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01-01-2010, 10:25 AM
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| ~ Got PROPANE ? ~   Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: East-Central
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|  Project ~ZuKi~
I never have started a build thread for my Samurai... I've been working on it off and on for about a yr...mostly off...  Anyways....here's my 1:1 that I'm replicating.... 1987 Samurai TinTop... 5:13 gears ~9" of lift SKY OTT steering Breeze Missing Links 33"x15.50"x15" Super Swamper TSL-SX's 15"x12" wide Mickey Thompson Classic wheels   The hardest part in this build so far...was trying to duplicate those F A T Super Swampers that I have on my 1:1. Here's some different stages of the Samurai RC Build...... First.....I decided that I wanted to incorporate a grill into my Samurai build...so I made an emblem....       Trial fit into the lexan Samurai body........    Time for some paint and to test out some pinstripes....   Started Detailing................and added some curving to my grille..........   I made some homemade windshield wipers............   trying out a few different tires........................  More Details...................     I then added some real Headlights to my Grille.......   Tried out some Tomahawks on it.....too tall..............the bumper that's on it is only TEMPORARY !!! It's too BIG !   I ended up going with an L-Trail Chassis....and some HR lower links. I finally figured out how to duplicate those F A T and W I D E 33"x15.50" Super Swamper SX's.... I bought some 1.9" Rock Stompers that had been partially shaved down. I then...shaved them down a bit more. Then....I got some 1.5" Wheels from Hong Kong.......and I cut my 1.9" Rock Stompers down into some 1.5" Super Swamper SX lookalikes !!! I actually used all of the pieces that I cut out....to make up a 5th tire for my spare. You can't beat that....building 5 tires out of 4 !!   Size comparison.....1.5" in front......1.9" right behind it......   Here they are on my Samurai........I still have to get some wideners to get them a little further out. I also want to get some of the new 1.55" RC4WD Alum wheels...the black ones...and then strip the black off and polish them and this will be perfect !!! I also now have a homemade winch bumper/grill guard (looks like a ShrockWorks Bumper) on my Samurai that I'll be duplicating with some tubing to put onto the RC Samurai .       Here's some comparisons............................  I'm still working on my interior...I may end up going with a tranny/transfercase setup to get more clearance for an interior...I haven't decided yet. I also still have to finish up my stripe and my homemade diamond plate corner protectors. That's all for now....more to come later.. thanks for checkin it out. ARON Last edited by BiG_DaWgZ; 01-01-2010 at 10:29 AM. |
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01-01-2010, 11:42 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: milton,wv
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very cool,love the way the tires turned out
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01-02-2010, 12:43 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Medford, Oregon
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Love the 1:1, and your scaler is coming along great. Good job on the tires! Can't wait to see more.
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01-02-2010, 01:32 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Cape cod
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good start to the thread. i like how you custom made thoes tires
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01-04-2010, 02:28 AM
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| ~ Got PROPANE ? ~ Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: East-Central
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I think I can strip them down and polish them out and make them look almost identical to the Mickey Thompson Classics that are on my real Samurai ! Quote:
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I just started cutting tires about 6-7 weeks ago. I didn't realize how easy it is to cut them up and I was pretty leery about trying to do it. Finally I just grabbed up a set of mashers and started cutting. Now I'm cutting up new tires even !!  Thanks for the comments so far....hopefully I'll have some more new updates soon (I'm currently building a Unimog, JK Truck & this ZUKI !) Aron | |||
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