Rods JK single cab Truggy build

[Desert Rc]

This build is coming out amazing. Very clean tube work. The front bumper is great...and the axles are tasty treat to finish with.

[Rodamis]

Originally Posted by Desert Rc

This build is coming out amazing. Very clean tube work. The front bumper is great...and the axles are tasty treat to finish with.

Thanks I appreciate the kind words , I had it out today for a shake down and it was a real performer nice low down weight it side hilled like mad and is perfectly balanced. Weight wise . Will be working on some scale items now ,a driver , fuel tank , a jack all and few other goodies . Decided no spare tire carrier for now for weight issues, and I do pefer the clean tube truggy look . Also waiting on some mayhem engineering 2.2 slamerz those should finish the look off. Was thinking of painting the door handles , door hinges and hood latches but cant decide what colour maybe gloss black ? Any suggestions anyone

[Rodamis]

Heres a couple of pics on the shake down i am going to try and get some video of this thing after work today with the go pro




thats all for now more pics and video soon

[Rodamis]

Well still no video on this rig . But I have been hammering on it . The 35 hand wound tekin and fxr are holding up so far but it is geared pretty light sometimes the motor gets warm but thats after a really good beat down doing some hill climbing . Changes the rims over to some mayhem 2.2 slammers .they look good but I dont like putting the tsl's on these rims wish they would just make a normal bead for their tires ........ on too the pics

[Rodamis]

[mudhog007]

first awesome truck. it looks like your pinions are pointing at the ground or is it just the design of the axel?

[Rodamis]

Those are the currie rock jock axles from vp .pieces of art and tough as hell there all loaded with goodies too. Running gear is pretty tough too so not scared to beat on it like a rental . One thing I keep blowing beads

[Rodamis]

Heres a few more pics I found on my phone last night

[1tonscout]

The jeep turned out nice. Have any pics of the bronco/scout in the background?

[kakachille]

thing looks awesome

[muddywaters]

Wow!! That looks Beast brother that Jeep truggy turned out awesome. It reminds me of mine and now I'm kind of regretting I sold it but you just gave me my push to build another one with my curries...Thanks.....

[Rodamis]

Originally Posted by 1tonscout

The jeep turned out nice. Have any pics of the bronco/scout in the background?

No I dont have any pics of it , the bronco is just a scx10 honcho with a tamiya bronco body on it the links werent shortened or any thing or the frame so it looks pretty funny. My buddy isnt a modder like I am so it will stay the way it is lol cause im not gonna mod his shit for him .

[mudhog007]

how are those g transition shocks in the drooped set up? and why did you mount the shocks upside down, looks, spacing?

[Rodamis]

Well I like them but I need a stronger spring on the 30 side they are a 70 droop 30 sprung . Its heavier and compresses the 30 pretty easy . I run them upside down because it keeps the shock leakage to a minimal . If I sprung this truck I think that it wouldnt perform nearly as good as it does now . Tire foams are my next upgrade on this rig ill go with some c.i. foams i am running the pit bull 2.2 comp foams and the rig is just too heavy for them so saving some cash to make an order of 2.2 foams and some 1.9s for some other projects .

[slimfire]

Hey Rodamis! B. Since the first time I saw your rig I loved it! Appearance , axles, cage body all looks so scale and clean and beautiful! Now I also learn it does perform well and I would like to ask you to tell me little bit more about how the scx10 axles work with 2.2 wheels (specially with the pitbulls that are pretty bigger than the PL shown in the pics) in terms of articulation, clearance with body, and overall balance of the rig.... I only have a well build wraith but would like to build an scx10 base rig looking scale but simple and specially performant....thus why asking to you as ur rig did inspire me!!!
Thanks a lot for any inputs and suggestions!

Regards from Italy!


PS by the way what typical sort of run so you do? Is it good also at crawling?



- slim -

[Rodamis]

Originally Posted by slimfire

Hey Rodamis! B. Since the first time I saw your rig I loved it! Appearance , axles, cage body all looks so scale and clean and beautiful! Now I also learn it does perform well and I would like to ask you to tell me little bit more about how the scx10 axles work with 2.2 wheels (specially with the pitbulls that are pretty bigger than the PL shown in the pics) in terms of articulation, clearance with body, and overall balance of the rig.... I only have a well build wraith but would like to build an scx10 base rig looking scale but simple and specially performant....thus why asking to you as ur rig did inspire me!!!
Thanks a lot for any inputs and suggestions!

Regards from Italy!


PS by the way what typical sort of run so you do? Is it good also at crawling?



- slim -

Well it crawls very well it has a wider stance because of the rims and offset that I am using . If your using plastic scx10 axles for a build with 2.2s some beef tubes up front are a good idea . I think I could run those pit bulls on this rig and not have any clearance issues . And as for the stock axles they are tough with a few mods and cheap if you do breaK them they are cheap to replace cases wise . I wont be buying another set of currie axles they are pretty sick but pricey . Tough as hell . Im just moving away from 2.2 rigs and into the more scale 1.9s .im gonna buy one of those 2 door jeep jk china bodies and do another jeep but a scaler done out

[Rodamis]

Finally got some video for this rig . love it everyone that sees it run with their rigs asks me how i got it to work so well here ya go thanks for looking
Jk brute truggy - YouTube

[jeepmann]

looks great!