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01-14-2009, 06:38 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Canada
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|  84 Chevy Mud Bogger Well i'm gonna give the scale 1.9 a shot here. I've always been a fan of the mud bogging so i thought i would build one that for when i get stuck i got something to do while i'm waiting on a tow. I'm gonna make this thing as close to scale as possible right off the hop with the chassis so this is what i got so far. And there won't be any springs on the shocks.      |
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01-14-2009, 09:52 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Grande Prairie AB
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| cood start! im likin the mud bogger idea  |
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01-14-2009, 10:53 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Canada
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| Thanks. Well i got the dual headlights done tonight. i just got to come up with an idea for the signal lights, either paint them in or cut out the grill and get some yellow leds for it  |
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01-15-2009, 01:38 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Uhh Dunno....
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| Keep going. I love chevy's. |
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01-15-2009, 07:00 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Montreal, Canada
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| This must be a stupid question so I apologize but what are those tires? |
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01-15-2009, 07:07 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: buckeye,AZ
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| looking nice so far, are you going to run those tires or somthing else |
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01-15-2009, 07:44 AM
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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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| those are tamiya BFGs more details on the headlights please. your shackle angle needs to be adjusted. i know there is no weight yet but its too much either way. |
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01-15-2009, 08:30 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Canada
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| The tires are just temp for right now. i'm thinking of going with the rc4wd mud thrashers. The head lights were pretty easy just cut the light buckets off the two grills from the backside then glue them on as far up and as far down as they go and just put a piece of plastic between them. But you do screw up one grill and you have to make new lenses aswell. i wish i would of done it a long time ago. Thanks for the shackle input i was kinda winging it there. they should be going towards the diff? Last edited by thor04; 01-15-2009 at 08:32 AM. |
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01-15-2009, 03:50 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: michigan
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| Looks cool so far!!! Are you going to correct the rear window and put a drop bed in? |
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01-15-2009, 04:27 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: auburn
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| looks awesome bro |
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01-15-2009, 04:36 PM
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| Not a Bolt-on Mor-on.   Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: North Central Hell, Montana
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| I really like it so far. Your frame is great. BTW, make sure you stain and seal that wood if your gonna be mud-boggin'!  As far as your signal lights, you can just use an orange or yellow Sharpie over some clear plastic or lexan. It stays transparent, but tints the plastic. As far as the shackles, I think they should just be a little more verticle. Also, shouldn't they fold over to the outside? Don't quote me though...maybe someone that knows for sure should chime in. |
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01-15-2009, 04:47 PM
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| ~The Scale Shop~   Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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| PIMP. id switch to rc4wd mud slingers though. you wont get far with those tires. love the frame, and wood, great use of resources. |
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01-15-2009, 05:07 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: often missunderstood
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|  You said mud bogger, not me LOL Mud thrashers are in reality street radials. Swamper boggers are street tires. but cut boggers or tsl's now we are talking. This picture is my idea of a mud bogger tire, and they look sweet! Nice start by the way. Pretty cool building a bogger |
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01-15-2009, 05:28 PM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Behind the torch!
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x2 on the slingers. Some 2.2's cut down to 1.9's would complete the bobber look. | ||
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01-15-2009, 11:23 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Canada
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| I like the slingers too. there just a tad too agressive i was thinking of trimming the corners down just a little bit not so boxy but rounder maybe hook em up to a drill and take them to some sand paper. Or cut something down. those imexs are pretty slick. Anyways got the back window done tonight and the signal lights in the dremal got away on me on the one side so i think i'm gonna redo the whole thing since i got a extra chevy grill and cut them out a different way.  |
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01-15-2009, 11:54 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lethbridge
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| Think you better put a lift on that thing!  |
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01-16-2009, 01:14 AM
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| In between.  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Moscow Mills MO
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| Nice looking chevy bro! your lift is good enough. If you get slingers, try cutting every other tread, they work awesome that way. I would get dizzy this high up Quote:
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01-16-2009, 08:58 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lethbridge
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| Seriously though. Good looking truck. Also From my experience..Any bogger looking tire should work good in the mud, I find that wheel speed is crucial.How do you have the leafs mounted to the axles? Sorry if I missed it in the thread.  |
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01-16-2009, 09:39 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hiatus..sutiaH
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Get a puller in that thing and gear down. You will get all the speed you need. | |
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01-16-2009, 03:22 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Morristown
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| looks good so far like the tires |
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