Jeep JK Project

[crawlingfolife]

That is a clean build I gsve a new b body waiting fir a make over

[moedawi]

Originally Posted by crawlingfolife

That is a clean build I gsve a new b body waiting fir a make over

nice

[Bulldog]

My question is do i loose shocks flex or in other words, that car wont be bouncy, kinda liked it when it was, it gives it scale look in slow motion vids...

I like to take the o rings out of my shocks for that scale bounce in videos. If you drive scale, it's a nice touch. If you want performance...the dampening of the oil with the o rings is good. I vote for no rings and oil. The rig will drive scale and rc4wd shocks are notorious for sticking. I don't know if the king shocks are the same. I haven't tried them yet. Just keep the o rings...if you want to put them back in...they're always there.

[moedawi]

Originally Posted by Bulldog

My question is do i loose shocks flex or in other words, that car wont be bouncy, kinda liked it when it was, it gives it scale look in slow motion vids...

I like to take the o rings out of my shocks for that scale bounce in videos. If you drive scale, it's a nice touch. If you want performance...the dampening of the oil with the o rings is good. I vote for no rings and oil. The rig will drive scale and rc4wd shocks are notorious for sticking. I don't know if the king shocks are the same. I haven't tried them yet. Just keep the o rings...if you want to put them back in...they're always there.

i dpnt need to take out the O ring, but ever since i mounted the servo to the frame i dont have that scale bounce motion anymore, is this normal?
the servo arm kinda controls it from bouncing...

[Bulldog]

I 'm on my phone and traveling... But after looking at the pics it looks like you'll need a panhard mount and three link setup to prevent bump steer and give you perfect steering. I'llook at it again when I'm back on my home computer. In the meantime... Google panhard and three link and bump steer and see what you find. It can be a little confusing if you don't know how it all works. I'll certainly help if I can. Greg

[moedawi]

Originally Posted by Bulldog

I 'm on my phone and traveling... But after looking at the pics it looks like you'll need a panhard mount and three link setup to prevent bump steer and give you perfect steering. I'llook at it again when I'm back on my home computer. In the meantime... Google panhard and three link and bump steer and see what you find. It can be a little confusing if you don't know how it all works. I'll certainly help if I can. Greg

i found this on the forum by halfcab

Originally Posted by halfcab

I used a tlt triangle susp bracket, cut off one side of the bracket and bolted it on between the housing and the truss had to improvise a few bends into the track bar but it has survived a few g6 rounds and some severe creek abuse including some aggressive testing as a utac support rig with a trailer behind it, I'll try to get some pics up in a while

It's a bit dirty the the weekends beating but you will get the idea.

[moedawi]

Originally Posted by Bulldog

I 'm on my phone and traveling... But after looking at the pics it looks like you'll need a panhard mount and three link setup to prevent bump steer and give you perfect steering. I'llook at it again when I'm back on my home computer. In the meantime... Google panhard and three link and bump steer and see what you find. It can be a little confusing if you don't know how it all works. I'll certainly help if I can. Greg

this is what i came up with i will work on it tomorrow

[King James]

nice looking jeep, i digging the axial flares on there, might have to get a set for mine as well

[moedawi]

Just got my rcmodelex frame and installed steering servo on axle and used rc4wd shocks as steering arm, oh and welded the front bumper on the rcmodelex chassis this morning

[Carolina Scaler]

Nice build. Got some inspiration to work on mine now.

[PhantomRS10]

Looks very good. Gotta love jk's!

[Bulldog]

The roof rack looks killer and the Servo on the axle is a capable and safe bet. Only us scale nuts will notice or care. You'll be driving headache free while most are stuck with lousy steering or a project on the bench that isn't finished. I'm a big fan of this build as almost everthing I want for my JK is being displayed here! It's like you're building my build! I love it, and haven't left my couch.

[STANG KILLA SS]

damn nice JK. love the parts and colors.
have thought about moving your front shock (upper) mounts?
looks like they are leaned forward. they should be vertical or leaned back slightly.
none the less. bad ass rig. i love it.

[DTJK]

I love this Jeep, wish it was mine. awesome job! What size wheels are those 1.9 or 2.2? You said those are VP axles? The front one has an axial diff cover?

[Bulldog]

Originally Posted by STANG KILLA SS

damn nice JK. love the parts and colors.
have thought about moving your front shock (upper) mounts?
looks like they are leaned forward. they should be vertical or leaned back slightly.
none the less. bad ass rig. i love it.

I just noticed that. Good call STANG. Easy fix...drill a couple holes and get them canted back a bit.

[moedawi]

Originally Posted by Bulldog

The roof rack looks killer and the Servo on the axle is a capable and safe bet. Only us scale nuts will notice or care. You'll be driving headache free while most are stuck with lousy steering or a project on the bench that isn't finished. I'm a big fan of this build as almost everthing I want for my JK is being displayed here! It's like you're building my build! I love it, and haven't left my couch.

thanks alot man, you helped abit in this project

[moedawi]

Originally Posted by DTJK

I love this Jeep, wish it was mine. awesome job! What size wheels are those 1.9 or 2.2? You said those are VP axles? The front one has an axial diff cover?

1.9, and the axles dont come the diff covers, they alot of different cover for these axles

[moedawi]

So I added light buckets to the frame, and waiting on the snorkel from RC4WD, and im gonna add tinted windows

[DTJK]

Man, this rig is still my fav NB build. Looking better everyday.

[PhantomRS10]

never knew this much awesomeness could be in one thread! drooling!!