Wrangler JKU / VS4-10 build

[Mud Daog]

What's up people. I built a Jeep this summer.

Part list:

Chassis: Vanquish VS4-10 Phoenix Portal kit
Body: Injora Jeep Wrangler open top kit
Motor/ESC: Hobbywing QuickRun AXE540 2300kV
Steering servo: Holmes Hobbies HSV500LP
Shift servos: 2x Savox SC-1251MG
Tx/rx: FlySky GT-5
Wheels: Vanquish Products 1.9 Method 105 gunmetal with beadlock rings IFR
Wheel bolts: Vanquish Products scale hex hardware
Hubs front: Vanquish Products .475 brass
Hubs rear: Vamquish Products .475 SLW
Center hubs: SSD M5 "Locking" Hubs
Tires: Pitbull RockBeast 1.9
Foams: Boom Racing 2-Stage, Hard/Medium
Rear bumper: SSD Rock Shield

Extra:

-Killerbody grille mesh
-Araldite Rapid 2 component epoxy glue
-CA glue
-Testors model glue
-Evergreen styrene round rods and 1/4" square rods


Inspiration: Portal axle JKU Sand Trooper. Also the Rockstar Garage JKUs influenced me a lot here.


The chassis build was business as usual, except I lowered the shift servos and removed the battery tray.

Injora bod had to be hacked a bit to sit right




Weird Al gets a Jeep AND his own movie this fall!

This faux 2JZ is from MyMiniFactory, and hides the ESC and the steering servo

The body mount piece from the Phoenix body fused with the grille piece from the Jeep body, and hollowed out w/mesh. Serves as a working front mount!


Starting to look like something!


The front panels had to be cut/widened, and the fender flares bent to fit


Alfred is stoked


Magnets. Great guys.

[Mud Daog]

Started styrene'ing the body, just some fitment and then filling the holes that would have the doors stuck in'em



Puttied and sanded to make it look schmooze

Paint! Tamiya! TS-81 Royal Light Grey exterior, TS-82 Rubber Black, TS-06 Matte Black, TS-80 Flat Clear


Got the Rock Beasts on the Method 105s, and I liked'em so I put rings on them.. expensive, yes.
It was my birthday.. leave me alone!

GRC light pods are pretty great! Also decided this Jeep was already used before I even built it. Tamiya Weathering Master kit is a good buy.

Homestretch now

Had some foam sheets laying around and used them to seal up the gap between body and chassis in the rear



And also the inside of the windshield:


Added some styrene tube to look like support
pillars for the cage

Dash got sawed up, glued back together and then flatted out

We're in!

[Mud Daog]

This Jeep is for finding secret ancient skate spots in the mountains

Cali plates for the culture

We outside like Pi'erre Bourne!!

Wasup mami, talk to me


Floor mat covers the power switch. Battery (*edit: this was a Gens Ace "Soaring" 3S 2700kV)is behind the dash

Done deal! The body doesn't go as low as I want it with this battery, but I'm working on it. The lower lenses are from an SCX10i part tree, cut ans sanded to fit. Head-/taillights are from Gmade. Pods not yet connected, got a switch on order. Happy with this build, can't wait to go crawl somewhere good!



Finally, last night I set up for some poser shots, and reversed off a 3 meter cliff. The damage wasn't as bad as I feared.. Injora was quick to send replacement parts, thankfully. F'in send it!!


Thanks for tuning in!

-Mats

[twade984]

Very cool jeep! Bummer about the damage


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[Mud Daog]

Originally Posted by twade984

Very cool jeep! Bummer about the damage


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Thanks, man. Yeah, that was a huge "you don't deserve nice things"-moment, but I think it will be fine!

[B-MOW71]

Excellent work on the fit and finish of this build! Love a good Jeep build and great to see it on the Phoenix chassis!

It's great to see how well the interior center console lines up with the VFD trans. Nice little scale details and love the driver! He fits the look perfectly!

[Mud Daog]

Originally Posted by B-MOW71

Excellent work on the fit and finish of this build! Love a good Jeep build and great to see it on the Phoenix chassis!

It's great to see how well the interior center console lines up with the VFD trans. Nice little scale details and love the driver! He fits the look perfectly!

Thank you, appreciate it! There's a couple meant-to be geometric features for sure!

[Cyclist]

Impressive work!

[Mud Daog]

Originally Posted by Cyclist

Impressive work!

Thanks, man! Still working.. got the right battery so the gap in the front is gone!

[Mud Daog]

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[xwaz]

Where did you end up mounting your battery? I have a nearly identical build going on and to run a 2200 3s I cut a little bit of the floor board in front of the passenger seat to allow the battery to sit up through there and will do a fake carpet to cover over it.