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yoyoreg

Joined: Mon Apr 18, 2016 9:02 pm
Posts: 12
Vehicle: Suzuki Vitara

Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 11:12 pm

So was looking through the ol' interweb and have seen some pics of lwb soft tops... Are they personally engineered/customised or were some rolled out stock like that? Curious because I am currently looking to buy a soft top but am thinking the extra room would be pretty sweet. Does anyone have one that can spread some light on whether they are a good purchase compared to a swb, pros and cons etc?
Thanks for your time everyone.

bumstein

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Joined: Sat Oct 06, 2012 5:49 pm
Posts: 1975
Vehicle: Sierras!! SWB and LWB

Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 11:54 pm

The LWB did come with a 'deck top' which is like a high top softy.. I've got all the bar work for it but no decktop and never seen one. Someone else can clarify.

Yes there are custom jobs, usually Bulldog trimming can knock up a softy for your LWB,

Here's a pic of one of their products

Shitty looking paint but the soft top is good and you get the idea

fordem

Joined: Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:30 pm
Posts: 2656
Location: Georgetown, Guyana
Vehicle: JB420, APK416, A6G415, A6N415

Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 12:17 pm

Maruti offered the Gypsy in a LWB soft top.

BCzuk

Joined: Sat Jan 23, 2016 5:23 am
Posts: 9
Location: I live on the west coast of Canada
Vehicle: 1985 lwb Samurai TDI swapped

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 3:08 am

I've been looking for one as well and currently have someone in India and another in Pakistan gathering what's available. The Bulldog top is probably the nicest one I have found but for me the cost plus shipping to Canada is more than I can spend at the moment.

I will post up if I find something

alien

Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:30 pm
Posts: 16343
Location: Perth
Vehicle: '92 Sierra, 1.6efi, SPOA, 31s.

Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 12:04 pm

If you're able to leave your car with someone a few weeks, there should be an auto upholsterer in your city that can make you one.

yoyoreg

Joined: Mon Apr 18, 2016 9:02 pm
Posts: 12
Vehicle: Suzuki Vitara

Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 2:02 pm

Thanks for the replies...does anyone know if there are benefits off road to them? Is itjyst the extra room in back? Just looking to see if even worth doing all this or to just buy the swb softy.

Gwagensteve

Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:30 pm
Posts: 13001
Location: Melbourne

Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 2:25 pm

The climb better and suffer from less weight transfer. More weight can be borne within the wheelbase. I've stretched my own LWB a further 7" for these reasons.

alien

Joined: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:30 pm
Posts: 16343
Location: Perth
Vehicle: '92 Sierra, 1.6efi, SPOA, 31s.

Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 2:41 pm

The only downside they have over a SWB is ramp over angle, and even then it's still better than most other 4WDs.

shep

Joined: Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:30 pm
Posts: 14499
Location: Here there everywhere
Vehicle: A manly awesome man jimny

Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 3:27 pm

Lwb are a lot better on road as well. Not as choppy as a Swb over bumps, think I need another lwb.

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BlueSuzy

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Joined: Sun May 04, 2008 11:30 pm
Posts: 9715
Location: NSW
Vehicle: SJ51 LWB, SJ70 SWB

Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 5:10 am

LWB vs Jim is only 100ish mm longer. Easier to stretch further though.

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got_bar_work

Joined: Sat May 15, 2010 8:30 pm
Posts: 2214
Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: SQ625

Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 6:50 am

They should have made a lwb jimny

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