Lost Samurai build

[Poison Arrow]

Hey all, I thought you might be interested in this Samurai buildup I'm doing right now. I'm doing a 16" dovetail front and rear bumpers, rock sliders, and a hybrid interior/exterior cage. This is what I started with. http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/dustinssami006.jpg now for the fun stuff. http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/samibuild032.jpg

[Poison Arrow]

Here's the dove tail all framed and skinned.
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/samibuild014-1.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/samibuild012-1.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/001.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/035.jpg

[Poison Arrow]

Now for the bumpers and rock sliders. http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/089.jpg http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/088.jpg http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/008-2.jpg http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/009-2.jpg

[Poison Arrow]

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/105.jpg http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/009.jpg http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/012-1.jpg http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/013-2.jpg

[Chris Dunbar]

Looking sweet!!! :thumbs:

[Poison Arrow]

And for the exo cage here's where I'm at so far. http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/005.jpg http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/008-1.jpg http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/011.jpg http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/008-3.jpg

[bigBs84]

good job man:thumbs: looks like alot of hours going into that:bow:

[Poison Arrow]

Here's the latest, added rear lower and upper bars and cross bracing.
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/003-4.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/010-4.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/013-5.jpg

[MaXXis85]

Gotta love the CO-OP Grip spurs.

[bigBs84]

that looks good dude:popcorn:

[lostsamurai]

but i plan on getting a new set i need to call and see if they come any bigger id like some 37"s its almost done last night we pulled the cage to finish welding the backside and gusset and paint then it goes back on and i can bring her home yay! scott get some pics up hurry!:rockon2:

[bigBs84]

Yea come on wheres the final pics.:rockon:

[Poison Arrow]

Here ya go, got the main structure finished and also did some missing links.
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/010-5.jpg http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/011-1.jpg

[Poison Arrow]

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/001-4.jpg http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/010-6.jpg http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/005-3.jpg http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/008-4.jpg http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/016-2.jpg

[lostsamurai]

Oh and who is that handsome gentalmen there in your shop?:hi:

[Poison Arrow]

I don't know maybe the owner, I'm not sure I've never seen him actually work before :haha:

[Poison Arrow]

Well here's the latest cage pics, as you can see the gusseting is done and it has primered and painted.
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/005-4.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/007-1.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/008-5.jpg

[Poison Arrow]

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/016-3.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/021-1.jpg

[tj40ounce]

Nice work on the cage!

[bigBs84]

looks like its almost ready to go out and roll:thumbs: good job

[Poison Arrow]

Well here it is, cage on and painted. Let me know what you think, I'm curious to hear from you.
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/020-2.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/012-4.jpg
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x228/daviswt/005-5.jpg

[bigBs84]

Good job man nice build. Cant wait to see it on the trail :driving: go get some poser pics :haha:

[81 toy]

dude that is pretty bad ass

[Loki]

very nice...looking good.

[LostSoul]

That thing looks great, you do some nice Tube work. I might just be partial to the colour though LOL!

[lostsamurai]

got the engine back from the shop, fabbed up the new mounts got the sidekick auto tranny in, got the new t case in w/6.5:1 gears, got the poly seats in, 5 gal fuel cell, and took it out the 5 mile pass,

well I mangled my t case mounts, sheared my draglink end in half, broke a moter mount, and ripped the trans mount apart, wow it has a lot more power than I expected, well got everything fixed and will be takin it back out will keep ya posted

[lostsamurai]

went out to three peaks (cedar city utah) and figured out real quick that i want to go full width.... so i did! now with dana 44's its lookin real nice. so im heading down st.george way this weekend to try it out heres some pics (maybe)

[lostsamurai]

couldnt find the file without help from the wifee

[bigBs84]

pics are hella small but it is good to see that sami is wheeling

[supazuk]

how are those seats to wheel in?

[88toyota]

nice sami :thumbs:

[lostsamurai]

yes they hurt i need some seat covers im thinkin about glueing some carpet pad down first then sliping on a nice cover

[lostsamurai]

chopped some huge holes in my floor and removed the front clip somehow its looking more and more like chris' sammy :thud: