The little gcm jeep that could

[Tyler_ef9]

So today I start the build I've been wanting to do since I first got into Rc Rock crawling the hardbody 2dr jeep jk from asiatees.

I think I'm going to stay brushed with it unless I really feel it's not enough for the weight. So far this is what I have to get going

Gcm j2 skeleton chassis

Vanquish knuckles, hubs, lockouts, lockers, VVD
Plastic tranny case(for now VP was out of stock) metal transmission gears
SSD WB8 uni joints instead of cvd's
SSD Scale hubs
Wild boar driveshafts since I can't find anything scale that's the correct length
Steel beeftubes for the front axle
Axial HD diff gears
Locked up Rc trail ready rims with scale hardware and gridlock rings
SDI trial doc 1.9 tires
And a set of 1.55 pitbull growlers
Red Asiatees jeep jk body
Gcm axial link set
Gcm scx panhard Kit
Savox high torque servo (temporary till I get a hitec)

Got the rims assembled not sure how the tires are going to do but they look awesome

Waiting on all my parts to come in today so I can put the vp hubs and the SSD scale hubs

Well all my parts finally got here time to start putting it together and I pick up the chassis this weekend to get everything installed and hopefully ready for a little "g6" were having down here in south Florida on the 20th and the body arrives next week, hope to have it running for a shakedown next weekend

So purtyy

[Bananaclip]

Locked up wheels are the shiz

[Tyler_ef9]

Yessir they are sick looking just finished putting them together

Got the front axle assembled, went to do the rear and then realized the new incision vp spool wouldn't seat to the hd diff gear so more waiting to do

Got the chassis been doing as much as I can while still waiting for parts hopefully they get here soon

Get the electronics in just need to add the rx

[JBHardwear]

Lookin Great, love a good jeep build!

[Tyler_ef9]

Well my links from gcm got here but the 3 link truss was missing so im on a mission to get that before Friday

Originally Posted by JBHardwear

Lookin Great, love a good jeep build!

thank you sir! body will be here today hopefully so I can get an idea of what it's going to look like

[dpcardoza]

Curious to hear your feedback. I'm slowly acquiring parts and painting a d90 defender. The gcm chassis is going to be next on the list.


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[Tyler_ef9]

Got the body in finally and got it "mounted" it will work for now but need a more permanent solution, truss should be here today so I'll get the front axle mounted.
Well she's finally ready to drive, lowered it a lot more, added an rc4wd front bumper. Now just need to tweak it and start adding all the scale goodies

Originally Posted by dpcardoza

Curious to hear your feedback. I'm slowly acquiring parts and painting a d90 defender. The gcm chassis is going to be next on the list. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think it's a very nice chassis it's designed for a 10.6 WB so if the d90 is close to that it will work good if not you will have trouble setting up the panhard but please if you do decide to use this chassis with that body let me know I've been dying to get a d90!

[DickyT]

Glad you got it sorted. Now where have I seen this chassis before?

[dpcardoza]

Originally Posted by Tyler_ef9

I think it's a very nice chassis it's designed for a 10.6 WB so if the d90 is close to that it will work good if not you will have trouble setting up the panhard but please if you do decide to use this chassis with that body let me know I've been dying to get a d90!

Chassis in the mail. The d90 is labled as a 10.75 we so it should work. Figure worse comes to worse I can add some 2mm spacers to the links to make them a little longer

Originally Posted by dpcardoza

Curious to hear your feedback. I'm slowly acquiring parts and painting a d90 defender. The gcm chassis is going to be next on the list.


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[Tyler_ef9]

Originally Posted by DickyT

Glad you got it sorted. Now where have I seen this chassis before?

some
Cool guy they call dickyT who happens to drive for the same team as me #teamGspeed

Getting the saddle pack battery holders made up using some aluminum sheets I had left over should add a little more weight too

It's a running rig now didn't do to bad the tires are horrible going to stretch some 1.55 growlers on it, and I need to find a more solid option for the driveshaft from the transmission to transfer case

Truck did amazing today I couldn't be happier with it it surprised me a lot, I was able to do lines that some 12.3wb lexan body rigs couldn't do at our local crawler course, might throw it on rockbeast to get some more clearance

[Tyler_ef9]

Well im thinking its time I parted ways with the jeep I think I might build another class 1 after building a Losi based rig I think I need 2