Vehicle Owner

Member ID: SuthnGrrl

Location: Austin, TX

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1997 Suzuki Sidekick

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  • 1/4 Mile0 sec @ -1 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed-1mph
  • HP-1
  • Weight-1lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


More pics to come soon! Need to get some of my new deck, amp storage, as well as new headlights and new tint to the front.

I am still in the process of looking for some rims, know of any that would look tight at a good price? Not into the "bigger the better" mentality. Actually thinking about down-grading the stock rims to 15's.

Also, considering adding air ride, but for now would rather spend the money on some wheels.

I want to give a shot out to my uncle Mr. Walter "Loco" Torres for use of his wiring skills and tools in ALOT of these projects. He really helped to speed things up. Hey Loco, when are you gonna add my other truck on here man?

Thanks!

SO, this is my project.... here she is! If you click on the pictures you will see I added notes on the pictures themselves, but the font is too small to see w/o viewing the pic full size.

SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


Got this alarm just for the blue LED alarm remote to go with the blue neon theme. (Keyless

Entry/Remote start alarm by AlphaGuard.)

Loco, when are you gonna fix my wires so my remote start will work too?!?!?

SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


This picture shows the foglights I added. I couldnt find any that emitted a blue light, but these do have a blue glass front (seen in daylight) that emitts a very bright white light. I recently switched headlights, and they DO have have a blue tint. (will update soon)

SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


This shows how I chromed the factory grille. I actually just used paint remover on it and the base was a chrome finish. This was a way easier way to get the end result I wanted.

I just suggest trying it on the backside of the grille before attempting the front. Dont be alarmed if you have a haze over the grill, just polish w/ wax and it will shine in no time.
This pic also shows the aftermarket bra put on from covercraft.

SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


Who doesnt have these? These hoodlights were purchased at Walmart and were a nice touch for the outside of the car. I run these off of a toggle that controls my outside underbody neon as well. (a seperate switch controls the inside neons)

Hint:Dont leave men alone to drill a hole in your hood, these are a little off as far as being centered, that is because I let my cousins boyfriend participate by drilling one of the 2 holes.

SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


The next 2 pictures show the neon underside lit up. Two 24" tubes in the front and back and two 36" tubes on the sides. Walter and I installed these together. We had to be a little creative in the placing of these. I might suggest the smaller front and back tubes to someone else. All turned out great though, and I heard from a local officer that these are actually legal in TX as long as you cannot see the bulb itself as you drive down the road. Thanks to the great job we did, mine is legal in that respect.

SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


If you are going to change to colored bulbs, might as well do as many as you can.
You can see here I changed the license plate display lights to blue. We will see how long it takes for this to cause me to get pulled over.

SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


big deal - steering wheel cover

SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


5 panel rearview mirror, I love this thing (everyone else hates it), it was one of my first mods.

SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


These are the toggle switches that were added for the neons. Click picture to enlarge.

SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


I put the mp3 deck remote up with velcro so that it would be easily accesible to backseat passengers as well as allowing me to be able to find it when I need to!

SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


The next few pictures you will see are the custom door speakers we put in. Notice the neon around the tweets.

SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


I have since changed this one neon underseat light you see in these next 2 pics. I now have a total of FOUR floor lights, one under each seat. I prefer this neon over all others. Dont
care much for the sub neons, but these are cool, the light up the entire floorboard without reflecting up towards the driver!

SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


As you can imagine, my custom box robbed me of any trunk area, so I was forced to be creative and add a storage bag that I bolted to the door panel of the back door. Definately serves
its purpose though!

SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


This pic shows the custom box enclosure (that we rebuilt 3 freakin times!) Also the custom 6 1/2s added to the wall of the trunk. Thanks 2 Walter for deciding that we could just shred, twist, tear and break any metal in our way to get them in!

SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


The back - lit up.

SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


My 12" Sony Xplod subs - They seriously knock.
(like two midgets in the back seat wrastlin')

SuthnGrrl's 1997 Suzuki Sidekick


The tube on the back door has been replaced w/ one that matches. This one has moved on to a friends vehicle.

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jsssss07  

Posted by: jsssss07

01/05/2008 08:42PM

love the kick.. looks tight specially all that blue... looks real good

taylin_s  

Posted by: taylin_s

06/22/2006 09:42PM

sweet kick keep it coming check out my rides when you get a chance

baseballstr31  

Posted by: baseballstr31

09/12/2004 12:46PM

Looks good. I love blue, especially around the subs, and I don't think the tweeters are too much. You picked a theme and stuck with it, and it looks good.

VanduraPride  

Posted by: VanduraPride

02/08/2004 01:24AM

Damn you got a lot of neons on that ride. It looks pretty good but the neons on the tweets and subs are a bit much. You should get a brighter under seat neon and a good in dash neon. And change that licence plate bulb back to a legal color.

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Member ID: SuthnGrrl

Location: Austin, TX