KC's Newbright JK

[Bulldog]

NC? Did the military play a cruel joke on you? All I can say is...I'm sorry. But....you'll learn how to deal with humidity and you've got some great camping and scaling hours away. Poodle.

[Die-Laughing]

Awesome work Eddie

[kaneohecrawler]

Originally Posted by Bulldog

NC? Did the military play a cruel joke on you? All I can say is...I'm sorry. But....you'll learn how to deal with humidity and you've got some great camping and scaling hours away. Poodle.

I requested cali and they pit me in this shit hole. The uwharrie national Forrest is only 4 hrs out and has awesome terrian and trails. Will be frequenting there during the summer testing this thing for the east coast scale challenge.

Originally Posted by Die-Laughing

Awesome work Eddie

Thx rick. Ur lockers are going in this btw.

[kaneohecrawler]

i do have a small update.

did some grinding and came up with this so itll be super easy to weld the bumpers to the chassis.

removed part of the c channel


ground a slot on the bumper where chassis is supposed to be.


and here it is fitted. ill be having it welded up tomorrow i hope.. lol nothin is ever for sure..




i also have tim (warpig) fabing me up a custom delrin skid esp for this build. stay tuned.

[Bulldog]

The chassis is looking sweet! It's a bummer you didn't get CA. You could come down and see some of my unfinished builds!

[kaneohecrawler]

yahh cali woulda been sick but gotta roll with the punches.


my way of doin flat fenders from the stockers... not finished have a special treat to finish these off.

step 1
fill gaps... i used metal infused 2 part epoxy




step 2 sand smooth..




step 3 apply 2 layers of thin fiberglass i think its 1 or 2 oz glass... not sure but hella thin..




step 4 trim edges and sand to your desired smoothness. (tech note) once dried, trimmed, and sanded, apply a thin coat of resin to the surface and it will dry smooth... finish sanding with a high grit paper 320 or higher for that baby smooth finish.

[kaneohecrawler]

got the chassis welded up. now im waiting on the skid i had made from Tim aka warpig so ill be able to utilize honcho links on the 13" wb.





this is gonna be so sick when done. still gotta make d-ring/shackle mounts and stubby stinger of sorts. as soon as i get the skid holes drilled up i can start on the sliders and front trans mount and cms.. ect ect... getting close to turning into a roller. just a few more things.









thx for looking stay tuned.as with all my builds comments and suggestions welcome.

[Die-Laughing]

Killer fenders! I wish I would have done something like that before I chopped them off. I'm gonna go with the poison spider ones.

Great work on this Eddie. I'm going to steal some of your ideas as it seems i'm heading in a similar direction with my build. I don't have a build thread for it yet but, It's kinda like my secondary C2 rig and substitute C1 rig. Haha

[kaneohecrawler]

thx rick! those are def kool fenders.

steal away man thats what this site is for!

Originally Posted by Die-Laughing

Killer fenders! I wish I would have done something like that before I chopped them off. I'm gonna go with the poison spider ones.

Great work on this Eddie. I'm going to steal some of your ideas as it seems i'm heading in a similar direction with my build. I don't have a build thread for it yet but, It's kinda like my secondary C2 rig and substitute C1 rig. Haha

[Bulldog]

Nice work on the fenders. I like the fiberglass idea. The metalwork looks sharp! Great job there.

[STANG KILLA SS]

damn. fender glassing and cage are quite impressive!

[R2j]

Nice work Eddie! Looking good and I really like the glassed fenders I'm going to have to use that one.

[kaneohecrawler]

Originally Posted by STANG KILLA SS

damn. fender glassing and cage are quite impressive!

Thx man!

Originally Posted by Bulldog

Nice work on the fenders. I like the fiberglass idea. The metalwork looks sharp! Great job there.

Thx greg

Originally Posted by R2j

Nice work Eddie! Looking good and I really like the glassed fenders I'm going to have to use that one.

Thank you shon.

I hope to make more progress this weekend

[kaneohecrawler]

fenders are finally done and this body is ready for paint. first ill prime and wet sand.. then drop it off at the auto shop to get color matched.

finished fenders. smooth as a baby skin






as always thanks for looking. sorry for such small progress all the time and slowness of this build. im tryin to take my time n do it right the first time.

[Pau Hana]

Sick work Trav!! Dig those bumpers and fenders. I'm glad you guys worked something out for a skid.

[Bulldog]

Take your time...it's looking killer! Can't wait to see the paint.

[sweli]

Wholly metal work!! Great job on the cage, bumpers and chassis!!!

Great idea, reinforcing the fenders!

[kaneohecrawler]

Originally Posted by sweli

Wholly metal work!! Great job on the cage, bumpers and chassis!!!

Great idea, reinforcing the fenders!

thank you very much good sir.

Originally Posted by Bulldog

Take your time...it's looking killer! Can't wait to see the paint.

thx yahh me too!!

Originally Posted by Pau Hana

Sick work Trav!! Dig those bumpers and fenders. I'm glad you guys worked something out for a skid.

braddah jacob whats up? thx for the kind words tho. miss crawling wit you guys

[kaneohecrawler]

skid came in and got the trans mount brazed in. tryin to keep things as low as possible.

as for the skid i had it made with 2 1/4" spacing between front and rear link mounts so i can use "honcho" length links and get the 13" wb i needed


dont worry the servo is only there cause its on a mock up axle this will have cms and panhard.


height at full bump. my front shock towers will be 1.125" tall w/ 110mm shocks and 13/16 rear hoops w/ 100mm shocks even with this my center height is 2 9/16" of clearance.

[savage wraith]

this looks great. no need to say your sorry for a slow build. details take time. and it shows in this build!!