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11-22-2008, 08:28 PM
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| Sinking with the ship   Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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Picked this up on ebay last weekend, it was built by Wyoming on Tamiya club http://tamiyaclub.com/showroom.asp?id=15376 and he did an awesome job. I have a few small plans for it. I already added some Kyosho 4runner center caps and I have full set of Stefan/scaleoffroad emblems for it. After that I just want to chassis mount the servo and get some RC4WD dual coil over shocks for it and bind the DX3R to it. Here a couple of quick pics     Specs: Axial AX-10 axles The Crawler Store X-Trail scale chassis RC4WD Rock stompers Hummer wheels modded into steelies 35 turn lathe Futaba digital servo HPI front bumper with wild willy winch Custom FJ-45 body made from a Proline FJ40 and rear bed from styrene Axial trans velcro body mounts tlt shocks Scollins interior Last edited by 1BadJeepBruiser; 11-22-2008 at 08:51 PM. |
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11-22-2008, 08:45 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Calgary
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not bad, not bad at all  |
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11-22-2008, 08:46 PM
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| 20K Club  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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Looks great Mike. I need to get some details added to the rear end of mine. I am digging the toe strap!
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11-22-2008, 08:55 PM
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| Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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 I saw the new pics of yours, its looking awesome. That cage console is gonna be the shiznit. This truck definitely has some awesome detailing, the tow strap is one of the best I have seen.
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11-22-2008, 09:22 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Massachusetts
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The FJ Looks awesome Mike..!! I WISH I'd seen this on E-bay....:-( Oh well, at least I know it went to a great home..!!!  If you ever want to sell it, please give me first dibbs..!!! Are you gonna keep these wheels, or run something else..? I think a nice set of aluminum beadlocks would look SICK on this rig..!!!
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11-22-2008, 09:26 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando
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Shit dude I would leave as is. Nice score Mike.
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11-22-2008, 09:44 PM
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| Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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11-23-2008, 10:53 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: G6'N
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Damn mike, better add that to the DO not sell shelf, sick  make sure you send me that pm. |
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11-23-2008, 12:20 PM
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| Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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I will get you those measurements and pictures today for sure On the way home from my dads house I stopped by the harbor and to scope out a possible wheeling area for Eddievedder and I. I was working down there doing code enforcement and thought it might have a few cool spots to wheel. I had swapped the DX3R into the FJ this morning and re peaked the pack so it was ready to rock.    Some good lines at the top by the walk way. headed down onto the sand for a poser or 2   The 35 turn rips some good wheel speed  The beach itself had some cool rocks      I only stayed maybe 25 minutes, it was so damn cold I could barely hold onto my DX3R and my hands were red and killing me so I packed it in...I cant wait for some warmer weather...guess its back to building for now. Thanks for looking -Mike | |
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11-23-2008, 01:17 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2008 Location: So-Cal
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I love it, that is so cool. I love all the scale tools. Where did you get all those?
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11-23-2008, 01:26 PM
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| I had the hottest girlfriend at the MSD Nats Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Hecho en Tejas
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wheelin weather it texas is allllllllways good, come on down. i just cant seem to find build time..... that a badass unique rig, glad to see somebody who will take care of it got it. |
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11-23-2008, 01:51 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando
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Fuggin awesome pics dude.  |
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11-23-2008, 02:11 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Long Island-Land of one batch of rocks in Sag Harbor and at least one fellow crawler
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Sweet pics, sweet rig. Seems like a good spot and no huge unscale seashells...
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11-23-2008, 02:29 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chattanooga
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A. I love that rig and I instantly hate you for winning it!!! B. I was going to bid on thing because its was such a well done rig and have been wanting a good scaler thats aready running mine are still in proc. C.......well C is good on you man! That thing is awsome and the I'm glad it went to a good home on here not some kid that would mangle all that work!! |
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01-08-2009, 09:58 PM
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| Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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Been working on a little bit of everything here. One thing that had to go was the tlt shocks...they just suck unless they are turned down and looking like a cool scale shocks. So after x-mas I hit up Corey @ RPP Hobby and got some RC4WD 90mm scale coil over shocks. These are probably my favorite scale shock, they look great and work nicely IMO. I went with 90s cause I wanted to lower the stance some. I think it looks better sitting lower now. I also was cruising the vendors area and noticed Troy's NBL 2.0 series of wheels. I love the weathered modded hummer wheels on this but I really wanted to run the new 1.9 flat irons, so I hit troy up and got some of his badass "Utility" wheels. All they need now is some weathering and some badass hubs to hide the wheel nuts. Still need to get the scale off road emblems on, light the head lights, and I am thinking of swapping the axials for some TLTs for a nice narrow track width. more to come    |
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01-08-2009, 10:10 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: location:location:
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that looks awesome. man, i love that truck.
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01-08-2009, 10:44 PM
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| Coral Crawler   Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Myrtle Beach
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Great score Mike and nice job on it. I ALMOST bid on that thing and then changed my mind, lol was in the middle of another deal. Glad someone who could do it some justice got it . I just mounted up my 1.9" Flat's that came in the mail today (Thanks Corey/RPP). MAN, can you say soft, lol. Deffinately gotta use the right foam for those things. Can have that running on 2 psi look, lol. Nice wheel/tire combo for that rig, deffinately can't wait to see them weathered.
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01-08-2009, 11:01 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Western ND, Bakken central
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Damn, and I'm still jealous of the Toyota Flat Bed you scored months ago The body work and bed look great and I'm digging what you've done so far. I definitely agree with swapping out the axles for TLTs I have pictures of an FJ45 I saw in July, I took one from pretty much every angle. If you need them for reference or anything just met me know and I'll post up a link. I've been in love with them ever since. Last edited by 701 Technique; 01-08-2009 at 11:03 PM. |
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01-08-2009, 11:09 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: South Orange County
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looks really nice with the new wheels and tires
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01-08-2009, 11:58 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Long Island-Land of one batch of rocks in Sag Harbor and at least one fellow crawler
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Looks sweet dude!!! TLT's for sure. We are going to have some fun wheelin this spring with all the new rigs. I should have my Trail Teams FJ done by then too.
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