Rods JK single cab Truggy build

[Rodamis]

Ok so bent me some sliders up to match the rear angle of the cab and then built some lower body panels out of 22 gauge steel to mount the body to the chassis have a look see and dont be shy about the input !

[Rodamis]

started workin on the bumper and front tube work now that the sliders are in place to mount to heres some pics

built some front shock hoops and made a servo mount out of 22 gauge steel



started the grill guard loop



front bumper almost complete built the stinger and mounted it

[Rodamis]

ok so i built the fender tubes up and installed to hug the body lines nice and tight

[crawler nut]

Looking sweet. Coming along really nicely.

[jeepercreepin]

That rig looks amazing. Looks like tons of fun to build too. what did you use to make the rear tube chassis? Id like to build something similar for my jeep.

[Rodamis]

Well since the jk is 1/8 th scale I used 1/4 inch brake tube and that sized out to 2 inch tubing and it just looked right for this build .I used some 3/16 brake tubing for the cross support and in the front bumper . I have more pics to upload on it tonight after work so stay tuned it doesnt look so great yet but as it sits atm but I have painted it up and putting electonics in it it looks pretty killer

[Rodamis]

sweet deal sprayed down the chassis after cleaning the welds up painted the chassis dupli-colour gun metal tire paint and love it heres some pics

[Rodamis]

Slapped some electronics in and tested the servo. It feels rough like a tiny little grenade went off in there . Lets pull it apart and see whats going on


I have a couple of these servos and had bought a rebuild kit but never used it which is good cause i need it now . rebuilt it and greased it and re installed it in the truck

[Rodamis]

built the drive shafts and installed them as well as made fron inner fender wells thats when i realized i had miss putting my two nuts on the sliders to hold the outer corners ..... oh well they close up pretty nice anyways

[Rodamis]

Sooooo forgot to take pictures of the painting but you all know how it works so painted the JK black ........ i know i know been done before right well i used tamiya Nato black and it looks a bit different than the cap but thats probably cause i used a grey primer so its black with a dark green tinge also popped the interior back in and started the tail lights and head light buckets getting them wired in .

[Rodamis]

ya as for the passenger side of the cab theres a line that started and popped so looks like i will be sanding that down and repairing it as well as lol do some fine sanding, again forgot how bad black shows body work

[Rodamis]

Well went down to the lhs and they had brought a set of currie front and rear axles. In and wham I bought them lol theybare a work of art for sure . The set they brought in are raw finish but not for long because im gonna paint them the same colour my chassis is .thanks for lookin at my build I know that its just a truggy and not some tube rock racer but it does loook awesome with the paint on it . Still have to finish the axles up tonight as well as re do the front end since I have a panhard/ 3 link set up , finish up the head lights and electrical then I can get some action shots and video of it

[scorpion_ax]

great job on this rig bud. I did pretty much the same with one of my jk's last year and this is how mine turned out.......but you did an awesome job on it

hope you don't mind me puttin up my pics here for you if so just let me know and i'll pull em

[Rodamis]

Nice lookin jk you have there I flipped back and forth from 1.9 pits and 2.2 tsl and I liked the tsl's better only because when I was younger a lot of my friends built land cruisers and jeeps. On 44 inch boggers there was a whole group of them .you see on some builds guys showing the aqualu aluminium tubs .they are based my home town in kelowna Bc canada and there was one truck I loved so much it was a fj45 with a tiny little box on 44 boggers. it sat pretty low and had king coil overs in it. Thing went like a raped ape and it had a little tube work in the rear and thats sort of how I came to building what I did .mine was supposed to be exo caged over the cap and hood but silly me got rambunctious with a hack saw and cut the frame , literally I thought of the next step which was to set up tabs to bolt the cage to. Lol and I cut them kinda close to the cab so just started fabbin after that . I did make some templates up on graph paper of the shap and width and used those to fab the rear section up .was fun to build and now my wife wants me to build her one finally she comes around lol

[scorpion_ax]

Your lucky my wife will never come around ....she wants nothing to do with my rc habit......hobby

[Rodamis]

Well I had had my front curry axle apart 4 or 5 times I am having a binding issue and when it binds the knuckles tighten up and bind as well . I checked the locker thinking maybe it was not aligned straight when I put it together or my hardened ring and pinion was binding . So pulled the vp shafts and knuckles and spun the gear set over and there was no binding so I took a look at these new vp cvd's and found that both shafts close to were they go into the locker have a slight wobble . So I loosened the carrier and left it loose and installed the shafts and knuckles again and when I spun the shafts over you can see the carrier wobble back and forth . I guess I will be taking these back to my lhs for new ones

[scorpion_ax]

that sucks bud. I know with those type of axles (CVD'S) a buddy of mine has in his xr10 they started to bind on him too not saying its the same issue your having just pointing out that there is issues with them in the past

[19_mustang_96]

Good Work.

[Rodamis]

Its just weird there is one spot when you turn them over till you hit that tight spot and the knuckles get tight and dont turn very easily then a 1/4 turn of the pinion and they flop around.I had issues with the rear curry axle as well once I put the c clips in the ring and pin was so tight hard to turn over and that was with axial shafts.how I fixed it was there is a tiny bit of play in the 4 link truss holes so I pulled the tubes out as far as the hole would allow and re tightened them and then tightened the set screws back up and that seemed to help a lot but the front is aggravating. Me I have spent the last 2 nights working on them . Lol just want to get them mounted so I can continue on the build .my lhs said they would take these ones back and give .me anofher set but im worried they will do the same thing as these ones , guess I will have to try it

[Rodamis]

ok here are some pics now with the currie axles built and under the jeep they are truly amazing pieces, like straight up rc porn .... on too the pics




scale porn FTW