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02-21-2009, 07:32 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NE Ohio
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OD green looks much better... I'm all for this hobby, but Ben is right... Talking truck?  |
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02-21-2009, 07:38 PM
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| Sinking with the ship   Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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Updated pics!     Body is almost done... Needs door handles and emblems and some other stuff...I also ran short on the rear window weather stripping so I have to contact Stefan on that. Chassis is also rolling.   I used some bars from a high lift kit and spacers from Fast Eddy's to get the chassis spaced correctly. The ones on the trans are leaf spring eyelet bushings  I ran into an issue with not being able to get the WB long enough so I cut the lower bottoms off the stock chassis and its now good to go.   Truck definitely needs wideners so I swapped the wheel set up off the sammy for a test fit Mucho betterer       |
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02-21-2009, 07:50 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Calgary
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I have to say i didnt care for the look of the tire tucked in the wheel wells so much. I'm glad you swapped tires and rims, it looks much better with the wider track width.  |
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02-21-2009, 07:56 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tennessee
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mike that is sick, wider stance for sure... good job on the build |
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02-21-2009, 08:20 PM
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| Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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 BTW, since the sammy didnt have the wideners on it, I thought I would see how it looked without them.  I think the black ones look sweet but then I tried on some of the white ones I borrowed from eddievedder   Think I should still stick with wideners on this thing? or should I roll out with out them? Thanks for looking Mike | ||
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02-21-2009, 08:27 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NE Ohio
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Dude... you just accidentally made both those trucks look better... Wheel and tire swap.. (you might not need wideners on the sami) |
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02-21-2009, 08:27 PM
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| 20K Club  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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I say leave the wideners off the Sammy, looks great narrow. Quote:
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02-21-2009, 08:49 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tennessee
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white wheels and no wideners
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02-21-2009, 09:17 PM
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02-21-2009, 09:18 PM
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02-21-2009, 09:47 PM
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| WOOPOOW!! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Atlanta, GA
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Dang Mike, that jeep is awesome!
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02-21-2009, 09:55 PM
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| Built, not bought   Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Gresham
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The wheel swap definitely makes them both look better. Keep them that way with no wideners. Pat |
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02-21-2009, 10:52 PM
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02-22-2009, 04:38 AM
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| RCC Addict   Join Date: May 2005 Location: the land of the midnight sun
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Looks awesome Mike, What kind of wideners are you using? I need a set on my XJ. |
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02-22-2009, 08:48 AM
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02-22-2009, 09:08 AM
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I say keep it narrow it, looks beautiful. Quote:
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02-22-2009, 09:20 AM
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02-22-2009, 10:00 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: CALI "209"
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i see you extended your wheel base what did you get it to? and do you think 10" wheel base is possible with your method?
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02-22-2009, 11:57 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Long Island-Land of one batch of rocks in Sag Harbor and at least one fellow crawler
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I say PERFECT!!! Wideners on XJ, White Wagons on Sammy no wideners. BTW I saw your post on scale in the BST section and in the back ground there is a hint of sammy with white wagons, then got your pm and I knew before you posted this where you were going, being the detective that I am;) Great work dude! You got pm too |
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02-23-2009, 10:25 PM
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| Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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Its a full roller now I miscalculated the WB and had to shorten up the rear once I got the body mounted...didnt need my very custom extensions after all Body mounts are made from aluminum L channel, nothing special, will spray them black to hide them some and I plan to make floor boards and wheel wells to try to hide things better.Here are some pics, I like the ride height, and the prowlers are staying...mocked up mud thrashers and they are to big.     Tire tuck is where its at   Its already torn back apart, the 3 link in the rear was pissing me off so out came some traxxas links and drilled the top axle plate for a tlt suspension stay and I am solving that issue now. Rear drive shaft is good to go, front needs lengthing and I am adding the internal rear springs now... Back to work, want to get it rolling again before bed. Thanks for looking -Mike Last edited by 1BadJeepBruiser; 02-23-2009 at 10:28 PM. |
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