Jeep Commander quad pickup "Honcho II"-the build thread

[pantablo]

one dremel, 2 $50 bodies...




mock up on partial rolling chassis:


these came in a lot of parts I bought.
K2-3L chassis
TLT axles
pede trans

also will have this:
touring car wheels
trail docs
novak 55t or warrior 35t not sure
tekin rebel 2 esc

I'm going to have to narrow some axles for this 6.5" wide body. probably start with WK axles and trade my TLTs out.

It'll probably be a slow build...this is all I'm going to get done this weekend, lol...

[ussprinceton2004]

lookin' decent...you should dremel the rear fenders on the the rear doors and fab up some styrene to cover it.

what wheels are the ones pictured?

[STANG KILLA SS]

cool hack pablo, gonna be sweet

[luis]

wow 50 dollar bodies

[pantablo]

Originally Posted by ussprinceton2004

lookin' decent...you should dremel the rear fenders on the the rear doors and fab up some styrene to cover it.

the wheels are HPI 10-spoke touring car wheels (26mm, 0 offset). They come black, white and chrome. Bought these to use on my rover since they look like OEM rover wheels but went with beadlocks instead for that one. I'll probably paint these gunmetal or black.

I was going to use the front doors of the remnant front end to cover up the fender hole but I also might try to use the doors to add an inch to the bed length. I'd like to get a wb longer than 11. Right now its at 10.5".

Originally Posted by STANG KILLA SS

cool hack pablo, gonna be sweet

Ive come a long way...still long way to go though as I've never worked wiht styrene so the bodywork and scratch built bed inside is going to be a challenge. So will the axle narrowing. Has a full interior I need to hack up to fit too. This one will be long term and challenging.

[pantablo]

Originally Posted by luis

wow 50 dollar bodies

they were $100 bodies each, but 50% off each, so I bought two...

[spot me 2]

Where did you get them from, and who makes them?

[2JSC]

This is gonna be one bad ass Jeep truck.

[tjb]

OH HECK YES!

If you had not posted you cut those, I'd swear you drove them! :-P

This is going to be one sweet rig

[pantablo]

Originally Posted by spot me 2

Where did you get them from, and who makes them?

Its called a Jeep Desert Runner and here's where I bought mine:
http://www.allaboardtoys.com/all_abo...psXRV-49019992

damnit. they're now 75% off ($25 each). Be warned though, they're closer to 1:12 scale so the wb is short and they're only 6.5" wide at the fender flares. working doors, full interior. Black or red.

[pantablo]

Originally Posted by 2JSC

This is gonna be one bad ass Jeep truck.

I hope so. There are lots of great builders here. I'm not one of them. I'm just a hack in a little over his head. I just hope I don't embarass myself, lol...

Originally Posted by tjb

OH HECK YES!

If you had not posted you cut those, I'd swear you drove them! :-P

This is going to be one sweet rig

You and the other 'real' builders are inspiring. I just thought it was a cool idea and ended up with a mostly complete rolling chassis through another purchase...so I had to...lol.


In addition to narrowing axles for this I may also try reducing tires. I don't mean from 2.2 to 1.9 as I've already done that successfully and am pretty happy with them. They are too tall for this build however so I am going to look at a tire that I can reduce from 4-4.2" tall to 3.7" tall by cutting off the tread, then cutting the sidewall down in a circle. Ive seen it done and I think I can do it. Should be good if I do...

[pantablo]

looking through the spare body parts I have enough material in the extra front doors to extend the bed another 1.5" and get a 12" wb. I like that!

Looks better too I think.

[luis]

thats gonna be sweet!, cant wait to see the progress on the styrene work

[sleek6mt]

nice dude, hey man they are 25 each now lol

[Col_Sanders]

Subscribed.

I bet you could make it a little wider with those leftover body parts and styrene.

[pantablo]

Someone else suggested the same, widening it...Thats a bit more work than I'm willing to take on. Maybe on the next one, lol...

Quick short update:
Well, tonight I did some cleanup on the cutting and cut out the filler piece from the spare doors. Here is what the final will look like:





I taped it together to check the wb and some other stuff. WB will be at 11-5/8" overall (chassis currently set at 12" so it looks a bit odd). Body is wedged onto chassis though. I'd like to drop the body another 1/4-1/2" which will require shortening the chassis a bit. Once the rear wheels move forward a bit and I open up the flares it will look better. Still, I like it so far!

One issue I see is that the rear doors wont have the rear door gap half way down where the filler is. Any idea how to groove that line easily?

Also ordered styrene sheets in various thickness', glues, filler and misc stuff. Expecting that end of this week so maybe I'll get started on the gluing this weekend.

Woo-Hoo!

[NickRummy]

Looking good! nice to see something different.

[STANG KILLA SS]

the rc4wd mini dana 60s will be perfect for this build when there released.

[Tupers]

Got door handles? I think you should get rid of the door between the main body and the bed. It makes it look far to long imo.

[pantablo]

Originally Posted by NickRummy

Looking good! nice to see something different.

thanks. would look better with bruiser axles... Any chance I can get a set of the C's you made up? I can get the rest together myself as i'm probably going to narrow them anyway. I can deal with your machinist directly too to get a set if you okay that.

Originally Posted by STANG KILLA SS

the rc4wd mini dana 60s will be perfect for this build when there released.

Or the bruiser axles I have for it...

Originally Posted by Tupers

Got door handles? I think you should get rid of the door between the main body and the bed. It makes it look far to long imo.

ya think?
Yeah, once I have the body peices all attached into one body I'll fill the extra doors and shave the handles too. There will only be 2 doors per side...quad cab. I like how long it is though...