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Re: My sj

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:36 pm
by Christoff
I dont want to fit Landrover arches I want the standard samurai arches replacing on mine. There metal and look neater.

Fitting Landrover arches would be easier though I imagine.

Re: My sj

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:38 pm
by ScottieJ
Shaun wrote:Don't laugh but how do you tell if my Suzuki sj410 is a Samurai or Santana
What does it say on the v5?

Re: My sj

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:40 pm
by Christoff
You can't get a 410 samurai only 1.3

Santanas and samurais are different models to 410 and 413

Re: My sj

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:13 pm
by Shaun
It only says sj410 VJL. As I haven't got all the log book back yet.

Re: My sj

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:17 pm
by Christoff
If it was a samurai or santana it would say it on the bodywork or interior somewhere i think

Re: My sj

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:02 pm
by ScottieJ
It's a 410 then if thats what it says, it's not a samurai. it is a santana if it's spanish built, if not it's just a 410.

what side are the indicators on? right=jap left =spanish ? square (spanish) or round (jap) stalks?

2 reverse lights and a seperate fog light (jap) on the back or one fog and one reverse within the clusters (spanish)

Chassis number starts JSE= Jap Vse= Spanish.

:doublethumbs:

Re: My sj

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 1:49 am
by Shaun
Chassis starts JSA. It's only so I know what body parts to order then I start to rebuild my little baby.

Re: My sj

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:41 am
by ROBBIE
jsa= jap i do belive

Re: My sj

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:19 am
by ScottieJ
Sorry my mistake yes that should be jsa for jap and vse for Spanish :oops:

Re: My sj

Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 10:26 am
by twiss
Just my 2p... you can always tell if it's a samurai by looking at the chassis at the front.

In this pic you can see where the bumper (the bit with the hole in it) goes into the chassis leg
You can see that the shackle mount is off to the side of the chassis leg. This is how they widened the 413 to make it a samurai

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So, in a Samurai the shackle mount is off to the side of the chassis legs, and in a 413/410 the shackles are directly underneath the chassis legs

You can see it in this pic as well

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On Scott's 410/413 chassis you can see that the shackles are mounted directly under the chassis legs

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