Outer Limits 4x4 Board

october 2006



went into the usual lifts and whatevers to make it a bit Philippine trail worthy

trailed it soon after...







after which...little mods here and there...



- crap

and trailed it again...





until i broke the rear upper a arm










after a quick fix...

and got it back to the trail again...



....and got 34 swamper tsl's for cheap



tried it out





fortunately it doesnt fit

and decided it was already time for the inevitable SAS

and wento the minor tear down...









axles...

rear mitsubishi pajero 4.875:1, factory lsd
front mistubishi pajero 4.875:1 rear axle mated to danea 30 ends, factory lsd



a bit of cleaning





left factory lsd, right open



and on with the minor trimming...







mocking it up...





then goes te axles...













link materials













the new rear upper a arm







the joints



the rest



and a little touch of acrylic



the mounts and tabs...





and in....

a bit of jacking to check if it doesnt bind for malling abuse







and finally got it out february 17, 2007 since it i tore it january 10, 2007





and some poser pics

4.875 diffs, 34" tires, stock tcase just wouldnt cut it. instead of buying el expensivo crawler gears i decided to to an el cheapo dual tcase fabbing...

















after week of being lazy, i finally got it under the junk....









the crossmember and the additional tcase support











and got new slip yokes to fit...



april 21, 2007, finally got it out again to do some poser shots....







ran to the nearest muffler shop so i could hit the nearest hole before it gets dark...


...got the muffler done, and off to the hole...









and raced it the next day



















and finished 16th out of the grid of 26, nor bad for a shakedown against huge land cruiser

and hit where the junk is made for...the trail











here are a couple of pictures in comparison with other vitaras

after a bit of thinking on how to get rid of the tire rub, i decided to do another SAS on the junk. using nissan patrol mk diffs. the junk os now currently under the knife to get ready for the 2nd swap









till then,
makoy

im in love!!! lol that is tuff as!!!

awesome buildup and great thread with some great pics. Can't wait to see it when it's done with the new diffs

Your not going to shave the housing on the MQ diff .. get back a bit of lost clearnace ?

maybe, when i need to

Buildup and info.

top work, i love your buggy on pirate aswell

super zook wrote:top work, i love your buggy on pirate aswell

+1
Its got a zook t-case in it, so technically its a zook. Post up some pics here.

Layto....

here's a link...

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=560975

that is a nice 4x4 hoping to do that mine one day

Both builds are very impressive in both the fab work & detail as well as the rate of speed you're doing it all in.
The tooling and precision for a 'back yard project' is admirable!
Definatley following both zook and buggy builds for some inspiration...

Wish I could fab/build even half as good as that

Mike

lay80n wrote:

super zook wrote:top work, i love your buggy on pirate aswell

+1
Its got a zook t-case in it, so technically its a zook. Post up some pics here.

Layto....

here are recent images of my el cheapo buggy build...

ditched my patrol diff swap...used a daa 44 instead (4.875:1)

here are images of the slow progress...









it looks like im going to move the front diff a little bit forward to clear the oilpan and be able to create enough room to lower my rig 4 inches

it will be running on 38" inch swampers...still hoping to hit the trail by early september

thanks

thats one of the best reads on a vit i have had for ages!
that things phat

Awesome

Read about this over on Pirate and ZK. Thanks for putting it up here too. One of the nicest full bodied zooks ever IMO. Well done on a great buildup dude and Im hanging to see how the buggy turns out too.

good work, any updates?

minor update...

finally the junk is standing on all fours









still a long list to accomplish

brakelines
steering
panhard bar
fender trims

hopefully ill have it out by 2008 :(

That looks sweet, top work