jeep cj5 (WIP)

[king_crawl22]

Well, i've had the 1/18 nylint jeep body hanging around for a month or two, and i wanted to have a 1.9er. So i just bought an mrc the day after christmas, and started to mod it right away. sorry for the crappy pics, i had to take them with my phone:





the body mounts to the stock battery tray with two screws..





the next step is to make a cage, and tube doors. tell me what you think.

[Gr00v3]

that looks pretty cool

it would look alot better if the body was lower though, how does she perform?

[warriorsimi]

mini x trail chassis would look killer,also if you could put coil springs in the front. love the jeep body.

[king_crawl22]

Thanks for the comments guys. i need a new driver soon.

Gr00v3, the truck performs really well. i put a balloon over the electrics, and the snow over here is melting fast, so i went wheeling. i will post action shots tomorrow.

warriorsimi, i am going to buy an l trail as soon as i can, and i might just have to take you up on the coil spring idea

[king_crawl22]

As promised, here are some action shots.
http://s462.photobucket.com/albums/qq345/hansen_aaron/
i couldn't post any pics here

[king_crawl22]

when i was out wheeling yesterday, the jeep fell down a small cliff and this happened.


Well on the bright side, I see an opportunity for a jeep truggy the rear of the cage is going to be modeled after the rc4wd timberwolf chassis.

[king_crawl22]

the cage is almost done!! the bends aren't perfect, but that's because my dad didn't want to spend $35 on a tubing bender that tells you the angle you're bending. so we drilled a hole in the work bench, put a screwdriver in, and started measuring, cutting, and bending around the screwdriver.








this weekend i will get the rest of the cage done, and it will be painted!