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08-06-2006, 10:30 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Clarkston, MI
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I love it! I'd remove the wideners though.
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08-06-2006, 01:39 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando
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Perfecto.
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08-07-2006, 08:33 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: between heaven and hell.
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Looks good and thanks for the props.
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08-07-2006, 08:42 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: May 2006 Location: HONDURAS...ROCK HEAVEN
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|  love your truck, i'am starting to really like these scale rigs, might have to get me one of these , wish i hadn't sold my bruisers way back |
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08-07-2006, 10:38 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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Truck does look very good, and that was a practice body? Looks damn good to me, now get it on some rocks  Mike |
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08-07-2006, 12:30 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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I'm diggin' the new body. I'd ditch the wideners, too. You'll come to see that scale rigs are worse than crack. You'll start jonesing for the next one before your first pack is out  |
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08-07-2006, 01:11 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sacramento
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Oh yeah, I already have more stuff on the way. They're dangerous becuase you can't just cannibalize one and build another, you want to keep it intact I'm thinking about a leaf-sprung Diaz-chassis witha Lunchbox on it for a goofy little basher, but I've also got an old Blackfoot that wants to donate its body for science..... |
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08-08-2006, 09:31 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Milan, IL QCA (rural)
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Gotta love a scaler TLT with a little exo !!! when reading the thread and body color came up I was already thinking red, the new body is awesome!!! I see you are someone like myself, can't resist diecast cars of all types and sizes. It is a illness I know cuz my Hot Wheels collection alone is over 1000!!! |
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08-08-2006, 02:20 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sacramento
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What's really scary is that's only my desk at work ;) Looking around right now I've got the Courier, a 2.2 VMG, a mini-T, an mini-LST, an RC18MT, a micro RS4, 2 airhog aero-aces, ~12 1:18th diecasts, ~10 1:24's and aobut 30 1:64's........it's a bit of a sickness......  And I love my job |
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08-09-2006, 07:54 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Suffolk
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Looks like your "practice body" turned out pretty good, but you are indeed braver than I. I don't let new nurses stick me, I don't let young guys change my oil, and I certainly don't let anyone else paint my shells. Your gamble turned out for the best though. Awesome job on the Exo, any chance you are considering some light tabs on the front?
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08-09-2006, 10:25 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Albuquerque
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I think the paint job on the 2nd lid looks good. But, for scale look, the first body looks much much better to me.
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08-09-2006, 10:49 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: ...Here & There
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I'm stating to everyone, what the deal is...  There is no gamble w/ Double J! He is straight up, & will "communicate", your P.M. box FULL! 8-) Which reminds me Double J: I have room for p.m.'s now... All you do (for now) is ship the body & the paint colors of your choice (for airbrush {which he get's to keep} ), explain your "vision" over the Phone & he does the rest. If he messes it up for any reason; He strips it & start's over. It takes him a minute to do it partly because he's practicing your design on something else, before he commits to the body. Also, HE pay's for the shipping back to you! How can you beat that??? Some of the people he's painting for have already dealt w/ him, so "we" know... If you want an obviously well painted lid for cheap. You better hurry, before he get's his own paint & charges good $$$! Last edited by raytard; 08-09-2006 at 10:55 PM. | |
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08-09-2006, 11:48 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Crawler practice!
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ALRIGHT DUDE GET OFF DOUBLEJ'S COCK BRO  naw jk but yeah i think the other body looks more scale but nice new body | |
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08-10-2006, 01:57 AM
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08-10-2006, 03:34 AM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reppin the Pimp Cane in...North Jersey
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Nice looking rig ya got there. the exo follws very cleanly, and the Double J body looks badass. |
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08-11-2006, 10:38 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nebiru, OuterSpace
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yes looks great... the silver left something to be desired.... that double J body finishes it. looks awesome. i too say skip the wideners... would have more realism with a narrow track... nonetheless, i nearly took a shot at that exo when it was up for sale, but i had just dumped my wallet on Unimoger's C10.... you've made it look much cooler than i ever could have! |
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08-12-2006, 11:11 AM
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Yeah, the narrowed Pede wheels have a lot less offset than the HPI's I normally run. The nice thing about these wideners (Tobee 32mm's) is that they allow me to run Moabs on 24-series wheels and clear the shocks, and the truck looks a bit more normal; the super-wide stance is just for bashing. I'll pop up some pics after I get a protective cage on the body and beat it up a bit |
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08-20-2006, 08:15 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sacramento
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Much better    Told ya the wideners were there for a reason Also redid the rear supension (shocks facing rearwards to soften it up a bit, and it's made a huge difference in how it rolls over stuff and puts much more wheel pressure on. Now, waiting on a can-back from Colquitt Customs once he starts working on the Courier setups Last edited by sybir; 08-20-2006 at 08:20 PM. |
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08-20-2006, 10:16 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: over there
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SKINNY TIRES! Love it Is it double narrowed or single?
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08-20-2006, 10:23 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sacramento
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Not narrowed at all, stock wheels The 8-balls were a slightly oversized sedan wheel, that you could get spinners for (Proline made some Escalade sedan bodies and stuff) So they're very high-offset, and a little over an inch wide. They've git slightly shorter beads than most truck rims, but becuase you stretch the Moabs just a touch to fit them anyways, it's not really an issue. You technically don't even need to glue them, though it still makes it more secure. I love the side bite you get with the setup, though, and it's definitely more challenging with a narrow width and less rubber down on the rocks. |
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