11-14-2012, 04:12 PM | #1 |
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It's about time that I did a write up of my Honcho kit evolution into my second hard body build... Running Gear: O.G. Sidewinder Waterproofed on 3s 55T Lathe Motor Hitec 5646WP w/CC BEC @ 7.4V Hand Bros CMS - Panhard Front R2J 4 Link Rear Truss Custom Front/Rear Bumpers - ScaleReady Custom Sliders - ScaleReady Junfac Carbon Steel Front/MIP Rear Axial Aluminum C's and Knuckles Marine Greased Axles and Tranny RR Steel Internals CAC Beadlocks on 1.9 Pitbulls CI Foams Junfac XD Piggyback Shocks 93mm w/Functioning Reservoirs 45wt F/R Body: Tamiya Tundra two tone w/accessories Custom mounted on make shift lexan plate w/ HD velcro RC4WD Tundra Fender Flares Onto the pics: And finally today's update: trying to clean up the wiring and setup the CMS Last edited by alexchen86; 12-10-2012 at 04:22 PM. |
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11-14-2012, 04:14 PM | #2 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Houston
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This is how it looks with the body mounted after Phillip at ScaleReady did the sliders/bumpers: |
11-14-2012, 05:03 PM | #3 |
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Those bumpers and sliders look amazing!!
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11-14-2012, 09:38 PM | #4 |
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That body looks great. The bumpers/sliders look really good too.
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11-15-2012, 03:14 PM | #5 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: williamsport
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Dam you! Lmao... Sweet rig! Haven seen a Tundra build in a while on here an the wife wants the xj to drive. Since I grew up in a Toyota family, I was/am goin to do a Tundra build, my "Troyota".. Haha.. great looking body an not many out there. I'll be watching an learning.. I haven seen one but is there a drop bed kit for it? |
11-15-2012, 03:31 PM | #6 |
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11-15-2012, 04:01 PM | #7 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Vermont
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Wow, those sliders/bumpers are nothing short of fantastic paired with that body. |
11-15-2012, 06:12 PM | #8 |
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Yup Phillip did a great job check him out in the vendors section! At a price of I think $60 or so he's truly an honest and talented individual! Tell him Alex sent ya!
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11-16-2012, 10:08 PM | #9 | |
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11-17-2012, 12:18 AM | #10 |
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Been a busy bee past couple of days after work...putting together my XR Chaotic Switch build and rebuilding my SCX10 Tundra. Finally got the CMS all sorted out since my drag link wasn't lining up correctly and the panhard bar had to be custom extended since I modded the frame. Re-waterproofed the OG Sidewinder tonight, finished one shock and got halfway done with the another one. Cleaned out my old 55T lathe motor as well. Oh my jeezus these damn Gmade 93mm piggy back shocks are a total PITA to build! It took me almost an hour to build just one perfectly without any bubbles in the 45wt Associated shock oil I'm using. The grommet between the shock body top plastic cap must be absolutely perfect in order to fit correctly without leaking. Also there are several more grommets inside the piggy back reservoir that must be securely in line or else they will tear. I think each shock has around 6 grommets all wrapped around plastic buffers. The only aluminum on these shocks are the piggy back, pressure adjustment screw, aeration screw, shock body, spring, and one red ball end!! I see a lot of failure points in this shock design. When I typically build any type of shock whatever scale from 1/14 to 1/5 I always use a bit of black RTV sealant around the cartridges and let them cure overnight once they are built before I pour shock oil the next day. I never had any shock I built myself leak on me...but these Gmade ones are so complex in features and adjust ability that RTV cannot be used anywhere. G-made : All the rock crawler lovers // gmade.net On the upside they do look bad ass! Let's just hope they don't bust wide open lol. Here's a comparison of the stocker 90mm Axial SCX10 shocks and the 93mm GMade Piggy Backs: Here it is mounted on the rear for now as I am reworking the front velcro mounting system for the hardbody: Man should have went with the Powerstrokes....but we shall see! |
11-17-2012, 09:36 PM | #11 |
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will be keeping an eye on this one, love the hardbody tundra..
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11-18-2012, 03:29 AM | #12 |
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Thanks ash38....I was modeling it after my 1:1 but gave up on an exact replica and did my own two tone flair on it to give a more off road look. Here were tonight's updates after work....IT'S ALIVE! IT'S ALIVE! Lol after a little over a year being out of commission from a cracked tranny case, fried servo, and seized bearings from mudding too much. Every major axle/tranny/differential bearing has been cleaned and regreased. All axles have been checked thoroughly for severe cracks in case muddy or sandy water gets in during mud sessions again. All axles packed to the brim with heavy duty thick white lithium grease in an attempt to repel as much water and mud as possible. Next plans: 1. May drop in my waterproofed BRXL I have laying around if my O.G. Sidewinder fries one day even though I waterproofed it myself again last night along with the other electronics. 2. May install high steer zero ackerman knucks instead of my old standard Axial aluminum knuckles. 3. No plans to put in CVD's at the axles since this truck is just a trail basher, show truck, and mud rig. It will never compete in any event so no need...doggie bones and cups are cheaper and stronger especially in a bind coupled with low gear and tons of torque from the motor! 4. Install a light kit (head lights, fogs, corner lamps, tail lights, maybe even a day bar...) 5. Install the rc4wd clear lexan and do an interior on her... |
11-18-2012, 09:21 AM | #13 | |
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Truck looks awesome by the way! | |
11-18-2012, 09:50 AM | #14 |
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Forgot how nice this thing was....its been a while.. Just messing with ya Looks awesome man! If I recall correctly, that rear truss was causing your upper links to bind. That picture reminded me of it. How does it perform? |
11-18-2012, 05:56 PM | #15 |
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Hey Phil my man thank you for that beautiful work. Simply GORGEOUS!!! The rear truss was fine today when I ran it....could be my rear shocks were causing some kind of bind with the rear axle movement. I took it out to a local spot with a new buddy of mine who I got into crawling. He's a big 1/5 2 stroking gas guy but he I think he got bit by the scaler bug lol!! Here's pics from today with the new Gmade 93mm XD PiggyBacks....wow they are BUTTER SMOOTH!!!! Better than the PL PowerStrokes and the Losi 4" BB's!! Just a PITA to build though. This rig is now my favorite! Even more than my big old heavy KOH Lucifer buggy! |
11-18-2012, 10:36 PM | #16 |
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I like it a lot! It's very clean looking |
11-19-2012, 02:28 AM | #17 |
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Sweet looking Tundra! Those sliders a bumpers are just amazing! I am doing a jeep jk build and may have to find who did yours!
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11-19-2012, 07:23 PM | #18 |
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Contact ScaleReady (Phillip) he's the one who did the bumpers and sliders! He does great work at super reasonable pricing!! I highly recommend him. He's a super cool guy to work with. During the entire process we text/email pics of what I wanted from various baja style designs off several 1:1 rigs to finally come to this result. Basically we combined my ideas with his creativity and talent to build this. If you look at my first build thread in my sig the KOH Lucifer buggy that chassis was built by the DMG (Jerry) also an awesome vendor here with amazing skills. Not only did he build me an awesome chassis that was inspired from the Wide Open Designs crew...he was with me every step of the way too mocking up what axles/tranny/skid/link designs and even tires that we were working together on. The rig is so strong that weighing in at around 11 pounds RTR weight and falling off a good 6' cliff drop onto a hard limestone bed in Austin, TX head first damaged nothing and just nicked a little piece of material off the front end bumper!! Jerry (DMG) and Phillip (ScaleReady) are both two highly talented vendors here on RCC and their top notch skills and creativity are no less than spectacular. |
11-19-2012, 11:43 PM | #19 |
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I just saw all the rigs in your signature! Very cool. Nice fleet! |
11-20-2012, 06:23 PM | #20 | |
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That rig set me back a cool $1,600+ with every option Junfac offered for it and I had the Tamiya MFC unit on it as well with all lights/sounds/vibration effects. Some lucky guy in Atlanta has it now... Here's the last video I had of it at my LHS before it was packed and shipped: Tamiya High Lift - YouTube | |
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