :? i though about 5' 4" would be good ... in my ute espicall acutly can streach out on the long drive's

any body keep pressing there horn with there elbows when doing tight turns .. one thing i noticed
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Post by albey »

i cant stop looking at it,
it looks some what like a whoopie cushion lol
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Post by Taff »

ofr57 wrote:any body keep pressing there horn with there elbows when doing tight turns .. one thing i noticed
i do it all the time... you get some funny looks in car parks. the zook horn isn't extremely impressive either :oops:
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Post by ofr57 »

i got a air horn :D best mod yet
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Post by fool_injected »

I'm 6'2" on seem to fit OK
Have not done a long trip yet, reckon it's gonna kill my bung knee
I need to stop, get out and stretch evey hour in a Falcadore or it locks up

Trucks of the road so I been driving mums Carolla, stepping up getting out is awkard
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Post by Zute »

when I first got my Zook, I use to bang my right elbow on the window or door. Now I just steer with left hand and steady with my right.
Have any 6 footers tried mounting the seat further back ?
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Post by oondy »

not broken knee cap but broken knee...

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Post by mushrom11 »

y dont you just modify your seat rails so your seats sit furthrer back :?: :?: :?: :?:
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Post by want33s »

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Post by Longbaser »

G'day all.
My 6'2" frame has been comfy in the Zook ever since I installed an old pair of real bucket seats (deep sides, non-reclining) 15 years ago, on custom fabricated mounts. The mounts are bolted to the original body locations but moved the driver's seat back about 10cms.

Reach to the steering wheel was taken care of by a SAAS wheel, smaller diameter than original and with a deeper 'dish' that puts it a smidgin closer to hand.

My longest non-stop drive (apart from fuel stops of course) is Mandurah to Shark Bay, just on 900 kliks, and we recently took it through a week of touring the Murchison goldfields, including the "back road"from Sandstone to Meekatharra - my knee never touches the winder and I don't finish a trip with my legs permenantly bent like a grasshopper!

I'm currently using the original steering wheel while I re-do the leather on the SAAS wheel, a bit more of a reach but no problem. If you're 6'and over, it's a good modification, easy too.

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Post by PJ.zook »

Im just over 6'4" and bulky, i fit in zooks fine with the seat right back, dont hit my head or anything. Its a suprisingly good fit.
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