-R2J Kustoms Lil' Courier "Shop Truck"-

[R2j]

Doing work at our start of the series event last Sunday. Pretty cool place for man made, with water and slick slimy muddy spots. Pit Bulls worked flawless!

[66sprint6]

VERY awesome...That was one thing I wanted to do was a drop bed to carry stuff. Pitbulls look nice on there too!
Matt

[R2j]

Thanks Matt! I'm glad I did the drop bed. Here's a couple more pics from Sunday thanks to C*H*U*D*. Thanks for the great pics Juan!

[wally101]

The Shop Truck looks great. The Pit Bulls look right at home. Nice rig

[lowslowTJ]

Super cool shop truck! Can I work at your shop? I have fab skills!

[R2j]

Originally Posted by wally101

The Shop Truck looks great. The Pit Bulls look right at home. Nice rig

Thanks Scott!

Originally Posted by lowslowTJ

Super cool shop truck! Can I work at your shop? I have fab skills!

Thanks Vern! That would be sweet!

[lowslowTJ]

I work for cheap!

[BGGruff]

Definitely love the lil Courier! It looks great in black and i like how you did the drop bed. I really need to overhaul mine and do a drop bed in it. I might
borrow a few ideas from yours. And the pitbulls do look good on there.

[R2j]

Originally Posted by lowslowTJ

I work for cheap!

I do too!

Originally Posted by BGGruff

Definitely love the lil Courier! It looks great in black and i like how you did the drop bed. I really need to overhaul mine and do a drop bed in it. I might
borrow a few ideas from yours. And the pitbulls do look good on there.

Thanks! The drop bed is my favorite mod that I did, and even with the touring car shocks in the back, it still crawls amazingly well. By far my most favorite rig to drive to date. The Pit Bulls work and look great, but I need to find some new bead locks. Not digging the stock SCX's on it, I'm thinking a set of these would be perfect. Once they're out.

[bmuzz1]

Mags look like a perfect fit for this rig.... do it!

[R2j]

Yep! Five Slots are definitely what it needs! Watching RPP like a hawk

[R2j]

Mini update.

First off, totally disassembled it to clean all the mud and mossy-goo off of it from the last outing. So while I had it all apart I thought it would be a great time to add that interior I've been meaning to get to. Used the Pro-Line PLC interior for the XJ. After a little bit of trimming and some heat to clear the spur, it fit just like it was meant for it. Kept it real simple with just some flat black, Pactra 2 stage backer #304, and an interior tan model paint. Added some Ultimate R/C decals and some team3six goodies to finish it off.
Also through on a set of my new SS links to complete the clean-up.

[chicostaxxs007]

nice whats next?

[R2j]

Originally Posted by chicostaxxs007

nice whats next?

Thanks Bro! I still need to install a winch and I'm going to add a little bit to the front push bar to make it more bumper like and a mount for a fairlead. Still waiting for the Gear Head five slots.

[eric113]

Originally Posted by R2j

Thanks Bro! I still need to install a winch and I'm going to add a little bit to the front push bar to make it more bumper like and a mount for a fairlead. Still waiting for the Gear Head five slots.

Not cheap but does have free spool.

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/scale-parts/164937-~~~1-10-scale-c-l-w-remote-controlled-winch-~~~.html

[R2j]

Originally Posted by eric113

Not cheap but does have free spool.

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/scale-parts/164937-~~~1-10-scale-c-l-w-remote-controlled-winch-~~~.html

Yea I've looked at those. Wonder if it would fit between the frame rails. If so, I could just put a flat plate at the bottom of the frame. Seems pretty compact. But I still do have plenty of room up on the old Fat Bat plate since I moved the battery down to the sliders.

[eric113]

Originally Posted by R2j

Yea I've looked at those. Wonder if it would fit between the frame rails. If so, I could just put a flat plate at the bottom of the frame. Seems pretty compact. But I still do have plenty of room up on the old Fat Bat plate since I moved the battery down to the sliders.

Looks like it be a tight fit between the rails.

Winch Dimensions: 2.5" L x .95" D x .71" H (63.5mm L x 24.1mm D x 18mm H)
Winch Bolt Pattern: .85" x .36" (21.6mm x 9.1mm)
Mount Plate Pattern: 1.25” x .45” (31.8mm x 11.4mm)

[R2j]

It would be close, I think there is just 2.5" between the chassis. I would want to put it on the lower part of the frame, between the middle and lower bars. Hmmm, I'll have to do some measuring.

[66sprint6]

DANG...you beat me to the interior, I was wanting to do an interior that was light and wouldnt hurt performance on the CompCourier. I looked at the Proline interior and was gonna give it a shot. Now I know itll look good!
Matt

[R2j]

Originally Posted by 66sprint6

DANG...you beat me to the interior, I was wanting to do an interior that was light and wouldnt hurt performance on the CompCourier. I looked at the Proline interior and was gonna give it a shot. Now I know itll look good!
Matt

HA! That was my thought too, keep it light. It performs so well that I'm always nervous about making any changes, but this one didn't hurt a thing.

I didn't have too trim it too much, just cut the top part of the door panels that return to the body and then trim the edges of the dash to fit the profile of the more rounded front window. Then I grabbed the heat gun to finesse the passenger seat for spur clearance. When fitted in place, the top of the door panels come up about a 1/4" shy of the bottom of the window. Hence painting it black, can't even tell. As for mounting, I used a strip of servo tape to attach it to the hood, and then some Velcro on the back of the seats to the back of the drop bed. Also threw on a couple of dabs of shoegoo for good measure. I can be hard on things once and a while.