First crawler (RC4WD cruiser)

[BJ40Fin]

Hello!


This is my first time with a RC for many years and I chose crawling because it's simply awsome!

I've been watching scale rigs for years and finally I had cash for my all time favorite truck.. The BJ/FJ 40! I bought the RTR version just because I wanted to go crawling as soon as possible


I started this thread since it will be a kind of customization thread for this crawler.


List of future customizations:
-Front & rear bumpers
-Leafsprings & shocks
-Tires/rims
-Roof rack
-Spare wheel rack
-Lights
-Interior


And some more which I probably forgot.


And here's the beauty itself






If my english is not perfect it's because I'm finnish

[Downfall]

Very nice, I really like these. Will watch to see what you do with this to make it your own. Have fun, and your english very good. ��.

[BJ40Fin]

Thanks! Yes they're awesome, I got to drive a full scale BJ40 years ago offroad and after that I can't stop thinking about them. Sadly they're so expensive today.


Anyways, I thought about building a complete new front bumper but then I remembered a HJ60 cruiser I saw once had this kind of bumper.
Found an old paint roller which suited perfectly for this project




Still a bit of bending to get it straight and sanding, as you see I had to put a piece of wood under one end to get it straight. Not so easy though when it's a quite thick steel bar.

[Rinanode]

Looks Nice

[BJ40Fin]

Originally Posted by Rinanode

Looks Nice

Thanks!

[BJ40Fin]

Today I got new tires for the cruiser but they were a BIT bigger than I thought they would be.. First of all they are much wider than the originals so it took literally HOURS to even get the small beadlocks to hold the beads in place!


I will have to get smaller ones later on or add spacers to both axles to get the body lifted up a bit.






Oh, and I made a couple of mudflaps yesterday also


Let me hear your opinions, lift or smaller tires?

[BJ40Fin]

Painted the rims white today and finished the bullbar


Rims for dinner



The bullbar



Painted



Also gave the truck a little lift to gain more clearence between the tires and fenders

[BJ40Fin]

Made a roof rack prototype from scrapmetal to see how it would look like, nothing nice and ugly welds but I will build a better one later. Works on the trail for now, front grill also painted white a while ago.

[BJ40Fin]

Long time since I Updated this thread so I thought I would share some small new details First of all I've been waiting almost 2 months for upgrades and I'm still waiting.. hopefully they will show up soon. But atleast I got the inner fenders now and as some have seen before I've now put mudslingers on.




and of course a small manual


An older pic taken out in the wilds of my backyard