Low Range Off-Road Information

It seems like my family has been involved with off road motor sports in one way or another for as long as I can remember. Weve always had dirt bikes or four-wheelers for riding in all the great areas we have here near our home in northern Utah. Sure, we spent a lot of time visiting the beautiful red rock areas in Southern Utah, but never really did any slick-rock other than hiking and boating around the Lake Powell area. We have a close family friend who took a trip to Moab, did a couple of trails in a Jeep, and could not stop talking about how much fun this new (to us) form of offroading was. Give us a break I told Don, it cant be that much fun! Eventually he talked my Dad into buying something to join him in his new found passion. In an effort to not spend a lot of money he settled on looking for a Samurai for sale in the local nickle paper. What he found was a completely stock Sammy that an older gentleman had put together out of 3 different colored Samurais. Before he got to enjoy his finished creation he sadly passed away and his family decided to sell it off. One look at this cute little John Deer Yellow conception, a deal was struck and we took it home. He front inner fenders were blue, the inside of the doors were red, and the drive-train was from yet another samurai. It was a Frankenstein but the new Yellow paint outside looked great! One trip to Moab, a couple of beautiful trails later, and we were all hooked. Turns out Don was right all along, it was that much fun! The problem was that 'Tweety' was basically bone stock and needed some upgrades if it was going to do some of the many more difficult trails in the Moab area. 'Tweety' is what we called the Samurai because when we bought it, it had Tweety floor mats, spare tire cover, mudflaps, key chain, and even a Tweety shaped air freshener hanging from the rear view mirror. A few months went by and after some research, an aftermarket Suzuki parts supplier was found on the Internet. It was a local business that was only about 25 miles away. Little did ...