Sad Subaru Sambar now sounds SPICY and looks spectacular!
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- Опубликовано: 24 янв 2023
- Alliteration aside, the Sambar truck is done and it turned out amazing, considering how it arrived stateside. I'll get more rolling clips soon.
Shoutout to my buddy Serge for hooking us up with the GoPro, we're constantly trying to get better at this content thing.
Thanks to the OG's for sticking around while we were kind of stagnant.
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I ordered a Subaru Sambar 1998 from Japan which will arrive in August. I am so excited I can’t wait. I love what you have done with yours. I just subscribed to you. Thanks for posting this.
This truck is actually a dream wow
Great work! Thanks for sharing how you did all that amazing work.
You have done a wonderful job on the Sambar! Love the exhaust!!
Just a little FYI- white plastic parts do not hold up well in outdoor applications such as your bumpers you printed. UV and ozone embrittles the plastic. The carbo black in black plastics usually serves as the UV inhibitor. You maybe able to buy UV/ozone resistant feeds for your 3D printer. I have really enjoyed your videos. Great content!!
Ooh, thanks for the tip!
"I'll give it to you for a reasonable price...maybe" 😂😂
Love the video and your mini truck. Your fabrication skills are amazing.
Appreciate it, thanks for watching!
Thank you for making this.
6:00 " I'll give it you you for a reasonable price... maybe" LMFAO I love it, great job with the printed clips and very nice looking truck!
hehe, thanks!
Sweet. Cool truck, nice work. 👍
After some research I’m leaning on getting a Subaru Sambar now. Wanted the Honda but enough people have said the Subaru has the most space inside and it’s easier to work on the rear engine vs sitting on it.
Such a clean looking truck. Love it!
Thanks 👍
It's worth mentioning that none of these trucks were built with battery covers. All over the world that batteries were exposed for quick access.
Your cover does look great though. :)
Maybe they were a factory option because I came across Subaru part # 651009480 in my search but wanted to try my hand at making my own anyways.
I built a battery cover out of 1/4" thick black ABS/PVC blend plastic sheet. Cut it like plywood cabinet parts on a table saw using a very sharp 10" x 60 tooth, triple chip blade. Do additional notching and nibbling on a bandsaw. Assemble with Weldon 2007 solvent bonding solution using a rabbet joint system using standard wood cabinet making strategies for assembly design. The solvent melts all the parts into one unbreakable unit. It is basically a 5 sided box with some internal spacers and a few notches to clear a few things. Put a 1/8" radius on all the edges possible with a trim router and debur all the others with a cabinet scraper. It pushes straight in and covers top, bottom, sides and outer face, looking like a simple black box. I put the plastic haircell face out so no finishing is required. It is held in place by one bolt that engages with a threaded hard point already present on the lower mid right side of the battery housing. The battery still gets covered in dirt from our local dirt roads and winter slush. Salt and ice makes its way in there too. How can it not? The cover does improve appearance and discourages tampering. I keep a little 12 mm wrench in the compartment under the passenger seat to work the bolt. Believe me, 1/4" thick ABS/PVC blend plastic is tough as hell and UV resistant too.
Beautiful work 🏍️🇨🇦
Great work, good thing that nest didn't catch fire!
yea, coulda been bad
Like your truck. Great job and awesome wheel/tire selection. Nice raspy exhaust. Has to handle a lot better.
Thanks! Yea its really planted now.
Like what you have done! Interested in the 3D printed bumper pieces if yer making them and selling them.
Like the content as well.
Thanks! I haven't been printing them, but if theres a demand I guess I'll order some filament and print some up. I'll post an update when I do.
Thanks man!@@GreeceMonkeyz
Looks good , you add tiny strip on the main window to help with sun glare , also add sound deadening to the car help the ears when driving 😂
Good ideas, I did those for my other kei truck, however I just sold this one.
Damn bro nice job 💯
Thanks!
Love it
Late to the party, but man... the truck looks great!
Thanks 👍
Grasias
Hey man, do you have a link to that dent removal kit you referenced in this video? Thanks! GREAT job on the bumper mounts too. Printing them now
Of course bro.
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Looks great 12:35 12:36
Are you guys in Milford, CT? I live off of New Haven Ave. I'm looking to buy a Kei truck soon.
change the differential oils in the front and back and the transmission oil.
what tires and rims are you using? did you have to trim anything to prevent rubbing?
Thanks!
Thank you! I'm happy to help
RustOleum makes a good and inexpensive black Bumper & Trim spray paint that adheres well to metal or plastics. For more upscale automotive rattle can restorations, there's SEM Color Coat. "Color Coat is a specialty elastomeric coating formulated to restore or change the color of most vinyl surfaces, flexible and rigid plastics, carpet and velour. Color Coat is not a dye, but a fade resistant flexible and permanent coating."
My Hijet has a couple of little dings but I'll forgo the dent puller and cut straight to a Bondo repair to restore the proper shape before I proceed to "paint" the entire truck with Monstliner polyurethane bed liner, which can hide a lot of minor defects.
My truck didn't have any chains to support the tailgate or bed sides. I'm trying to decide if I'll keep it that way, or if I'll make my own version from stainless mounts and heavy duty UV resistant synthetic rope. I generally don't mind dropping the tailgate or sides completely, but having another foot of support from the tailgate would be good for transporting drywall. I can't wait to strap in the 17 foot long lake canoe. It looked goofy hilarious sticking 11 feet out the back of my Tacoma. It should be outrageously funny in the tiny Hijet.
5:45 - My Hijet is missing a cap on the bed side rail. I was planning on pulling the other one, drawing it in FreeCAD and 3D printing replacements using black TPU filament, or I may use the harder UV cured polyurethane resin in my MSLA 3D printer for injection molded quality. Did you upload your STL file to Thingiverse so other Sambar owners can print their own parts?
Your Raptor bed liner looks great. I plan on rolling the Monstaliner bed liner, inside and out. It doesn't have any chopped rubber. A Schott gun can produce a good texture but a coarse roller does a great job, assuming the rollers are changed often enough not to flake off into the finish, and I save a lot of time by doing much less masking. I can also roll the finish outside without concern for accidentally painting my neighbor's cars.
Kudos on that snap-on stainless battery cover! Fabricating it from a heavy duty steam tray is genius. I just upgraded the Hijet battery to the largest battery that fits, a 35N, and I'm currently fabricating a battery cover. I have an 8"X12" sheet of aluminum I was going to use but I changed the design to use a sheet of black textured marine nylon. It'll screw on with four screws into side brackets I'm fabricating to make battery theft a bit more troublesome (I park on the street) but the top edge of the cover is scalloped downward to allow access for jumper cables.
Congratulations on a gorgeous Sambar restoration. It looks great! Thanks again for sharing.
Thanks! Sounds like you got some good plans for your truck too. I forgot about the stl files, I just uploaded them www.thingiverse.com/thing:5828444
@@GreeceMonkeyz - Thanks for the STL file. It's apparently being vetted as not-a-gun-part on Thingiverse. No doubt it'll be available for the public to see soon. I'm wrapping up some resin printed Hijet door lock knobs that I'll be posting to Thingiverse, and other future mini truck items as well.
@@Liberty4Ever They must have decided it was a gun, the link is now 404
Where can we get aftermarket stuff for Sambar's? So many mods available for Acty's but very thin for Sambar's
Honestly, I don't know. I tend to make my own stuff if I can't find it. You can try amazon.jp
Gloomy, overcast... New England? I am looking at Sambars but I cant get a straight answer if they're legal in my state [VT]. Don;t even know if I can fit in one either! LOL
Yup! I'm not sure about legality, but Sambar is your best bet for leg room in my opinion.
Does it back fire when you let off? Thank for sharing 😊
It sure does. I recorded it at night and it shoots flames about 2 inches long lol
Nice job dude. Teally line the plasti dip bumper and DIY bedliner. A definite woll do myself👍
Thanks 👍
Exhaust sounds great, care to share the link on where to buy it?
Unfortunately I have no idea what brand nor what vehicle it was intended for. It came from Japan like that and I just reused the muffler. It was definitely a motorcycle slip on though.
Okay which one rides better the HiJet or Sambar? Acceleration, pick up etc, etc
I may be a little biased because it was my first truck, but the Hijet feels better overall. I feel like 3 cylinders vs 4 gets you a little more torque. Hijet feels more stable on the highway if you're crazy like me, I've taken both up to 65 mph, the subaru gets a little more sketchy at speed. Sambar has more legroom though.
THIS IS PERFECT. Was wanting to ask, never painted a car just vinyl work, do you not need to sand before painting or is there some exeptions with certain vehicles such as a Kei Truck? Guessing it has to do with the clear coat?
I've painted a kei truck in and out, but I'm still no expert. Definitely do your research. You want a good mechanical bond, so sanding is ideal. Scuffing pad at bare minimum. These kei trucks seem to be painted with single stage paint, so no clear, just a thick ol layer of glossy white.
@GreeceMonkeyz much appreciated I watched your series when you built the red kei Truck and was very impressed. 10/10 best walk through Kei Truck build. Was mind blown you fit a well sized sub in and without making it look janky.
Thanks! 6.5" sub is probably too small to most people but it fills that tiny cab with lows nicely.
Yo any updates on that egg? What is it?
Unfortunately we'll never know, it didn't hatch. A month at sea probably did it in. I'm gonna tell people it was a pidgey though.
Would like to buy some of the bumper clips...replacing mine and know I will need some if you are still selling.
I've still got the files to print out some more, send me an email at thegreecemonkeyz@gmail.com
Very nice .
What paint did you use on the front bumper ?
Glossy Plasti Dip, stays flexible since its on a plastic bumper and always have the option to peel it off later.
Thank you , I will do that also .
Beautiful work buddy, I wish the kei truck prices was back to normal, these stupid people who import them here in the USA are asking too much money for these awesome vehicles.
Thanks 👍
I love Toyota's simplicity, and durability!
What wheel and tirecset up did you use???
half inch spacers, 16x7 +35 wheels wrapped in 195/45R16 Federal 595 tires. No lift, no mud flaps, no rubbing.
What white paint did you use? :)
I used two different white automotive touch up cans in alternating coats to get a closer color match. I think they were arctic white and stone white. 30 years of sun fade is not easy to match.
Verrry spicy. What wheel size and tire size?
They were 16x7 +35 wrapped in 195/45R16 tires. With 15mm spacers and I think removed mudflaps, they dont rub.
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Would love some of the 3D printed bumper clips. Do you have a business email I can contact you at?
I have been meaning to repair my 3d printer so I can offer these clips to everyone asking. I'm working on it, keep an eye out, I will post a vid/short when I get to making them.
Hey what size tires are you using? Are these honda civic rims? Thanks
They're 16x7 4x100 so yea they probably fit a lot of civics. 195/45r16 tires. It rubs the mud flaps at just the right angle and over a bump like pulling into a driveway.
@@GreeceMonkeyz I'm having some issues with my 1999 Asia Towner (daihatsu hijet) when I'm doing 100 kmh on the dashboard it shows 45 mph on the GPS. The tires recommended for this truck are 155-80r12. I want to know if 13 or 14 would fix my problem? 🤔
@Erinson Duran Sounds like at some point someone used the wrong size gear on the speedometer cable going into the transmission. Taller overall tire will get your displayed and actual speed closer, but not by that much, maybe 5%, at the cost of acceleration though.
@@GreeceMonkeyz so my rpm will go higher or lower? The speedometer cable is the original that came with the truck
@@erinsonduran6663 your rpm will be lower at any given speed compared to right now
It's sold, huh?
Yup, went to a good home
Nice old Sambar. I have a 2001. It was worked hard before I got it. It received some attention from the importer before I bought it in 2009.
Your muffler sounds as if it was removed, definitely not stock. What did you select or design? Pictures in another post, please. Yours sounds very sporty to noisy. My 2001 is much quieter, but all the heat shields have disintegrated. I remade the shield over the muffler using SS rivets and galvanized steel sheet. I had a new aftermarket catalytic converter welded into the exhaust system recently. There went more crumbling heat shields. The original O2 sensor was still useable! My replacement muffler is several years old now. It was very expensive. Shipment took 4 months due to the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and ensuing Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Nice wheels and tire selection. 14" wheels look good and the all season tires appear aggressive enough for some light off road work, but smooth riding for city and highway driving.
Subscribed and a thumb up. Thanks.
Thanks! The exhaust is essentially straight piped into a motorcycle muffler. You can see how I did it about half way into the previous restoration video of this truck. It came from Japan like that, except poorly done...you'll see.
Wish I could get a Kei truck, but I live in Ohio.
Ohio won't register it?
@@TNRonin
Nope, Ohio revised code 4519.401.
Sucks, i really want one.
Wheel specs?
16x7 +35 wrapped in 195/45R16 Federal 595 Also half inch spacers otherwise there's only 1mm space to the front springs hehe
@@GreeceMonkeyz hello GM great videos of all your projects but I'm a Sambarian & I just ordered mine from Japan & as I watch all of the videos I can on the vehicle your ingenuity is MacGuverish. Us average joes can't weld like that & create wicked sound from the muffler.
Can you talk more about the tires, did you raise it, if so what kit. I can't find a reasonably priced one nor have I seen any Sambar get raised on the Tube. How toos. There is one guy with a whole body lift with some rubber, not sure if that's for me. Also would coil over be a better choice & will the coil overs raise the truck 2 " any recommendations on what fits the Sambar. I'm think of 15"/6.5/35os with 185/65/15 will something like that work without lifting? Spacers, you said you used spacers but I see the factory studs are short, did you have to install longer bolts? So many questions thank you for the inspiration.
@Timotaneous The half inch spacers have their own studs set into them, thats why at 10:30 into the video you see me cutting the original studs shorter so they don't stick out past the spacer and hit the back of the wheel.
I can't really weigh in on lift kits yet as I haven't used any. This truck is stock suspension. Just had to trim the mud flaps back. You don't want to exceed a 2" lift because it will anger the drive shaft u-joint angles.
To figure out your wheel fitment you'll want to use willtheyfit.com and plug in your numbers. Keep your overall tire diameter under about 560mm and it shouldn't rub, but don't quote me on that. Measure your wheel well to get a better idea.
The Sambar is actually a full chassis, unlike other Kei trucks. You can do a body lift very easily and not worry too much about changing the suspension. The hardest thing about the whole lift is extending the steering shaft.....which isn't that difficult.
tint the windows
Ooh you're right, I've been meaning to learn how to do that.
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3:10 I don’t understand
It's a manually operated fresh air vent conveniently located to cool your nether regions lol
@@GreeceMonkeyz OEM? Or aftermarket lmao sorry I had to ask because I couldn’t tell if you were being sarcastic
@randomuser23277 heh. I don't know if its oem, I got it on the truck like that from Japan, didn't check if it had a subaru part number on it and I've since sold it.
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Sounds a bit lean....
I have no accurate way to check, but it smells good to me lol
Any chance you’d sell the files for the bumper clips? I’ve got millions of kgs of filament so I can’t rationalize buying a print
I'll do you one better and upload them for free. www.thingiverse.com/thing:5828444
Thanks for checking out my channel.
@@GreeceMonkeyz This link is not working for me, do you have an updated link? Thanks! :)
@@loganholmes www.thingiverse.com/thing:5828444
Fucking amazing
The Sambar has more leg room, rides better and runs smoother. Still, i don't trust that engine.
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