jk rebuild now with a hint of the uajk

[luis]

well i recentley came back from vacation and before i left i had built my jk in a hurry so the detail and performance wasnt all that great so, i decided that this time i would take my time and do it right.
specs:

custom built chassie out of square tubing(like in mnstrs build)

custom rollcage made out of brake line, designs come from the ultimate adventure jeep jk

custom bumpers and sliders

custom fenders

olive drab green paintjob, taken from the uajk as well

crushers on rock rings i hope

full lights

same elctronics and tranny: r2 tranny,lrp esc, traxxas tq3 tx and rx, hitech 605 i believe steering servo

im still undecided on wether i should do the same suspension setup as the uajk wich consists of coil springs and shocks up front and leaves out back, or the regular jk set up, well enough said, on to the pics


my inspiration






the diagrams of the roll cage

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h2...d/DSC00355.jpg


body off.......





meet my new driver, david. hes throwing the stock parts to the swapmeet pile



the first stage, the rollcage:

[pantablo]

thats going to be friggin sweet!

[luis]

got a little more done today, im halve way there, gonna call it a night for today

[pantablo]

you'd better have this working for the 20th, lol!

Looks great so far Luis.
pablo-

[luis]

im trying to take my time and not finishing it overnight still gonna make the chassie, bumpers fit the interiror right, lights blah blah blah.........

so much todo hopefully ill finish it but i would like to go to the gtg even if i dont have my rig, maybe sleek or you will let me borrow a rig

[pantablo]

Originally Posted by luis

so much todo hopefully ill finish it but i would like to go to the gtg even if i dont have my rig, maybe sleek or you will let me borrow a rig

You can drive one of mine if you like.

[sleek6mt]

yo luis do this to your fenders



before:



looking good, i used that 1:1 rig as a reference for jason's cage too

[luis]

yeah i was thinking of duing that to the fenders to keep it cg lower but the slingers are still kinda small so im going to wait for some crushers first

i never knew brazing would be that easy, the only hard part was holding everything together to braze, i had my lil bro help me out

[sleek6mt]

Originally Posted by luis

yeah i was thinking of duing that to the fenders to keep it cg lower but the slingers are still kinda small so im going to wait for some crushers first

i never knew brazing would be that easy, the only hard part was holding everything together to braze, i had my lil bro help me out

hey luis use more heat. more heat less braze

if you remmeber the rods cost more than mapp so....

as for the holding thing, get 2 of these forgot to tell ya

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=93898

[luis]

did you order those online? because i tried to use a hardrive magnet and it over heated and now it doesnt attract anything

[sleek6mt]

Originally Posted by luis

did you order those online? because i tried to use a hardrive magnet and it over heated and now it doesnt attract anything

nah got mine at a local harbor freight

[luis]

i got lucky, i went to one of my local made in china stores and i found the excact ones for like 3 something, ill give them a try if they dont hold ill just go to harbor freight

[luis]

small update, i got most of the cage done i was wrestling with the interior so it doesnt look like i did much but yeah.........


david was kicking back while i did all the work and he just snuck in the poser pic

[gyrene]

Looks nice.......I like the Jeep builds....and the Toyota's.....and the Broncos.....and the Scouts...and the........................!!!!!!!!:mrgre en:

[luis]

thanks for the comments guys, you guys inspire me

well i got the cage done considering this was my first shot at brazing and fabwork i think i did ok , ive had enough brazing fumes for one day





pretty close eh?

[Jaynen]

Looks good Luis just like the UAJK.

[sleek6mt]

where the orange wheels lol? jk

looking good dude, if you wanna romove those excess braze just heat it up again with your torch untill it spreads out on the tube. better then have to grind them off later.

[luis]

well i lost my camera for a while so i coulnt post up any updates, i got most of the chassie done, all i need is a couple more crossmembers and i could start mocking stuff up

[Unimoger]

Looking awesome, you need a set of these, from
www.montanascaledesigns.com in the 1.9 size.

put some rc4wd crushers on them and you are dead on 1:1 copy.

[luis]

the tires should be arriving tomorrow, but im a 16 year old kid without a job, so i dont have the cash for that although those are some beautiful beadlocks