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11-23-2009, 07:10 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Martinsburg WV
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|  pics from a sunday drive
Finally found a little time to go for a drive. This spot is right down the road from my house, a big ditch randomly filled with rock. From fist sized up to as big as a refrigerator. This is a good spot to tax the limitations of a suspension setup and see what a truck is really capable of...    "Wheelwells" made of thin black plastic keep most of the debris out of the chassis interior and hides the un-scale looking interior view       Getting over the scratches is just part of running a hard body I guess. Now that I'm not worried about it as much, I'm pushing it's limits a lot more. This truck still continues to amaze me every time I take it out... |
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11-23-2009, 08:24 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: usa
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truck looks good  |
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11-23-2009, 08:56 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Moncton, NB, Canada
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Sweet spot, kinda looks like the area I go to. Rock rash is one of the good parts of the hobby, I stopped caring how it looked when I seen the drivers door on my TR lol.
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11-23-2009, 09:24 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Murfreesboro
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The first couple scratches hurt the worst  It gets easier from there  Oh...and on a side note, DONT crawl the day after you freshly painted the body  . Looks like you have a very potent rig, is the suspension etc fairly stock? Im always lookin to make mine just a liiiiiiittle more capable lol.Matt |
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11-23-2009, 09:47 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cranston
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Good stuff man, always loved your truck. Matt, take the little rubber stoppers off of the shocks shaft if you havent already, makes a world of a difference. Also, if you want easier flex a softer spring or lighter weight oil will help with that. Alex |
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11-23-2009, 12:05 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Martinsburg WV
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The suspension set up is stock, other than making my own axle truss/upper link mount for the rear axle, and ditching the stock "Y" connector at that point for a true 4-link set up.  The shocks are stock, with the limiter bumpers removed. 30 weight oil. I carefully went over all the shock parts and removed any mold flash or other anamolies so they operate as smooth as they can, and I flip the stock springs so the shorter one is at the bottom. This removes the seperator ring from the shock body so it does not bind as the spring moves. It takes a lot of love, but you can get decent performance out of the stock shocks. If you follow basic shock building rules, carefully trim/sand all moving parts, lube o-rings before assembly, make sure you get all the air out of them, etc., etc. the stockers can be made to work until you can free up funds for some Pro-Lines or something else... | |
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11-23-2009, 12:13 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Southwest VA
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Good looking truck Is this the same rig that had the Blazer body? I am going to try the flipping of the springs. You still used the seperator ring, the only difference is that it's now around the shaft instead of the body, right?
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11-23-2009, 01:42 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Stuck on a Rig in the middle of nowhere Utah.
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Nice looking 4 link mount . Looks like the truck works well. Nice job.
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11-23-2009, 02:13 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Martinsburg WV
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The Blazer turned out to be a good looking body, but it was too damned top-heavy because of the roof rack and all the stuff in it. This truck weighs at least a pound more because of all the steel, but the weight is distributed so much better, the performance of this truck really out-strips the same chassis with the CGR body. Right I still use the ring, it's just down around the shock shaft now where it can't bind against the shock body as the spring moves. I haven't had them pop out of place yet. Quote:
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11-25-2009, 01:42 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: yreka
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truck looks good i guess it time to get the crawler back out for winter
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