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01-02-2017, 02:40 PM | #1 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Unnecessary Surgery Land
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| A total n00b builds a CMAX Suburban
New year, new horribly mutilated body... or two. Big fan of the square body Suburbans. As soon as RC4WD came out with the Blazer body I have been thinking about building one. But I didn't know what chassis to use for such a long wheelbase build. Enter the GCM CMAX. Infinity adjustable and accommodating of all types of suspension. Onward! I spent the better part of today hacking two Blazer bodies to bits and trying to reassemble them in the shape of a Suburban. In total I used a complete Blazer with a top, a cab and a second top. A little reconfiguring Not much waste in the end. I used the scraps to scab the insides together. Behold! CMAX! Waiting on axles before completing. Going leaf springs front and rear of course. Comparison with my K10. Such length. |
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01-02-2017, 04:39 PM | #2 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Commerce Township
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| Re: A total n00b builds a CMAX Suburban
This will be another epic n00b build. That CMAX chassis is an awesome platform!
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01-04-2017, 11:54 AM | #3 |
I joined the Band! Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Philippines
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| Re: A total n00b builds a CMAX Suburban
got a build thread on the k10?
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01-06-2017, 06:21 PM | #4 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Unnecessary Surgery Land
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| Re: A total n00b builds a CMAX Suburban Quote:
Yes, yes I do RC4WD Blazer and Friends I cut up the remaining scraps from the body and melted them with MEK. I then smeared it on in the cracks and low spots. Then I let it cure for a day or two then sanded You may also notice removed all the trim from the windows, ground off the drip rails, filled in the door seams and also enlarged the windows make the frames narrower. That was the only problem with the Blazer body. The doors and drip rails had a weird downward slope to the rear. Not right. And when you add a second set of doors to the cab it really makes it stick out. Check them lines Fixed Last edited by pardonmyn00b; 01-06-2017 at 06:27 PM. | |
01-07-2017, 09:53 AM | #5 |
Oppan Gangnam Style Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Shingle Springs
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| Re: A total n00b builds a CMAX Suburban
I love it! Very nice schemeer job with the plastic butter or is it jam? Either way, I bet my dog would try to eat it. Looking forward to more progress. |
01-07-2017, 10:20 AM | #6 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: New Brunswick,Canada
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| Re: A total n00b builds a CMAX Suburban
what is this stuff you call MEK any links or pics.great progress BTW. |
01-07-2017, 10:32 AM | #7 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Unnecessary Surgery Land
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| Re: A total n00b builds a CMAX Suburban Quote:
I start every day with some plastic jam on toast. | |
01-07-2017, 09:34 PM | #8 |
Newbie Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Middle of Nowhere
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| Re: A total n00b builds a CMAX Suburban
We always had one of these when I was a kid, they hold a special place in my heart. Those damn things were tanks and would do just about anything.
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01-07-2017, 10:05 PM | #9 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Central/SE Ohio
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| Re: A total n00b builds a CMAX Suburban Funny you should say that. Our 1985 solid axle suburban had a jasper 350 and jasper trans along with a sticker that reads simply "TANK" on the back tailgate corner. Needless to say, we literally referred to the truck as TANK. Cool build Noob |
01-08-2017, 08:13 AM | #10 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Bella Vista
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01-08-2017, 12:42 PM | #11 |
Oppan Gangnam Style Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Shingle Springs
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01-11-2017, 04:15 PM | #12 | |||
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Unnecessary Surgery Land
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| Re: A total n00b builds a CMAX Suburban Quote:
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I think it all is. Quote: I cut a piece of styrene and clamped all my clamps to the roof. Actually I have about another 20 clamps. As the old saying goes "A man with many spring clamps has many spring clamps." Nailed it. Or should I say clamped it? Next up is modifying the tailgate to be a proper Suburban tailgate. | |||
01-11-2017, 04:43 PM | #13 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Kansas city
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| Re: A total n00b builds a CMAX Suburban
Cool build! Lots of fun it looks like. Enjoyed both builds. I also have a blazer body so I like seeing what everyone else does to theirs. Great inspiration! Sent from my 2PS64 using Tapatalk |
01-12-2017, 05:19 AM | #14 | |
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so you just glued a piece of styrene to the roof? whats the plans on that? | |
01-12-2017, 07:44 AM | #15 |
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01-12-2017, 07:48 AM | #16 |
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| Re: A total n00b builds a CMAX Suburban
very cool build!
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01-12-2017, 07:04 PM | #17 |
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01-15-2017, 06:16 AM | #18 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Unnecessary Surgery Land
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| Re: A total n00b builds a CMAX Suburban It's only a rumor I ended up buying some Boom Racing V2 Scale Phat Axles and I'm going to run them upside down to keep the bumpkin on the right side. I want this to be taller than stock CMAX would allow so I used longer shackles and lift blocks. Notice the GCM Blazer body mount up front from their shapeways store. As long as the chassis is I'll still need to cut it and stretch it for this monster wheelbase. |
01-15-2017, 08:18 AM | #19 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chico now
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| Re: A total n00b builds a CMAX Suburban
Can the Chubs be flipped on those axles so the KPI is proper?
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01-15-2017, 09:40 AM | #20 |
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