FJ trail style chassis via Mattzilla

[I.D.10.T]

I FINALLY got my FJ from my ole beer drinking, wire bending bud in Calie. I'm hoping to get this one done before Thanksgiving. It is suppose to be a 4 seater when completed.

Parts list:
Axial aluminum tranny case with all steel gears
GCM transfer case
MIP shafts
2200 RC4WD brushless motor (right now)
Mamba SW3 esc
Savox servo
Axial axles with aluminum on the ends, MIP front axles and HD axial 36 gears
Steel wheels from Hong Kong that look similar to the stock FJ wheels
Axial Trepador tires
Proline shocks
Suppose to have a hidden winch (we'll find away through the servo Lue)
And a bunch of lexan to finish the body and interior
LED lights here and there too

[kakachille]

Thing looks clean

[easleycrawler]

Mattzilla does some top notch work. Looks really good.

[I.D.10.T]

Got a little more done.

Steel overseas wheels that look stock.
Trepador tires
Side panels and doors

[rebuilder]

Saw it on Facebook! very nice rig!!!

[mattzilla]

Great job Andy,
Yes good O' days. Well, I still haven't changed. Have a beer, open up the shop, & have more beers.. Hell, the bends gotta be done right & welds gotta be clean..It's great to be the boss..Bottom's up...

[I.D.10.T]

Got started on my interior. I used some lexan .030 this time. I snipped a little here and there to get some floor boards and partial wheelwells. Center cover to come. I then threw in a saddle pack battery (7.2V), Wraith seats on top of that, and also change the esc and motor to a Novak Timbuk2 with a 13.5t crawler motor. It does the job nicely.

I also found some time in the past week to get the grill mounted. Now I'm about to finish the dash and lightbar. The lightbar is a piece of Delrin that will have 8 LED lights angled down in the middle. Some more cutting and sanding in my days ahead.

[I.D.10.T]

Here is the interior in place, but not completely finished. I plan on getting the lights working next.

[I.D.10.T]

I'm actually going to try and finish this ole FJ. It hasn't been driven much until lately. I stretched it out an inch and widened it within the specs of C2. I now have some Yota axles on it to throw it back to the scale roots of Toyota too.

So here is a list of things changed as of now:
1. TSS 1.9 Monster wheels with 1.9 Growlers and 4.75" CI foams
2. HH 30T Puller 500 Crawl (I inherited it with a shelf queen purchase)
3. 90mm RC4WD scale shocks in front and 80mm in the rear
4. Now running 3s
5. Winch anchor
6. 5" VP light bar

Things for come:
1. Rear seats
2. Fender wells in the front and rear
3. Jerry cans and utility box cover over the servo winch
4. Other scale items
5. Hook up front lights and make some rear tail lights

I cut some JK seats in half, removing the middle seat portion and then glued it back together to get my FJ rear seat. As of now, I have to finish fitting the seat in place. I might use some scale junk to hide my wires in the rear floor board area. Or maybe make a floor mat.

[I.D.10.T]

Tail lights and Jerry cans added. Back seat has been painted and waiting to get mounted. I'm going to have to reroute all the wiring with these changes.

[Harley]

Man I like FJ builds. Solid looking trail rig man

[I.D.10.T]

WOW! Harley put a post on my thread.

Thanks man. I hope I can finish it the way I have in my mind.

[kakachille]

This thing is sweet when u get bored sell it to me lol

[Tantaran69]

Holy frijoles,,,,,,, one sexy rig Sir....

[Harley]

Originally Posted by I.D.10.T

WOW! Harley put a post on my thread.

Thanks man. I hope I can finish it the way I have in my mind.

I saw the pics on the TSS facebook, then stumbled across the build. Been thinking about a FJ lately and it caught my eye. I'll keep an eye on it, cool rig for sure.

[fr8cture]

Looks awesome! That's the tamiya front clip right? If you don't mind could you measure the width at the windshield and front of the hood for me? (without flares)

[I.D.10.T]

Hood is 115mm or 4 5/8".
Lower w shield is 143mm or 5 4/5".

Who measures in 5ths? My stupid stainless ruler does. Also about 5 7/8".

[Hammer!]

good job!! looks absolutely epic!

[I.D.10.T]

Thanks guys for all of the compliments. I really appreciate it.

I had a little time today to do a few things.

1. Added a tow shackle on the rear end.
2. Rerouted the wires with a lexan bracket attached to the t-case. This should keep the wires out of my shafts.
3. Hooked up my headlights.
4. Mounted all of the seats.

I hate photobucket and all of their stupid ads that pop up.

Back to the Razorback game. Woo pig spoke! !

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[I.D.10.T]

Originally Posted by kakachille

This thing is sweet when u get bored sell it to me lol

I'll try to hold you to that request if I plan on selling.