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03-15-2006, 07:23 AM
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| Sinking with the ship   Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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03-15-2006, 11:03 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Escondido
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those shocks are awsome!!! How do they perform?
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03-16-2006, 10:28 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bellflower
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man, those shocks are sweet. i thought old tlt shocks were trash, and now you have me thinking... they would look awsome on my scale prerunner that im building. i just need some that are 1/4" longer for the bypass shocks.... and external reservors. nice truck by the way. im jealous. KEvIN |
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03-16-2006, 07:40 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Roseville
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First off, Madhatter, your truck is awesome and those shocks are amazing  . I loved them so much I had to have a set of my own. So today I made my own on the lathe. Hope you don't mind me posting a pic! |
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03-16-2006, 07:46 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lethbridge
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no prob man they look sweet. I really want a lathe too.
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03-17-2006, 07:14 AM
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| Adilynsdad too!   Join Date: May 2004 Location: G ville
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When is somebody going to start selling these??
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03-17-2006, 07:32 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: long island NY
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the shocks are real cool! the whole damn truck is COOL! love the "beatup body " Keep going this thing is gonna be sick!!! |
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03-17-2006, 08:35 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: G6'N
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03-17-2006, 09:25 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lethbridge
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got the shocks mounted and part of the floor ( to keep mud out of the motors)  also got the rear body mounts on and started the water/mud proofing  |
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03-17-2006, 09:56 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bellflower
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that truck is nice. my only complaint is that the rims are to nice.  haha. i like the under body plates. thats a good idea.KEvIN |
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03-17-2006, 12:33 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Naoma, WV
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I agree, needs those white wagon wheels with some painted on "rust" to complete the look. My favorite scale rig.
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03-17-2006, 01:06 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: G6'N
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MH, looks sweet, but put the tailgate back on for sure. |
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03-17-2006, 04:38 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2004 Location: Idaho
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I have a drill...I have some files....I even have some tlt shocks......now all I need is a detailed description of how you made the shocks that good with just a drill and files.
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03-17-2006, 04:43 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Cincinnati Ohio
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Those shock are kick ***! I tried it to a set of shocks I have. Needless to say, they diddnt turn out as good as yours! Mine are all uneven. But they look alright I guess. I just chucked the shock into the drill press, and used my file to grind down the body of the shock. |
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03-17-2006, 06:09 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: scappoose
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What body is that, and where can I get one? |
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03-18-2006, 07:30 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lethbridge
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AdamF and jeepster I use a 1/2 drill in the vise so that the shock lays horrizontal. Its alot easier with it that way because you have better control. As far as any real technique it just too many years of invention out of necescity. As for the wheels , pretty much every mud bogger runs bead locks. Even the red necks. broncoboy, the body is just a proline with emaxx fender flairs (whats left of them) And as much as I like the look of the tail gate I think it'll end up staying off. Just because I'm not going to run the styrene box floor. Last edited by madhatter; 03-18-2006 at 07:34 PM. |
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03-18-2006, 11:45 PM
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the back kinda reminds me of the top truck challenge ford that was blue. i thought the truck had a full bed, but it only has the sides and back. its looks more cool like this anyways. KEvIN |
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03-19-2006, 09:54 PM
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| Debunking old stereotypes  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 1st and Amistad
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I personally liked it on but oh well, he's not mine .I've got to say being a 'N' scale (1:160) model railroader for 27 yrs, This is probably my favorite scale truck on this site, no offence meant to anyone, there are some sweet scale rigs out there. I guess this one just reminds me of one I had on my layout, the realism is awsome, its a redneck beater 4x4 no question, just needs a gun rack in the back window with a 12 guage, Or did I just miss that. As I progress in this new RC hobby I plan on a future scale build cause the attention to detail and realism is what I like about model RR. For right now I just wanna get a competitive tlt and clod built. Long live Billy Bob!!!! Do Not Disturb signs should be written in the language of the hotel maids Last edited by freetimecrawler; 03-19-2006 at 10:44 PM. |
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03-19-2006, 09:56 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bellflower
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I WANT SOME TOPLESS PICS!!!! KEvIN |
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03-19-2006, 10:41 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lethbridge
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thanks again for all the feed back guys. well heres some ''topless'' pics. just bare in mind I still have to finish the welding, and cut the spring mounts down. plus the cage and rear half the floors not done either.   I gotta say I'm not real happy with the container for the esc, but I have to mud proof so........... I'm going to paint it with under coating to try and ''hide'' it but I'm still thinking about it. |
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