I know the feeling buddy:-) My vitara just flew through her mot, no advisories! Makes all those long hours in the workshop worth it!! Not bad considering she'd been stood in someone's drive for the last 5 years!
Now the conversion from fatboy to decent off-roader begins (including a camo paint job:-))

I know the wishbones I got for mine are slightly different at the ball joint mount but are compatible Yeah, I was just looking through your thread on your welding work and noticed your original wishbones are the same as mine, though mine not quite as bad as yours were. Where did you get your new wi...

Hi guys,

What are the differences between the two? I know on my spanish built vit the brakes are different, anything else. Believe the wishbones are different too?
Take it service stuff like oil filters/plugs etc will be the same?

Cheers.

We'll the latest on 'Suzy' is that I've found a few holes:-) nothing too major. Both rear inside wheel arches had gone at the bottom, have cut out the rot and have welded new steel in. I removed the plastic wide arches expecting to find a mess but shock horror wings look very good:-) Have also found...

Cheers guys, much appreciated. My first job is to clean up chassis and make sure all is how it should be and then protect her (thinking hammerite? What do you guys recommend?) Then secondly strip and service brakes with new lines etc Where are the best places in your opinions to get parts/spares for...

Hi everyone, Newbie to 4 wheel suzies, mid thirties offshore mechanic that has bought a 93 model vitara fatboy (Spanish model) for a bit of a shooting wagon :guns: , but the more I look at her the more I think she still has that old school cool about her! :lol: Bought her for little money, chassis i...