Suzuki Club UK

hi guys .
just a little qeustion . would it b possible to put a solid axle on the front of my vitara and if so what types of axle fit?
THANKS

It's known as SAS Solid Axle Swap, it is a common mod over in the USA, however you need to be a competent fabricator and welder to do it properly and also you should legally have a £450 IVA test done by VOSA

It has been done over here a couple of times though hasn't it? generally a sammy front axle is used, and then a sammy rear diff is used in the vit back axle to keep the ratios the same although you could put a vit rear diff into the sammy front. But sammy diffs are stronger as they have 4 pin construction rather than the 2 pin of the vit.. even though the vit has a lower ring & pinion ratio, if your competant you can use the 4 pin constructed diff with the vit ring and pin, Thats right isn't it scott?

Ill think ill have to pass on that idea i think. Thanks guys

Yeah it has been done a few times using a samurai axle.

You got the diffs a bit mixed up though, the vit rear axle has a large diff that will not fit a sammy axle and vice versa.

But the front vit diff does fit in samurai axles so would need to swap that into the front to get the ratios to match.

Something like that! I was trying to remember it off the top of my head!

i have plans to do the sas on my vit sometime in the near future i have the sammy axel & some jimny rear arms ready the only part of this conversion i don't like is having to fit big wheel spacers

Hey mate i ave seen the pictures of u r vit conversion on the back end.
Just wondering was it very difficult because been thinking of doin a conversion but make it like a pick up.
CHEERS

you meen something like this one that i did a few years ago





its not a 5 min job but as long as you can weld its not realy that difficult

i was going to do the 1 im doing now something like this again but i did not see the point of the extra work making the back part just to fill it with the fuel tank & rear winch

That is smart. I like that alot.
Think im gonna do that now i have seen picture of one now.
Thanks mate