Although it is sad to see a Samurai get cut, it does make mine more valuable. Would never put a curse on you for that!

I am in process of doing 2x6 rockers on my XJ. For the jeep I cut the rocker so the 2x6 butts up against the bottom of the vertical section the weather stripping attaches to. I had to cut the bottom of the doors, but didn't have to mess with the weather stripping.

Love your video, love your channel👍👍👍👍

Thanks for showing the details on the rockers. I think you saved me $300. I was just about to get the CALMINI rocker panel skids. Now I may design and build something custom.

You should look into getting a Rock Block if you're looking to get lower gear ratio, it goes in-between the transmission and transfer case and will cut your gear ratio in half but you can still keep your stock gear ratio for driving on the road. They're getting hard to find but I think some enthusiasts are fabricating them and selling them

Man I have loved your Sami build. Yours inspired me to buy mine and after watching you build yours I knew what direction I wanted my rig to go in. Your tips helped me avoid certain mods while I was looking for one to buy. Lucked out and a great one. If you are ever in Oklahoma please holler , especially if you’re coming to go wheeling.

Love to see more of the sami build would like to see what all ur goin to do with it love ur vids jeep up the good work

Happy to see you getting to this project. Its been in the works for a bit now. Good luck with all the things you have in the works.

Do a half leaf springs on the back making a quarter elipcal suspension it will still ride good but flex like crazy I had it on my jeep YJ with one tons and 44 tsl

Love what ur doin giving me ideas to do with a sami when I get one keep up the good work n videos

Put a crawl box or a t case doubler set up on it for more reduction

The guys in Alaska that are running 44” ags are running Toyota transmissions with Toyota axles and twin transfer cases. Most have some sort of little TDI engine but came from the 1.6L 16v

For some reference, I've ran heavy E rated 37s with 17" steel wheels, stock tranny, 6.5 T-case on 4:56 Toyota axles. 14" 2.5 coil overs. Ran it with a 1.6 L 16V and did good for crawling and decent for highway. Was able to cruise at 60 mph. I'd recommend the 1.6 but with higher axle gears than I had just to take the load off the T case, 5.29+ gears more so for crawling, that engine had more than enough power for trails and hill climbs. Stock engine I think may have enough to crawl but will struggle on hill climbs and highway. Honestly I think the Sami drive train is happier with a light setup so only plate what you need Like just the front frame rails right in front of the body mounts and by the gears box. and mind the weight of accessories and cage makes a big difference. Rears frames rails are fine unless you have crazy rust or something . I use to jump and race mine and never had issues in the rear frames on the front. Also extending it will definitely make it more capable somewhere around 7.5' to ideally 8 foot wheel base is the sweet spot for these in my opinion. I'm on Sami build #2 and am going back opposite way all Sami this time on UTV 35's on RVC axles. Super narrow low and light with limited capabilities just for the fun factor.

Looking forward to seeing it on the rubicon! If you need any custom cnc plasma cut parts hit me up.

I can give you one nugget of advice on this whole thing that really will make your life easier if you follow it. build a whole new frame from scratch. I'm serious. by the time you get done stripping the goo off of it, cleaning it, , trimming crap off, cutting plates, welding them on, shaving brackets, all that crap, you're much better off just buying a couple pieces of 2x4" .120 wall tube and starting fresh. Been there, done that. just steal the body mounts and other random crap off of the original frame so you don't have to fab it, but even then a dimple die and a drill press can duplicate them anyway it makes all the little details soooo much easier and is no more work than starting with a stock frame. the stock frame is so thin that Suzuki even avoided putting holes in it and used gusset plates where they did put holes. just starting over you avoid the problems with having to plate it, you don't have to remove factory features, you can put the rails wherever they are convenient, you can lengthen it, whatever. its the one thing I wish i had done with my build, it would have saved soooo much time.

I purchased new factory leafs on my 86 samurai can't wait to wheel it I locked front n rear havnt tested it out yet waiting on leafs to arrive 😀

BC Canada here! Just bought my samurai, I have 0 experience building offroad rigs and your videos have been so helpful... Wondering what your thoughts are on airbag suspension? Last owner installed this setup front and rear and I'm not sure if I should leave it or try what you did with the rear-to-front springs and flipping those shackles around for extra flex/lift... or maybe I could do both? Not a ton of samurai enthusiasts in my area to ask and I don't see much info online on the topic. Thanks in advance!

what size tire and what suspension set up d you have ? I wan to make things right from the start. would like a bolt on kit spoa kit with extended shocks from rocky road. But I've seen you've done it all . If what you recommend is a welded kit. then ill consider it..I want to run 31 or 32. I like to know I have crazy flex, but to be honest I don't crawl as much as you do. I want something that does not look completely ridiculous with 31/32. I don't want a huge huge lift.

This does hurt my feelings 😆 Is Frankies build going to be on your YT channel?

Would be cool to see total weight before and after :)

How long do you plan on stretching it?

Send me the trashy rock sliders 🤣🫶🏻

what axles do you have?

Looking to sell your old rock sliders?