engineerjoe's X-Trail YJ

[engineerjoe]

Originally Posted by O.C.D.

Bahhhhh.

Built too quickly - needs to sit on the bench for a year!

Looking good Joe.

Thanks Jon, it's about the driving for me so this will only sit on a bench when I break it. You need to get off your @$$ and finish yours

Originally Posted by BLAZEFIGHTER

Looking good! I like the white Sahara look, I think a dark turquoise with a black top would also look good. You see, I saw this YJ today (sitting in my garage) and thought " that color combo would look damn good on Joe's Tamiya body. Just kidding keep up the good work. I call dibbs if now if you decide to sell it.

i won't be selling this one for a while and by then it'll be beat to hell.

Originally Posted by BigSki

it looks good! your x-trial chassis looks much more function than the trail-finder chassis.

thanks, I wanted this to look as realistic as possible while still being very capable, I think the X trail does that.

[GATOROC]

Looking very nice so far Joe! I'm still a little partial to the dark forest green with black top though...

[cato]

Ok Joe, Don't over "engineer" itmrgreen: Looking great...can't wait to see it

[engineerjoe]

Originally Posted by cato

Ok Joe, Don't over "engineer" itmrgreen: Looking great...can't wait to see it

It's already past the point of over-engineering. I hit that when I mounted the steering servo with screws rather than hot glue

No progress last night, I got sidetracked with a supermoto ride and some rum-and-cokes with the GF.

[engineerjoe]

First off let me say that on all my rigs, flexibility is a key to saving money. I swap Rx's between all my vehicles and even swap ESC's. This makes the electronics and wires look like an afterthought

I made a body mount out of some 2" wide AL. bent it up and put some velcro on it. the body is held centered by the frame rails hitting some styrene slides I put in the body. When I get the winch servo it will mount off this as well.



The velcro is strong enough to hold up the whole rig.






So I plugged everything in and took it for a spin on the backyard track:









Overall I'm very impressed with the crawling ability with no weight in the wheels and very little flex.

Next week is body mods, paint and winch placement.

[justinart24]

Looking good!

[happyelk]

Even without paint it´s looking good!

Will you change the rims or is this the final version?

[engineerjoe]

finally got this on the rocks.








Still needs the finishing touches (bumpers, touchup paint, highlift, spare tire, wheel weights, foam tuning, brake lights, etc)

[bigdodge88]

It turned out very nice Joe.

[RPMJ]

It looks great Joe!

[engineerjoe]

I havent updated in a while.
I put some Little Harry's on it to see how a little more weight would do till my 1.55's got here

Here's some pics:



Then I cut down some blue rovers just so see how they looked





And here's how it sits since last night with the 1.55 rock stompers and stamped 1.55 wheels







Next on the list is some metal sliders, and some metal low profile bumpers

[2brokefor1:1]

lookin good so far....throw some flat black paint on those fenders

[neoakaj]

Let me know what night to come over and make the sliders and whatnow

[KevMc]

Nice X-trail. Makes me want to do leafs on mine

[neoakaj]

Next up is to give me your 1.55s

[lowslowTJ]

Nice. It looks great. I cant wait to get mine finished and driving!

[engineerjoe]

Originally Posted by 2brokefor1:1

lookin good so far....throw some flat black paint on those fenders

I think I'll stick to the white for now. They show scratches less

Originally Posted by lowslowTJ

Nice. It looks great. I cant wait to get mine finished and driving!

it's a blast, this thing is always on 3 tires.

I've been impressed with the grip so far, but the little nuts that RC4WD gives you keep coming loose. I've lost 1 drive pin already. I'm gonna come up with something else.

Here's a few pics of the new treads in action:

Palmer park:



Garden of the Gods:

[neoakaj]

HAH look at that pink Honcho I like the way it came out with them wheels and tires. Now you just need to get the tail lights I gave you put in