yotapanes 1.5 yotabucket build

[Yotapane]

yotabuckets crew cab clod body..im waiting on some new styrene glue so took a break from crawlerbubbas crew cab hilux and started some styrene work on my own clod crew cab...i was bored...

[crawlerbubba]

I want that....asap!

[Yotapane]

finnally have some time to take some pics.....crappy pics but pics none the less.....here it is with the painted bumpers, put some ulitimate scale shocks and started to make some inner fenders for it...not sure if ill re-paint the truck or not?

[Yotapane]

[Rummie]

What did you have to do to mount the rear shocks like that? I was thinking of doing the same thing.

[crawlerbubba]

Ryan!rig looks great.we might get together up in gp this weekend to crawl.gimme a call let me know.

[Yotapane]

i gotta have my sv2 programmed in the wraith and not sure whats goin on this weekend, give me the details and ill see if i can go....yotabucket is ready for some light trail duty...no way it would keep up with the wraiths...

[wes81]

Could you post some body off pics?? I'd like to see how you mounted your rear shocks.. What did you do for the drop bed, just cut the old shock mounts off??

[Yotapane]

Originally Posted by wes81

Could you post some body off pics?? I'd like to see how you mounted your rear shocks.. What did you do for the drop bed, just cut the old shock mounts off??

for the rear shock mounts I just used a piece of sheetmetal as a crossmember, mounted the shocks dead center and used the screws that hold the axle halves together at the bottom, very simple and effective....5 minute modification that looks killer and works awesome....i only had a set of 100 mm ultimate scale shocks which are a little long but give soo much more travel than the 90s would have, that and the 100s keep my leafs from flattening out ...kind of a droop setup for leafed rigs.....

[Yotapane]

And yes, since I had to trim the frame down to bob the bed I went ahead and hacked off the rear shock mounts....and since I bobbed the bed I figured id build the drop bed for it and so on......itll never be done....and now I cant find the snorkel...

[wes81]

Thanks, I really like the way it looks.. I've been wanting to do a bobbed drop bed on mine.. The only reason I havn't done it yet was not wanting to build around the shock mounts..

[sj4x4]

awesome! I luv it.

[crawlerbubba]

Now wut with the 4 door yota?

[Yotapane]

Originally Posted by crawlerbubba

Now wut with the 4 door yota?

not sure what im gonna do with the 4 door yota yet...just got a jk 4 door body too....im up to 3 yota cabs, 1 crewcab hilux cab, a new bright jk, and the body thats on this lil yota....

[Yotapane]

got alot done on the lil yota, i just ordered a trailfinder2 so figured id better finish this one before ups shows up. the color is tamiya bright orange,4 coats of clear over the crawlergraphics stripe set....let me know what you think...

[Yotapane]

its actually a very deep orange ...pics suck

[Yotapane]

[scorpiondave]

Wow. What a difference. It doesn't look like a beater anymore.

[Yotapane]

Originally Posted by scorpiondave

Wow. What a difference. It doesn't look like a beater anymore.

thanks, i still have alot of details to work out with it but im happy with the re-do so far, i had a 79 yota 4x shortbed in high school, orange w/blk stripes so...i had to do it

[Desert Rc]

The clod crew looks promising. I have two cabs ready to build one as well. It is SUCH a good look. I am hoping to get mine done dome day to do a really stubby rear tube cage. I love styrene....