The FREAK... Jeep LJ build #3 UPDATE 99% DONE Pix added

[ser3100]

I hear ya on the driveshafts. Plus i doubt you will EVER break those MIPS. BEEF!

[heinie_21]

hey wait a minute. you live in Utah? we live in the same state.... THAT IS NEAT.

[heinie_21]

Hey i got my LJ once it's assembled we need to get together for a trail run at lil moab or moat or st George or somewhere neat.

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[dirk379]

NICE! Good to know. The other day i was wondering if it was getting close to being in your hands. I'll have to subscribe to your thread so i can keep up on it

Maaybe, just maybe i'll have the k44's by than. I'm still struggling to talk myself into the $$ but we'll see.

[heinie_21]

Yeah well have to have a sweet, super scale, scale run this summer!
Have you considered cast yota axles? Maybe modify them a tiny bit to look like Dana 30/35's?

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[salmonfacesalad]

Originally Posted by heinie_21

Yeah well have to have a sweet, super scale, scale run this summer!
Have you considered cast yota axles? Maybe modify them a tiny bit to look like Dana 30/35's?

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Uh oh Yota axles on a jeep...heresy.

I kid I kid, I've seen a jeep buggy one time with a rear Yota axle at chocoloco mountain ORV.

[heinie_21]

Hey if i had a 1:1 jeep with d30/35 I'd gladly switch to yota axles. Haha. But all my jeeps have had d44/60 or ford 1 tons.

But I've been tempted to pull out the dremel and shape my yotas more like 44s. I have a spare axle casing even to try it on one day. Cheap alternative to k44's haha.
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[dirk379]

Originally Posted by heinie_21

Yeah well have to have a sweet, super scale, scale run this summer!
Have you considered cast yota axles? Maybe modify them a tiny bit to look like Dana 30/35's?

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Hey'lls yeah i'm down! It's finally starting to warm up around here and it's getting me excited for some scalin'. Nah i've got the yota axles under my "bruiser", i'd much rather put the $ for the yot axles towards 44's. I'm going to put up a classified ad tonight or tomorrow with some spare stuff i've got laying around to help fund them; well more like, to help my mind think it's okay dropping 400 on a set of toy axles.

Originally Posted by salmonfacesalad

Uh oh Yota axles on a jeep...heresy.

I kid I kid, I've seen a jeep buggy one time with a rear Yota axle at chocoloco mountain ORV.

And i'm putting a 77' ford f150 hp d44 under the front end of my chevy zr2 blazer

[heinie_21]

hey dirk if you have time sometime could you take a pic of how the rear bumper is mounted to the chassis?

[salmonfacesalad]

Originally Posted by heinie_21

hey dirk if you have time sometime could you take a pic of how the rear bumper is mounted to the chassis?

I had to make drop brackets to get the rc4wd rear bumper to line up correctly. The frame rails were to high up inside the body to have the bumper mount flush and then the result would be that the bumper would be too high.

Not sure exactly what problem your having but drop brackets solved my issue when putting on a non-ser3100 bumper!

[heinie_21]

That's the exact problem. But i can't picture it. Looking for a visual haha.

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[ser3100]

What you could do is mount a piece of flat steel stock to the underside of the chassis rails and then mount the bumper to the flat stock.

[Lentsnh2012]

Originally Posted by salmonfacesalad

Uh oh Yota axles on a jeep...heresy.

I kid I kid, I've seen a jeep buggy one time with a rear Yota axle at chocoloco mountain ORV.

Are you going to the SRRS event this weekend??

Also, when I had my Jeep TJ (1:1) I was going to put Toyota FZJ80 axles underneath it.. Jeep axles suck!

[salmonfacesalad]

Originally Posted by Lentsnh2012

Are you going to the SRRS event this weekend??

Also, when I had my Jeep TJ (1:1) I was going to put Toyota FZJ80 axles underneath it.. Jeep axles suck!

I want to, but I'm not sure i can make it. My 1:1 Toyota needs a trailer to be hauled.

[dirk379]

I finally spoiled thee ol girl. They aren't 100% installed, just as much as i could being at a friends house with only a few tools and no spare parts.
Anyways a couple poser shots. The TLT links ser3100 had on ended up being pretty dang close to a direct swap to the 44's. It won't take much to get the wheel base where it needs to be. Also lost a headlight lens, i'll will have to figure something out for that.




More to come, i've got a couple ideas on how i can shave some weight off up top as well. I'll most likely end up tearing the body and armor down completely for a repaint in the next couple of days, it's called for with the new axles under it. As you probably noticed i snagged a new windshield for it off ebay as well, the old one was cracked and driving me nuts.

Thanks for looking-

[ser3100]

I want my baby back, baby back! Haha. Axles look right at home underneath there.

[heinie_21]

dude! stoked for your k44's! the new windshield looks good in black actually! and man i like those tires. i've always been more of a fan of TSL's then Boggers in real life, but i think i'll run the boggers on mine.

[ser3100]

Hey Dirk why the swap to scx shocks over the dual rates? Just curious.

[dirk379]

Originally Posted by ser3100

I want my baby back, baby back! Haha. Axles look right at home underneath there.

Thanks they did do a lot for it! Stoked on them!

Originally Posted by heinie_21

dude! stoked for your k44's! the new windshield looks good in black actually! and man i like those tires. i've always been more of a fan of TSL's then Boggers in real life, but i think i'll run the boggers on mine.

Thanks yeah id never run this tire in real life, but with the obviously lack of 1.55 tires, they're the best option IMO. They hook up ok and look scale on here.
I kind of like it black with the black hood, but they are both going to get painted silver. I might try and chop the doors, or make them removable. Also I can't decide if i should hunt for some counter sunk tiny screws for the rock armor or leave these alone. We'll see, something to get it closer to this:

Originally Posted by ser3100

Hey Dirk why the swap to scx shocks over the dual rates? Just curious.

It's not a permanent thing. I had them lying around and wanted to try them out. They don't look as scale but they work a lot better. Tons more dampening with these scx'ers. The coil overs do look better though. The axials have a large diameter spring it seems which makes them look a tad big in scale terms, maybe i can fit a slightly smaller spring over them to make them appear smaller, we'll see.

[ser3100]

If your looking for screws try microfasteners.com or qtena.com. Some tiny screws in there. If you do end up removing the doors you dont have to cut through the armor as they sit under the doors.