Harley's Axial JK Rubicon

[Brandon]

Originally Posted by Harley

I had several sets of the Axial scale light kits around, so I installed the lenses in the front and rear bumpers. Lights will follow soon. They come in this kit Axial Racing - Axial Light Bucket Set (Black) You will need two kits worth, unless you want to install the yellow lenses in one of them.

What? no credit? Sheesh

[Harley]

Originally Posted by Brandon

What? no credit? Sheesh

I have no idea what you're talking about

Thanks B, I owe half my post count to you

[diesel kawboy]

Can you post a pic on the install of the rear of the battery mount? I realize it's just the honcho mount but I only had a first gen scx10 and now have the jk. I don't really want to screw into the radio cover but will if it's the best way. Thanks in advance.

[Harley]

Originally Posted by diesel kawboy

Can you post a pic on the install of the rear of the battery mount? I realize it's just the honcho mount but I only had a first gen scx10 and now have the jk. I don't really want to screw into the radio cover but will if it's the best way. Thanks in advance.

Sure, I used a couple spacers that were in the box. I'll grab some pics later tonight.

[Brandon]

Originally Posted by Harley

Thanks B, I owe half my post count to you

Ugh... Never mind, that's the last thing I want to be responsible for.

[DISTURBIN' tha PEACE]

Originally Posted by Harley

Thanks B, I owe half my post count to you

Originally Posted by Brandon

Ugh... Never mind, that's the last thing I want to be responsible for.

Don't worry, he just likes to talk a lot.

[Harley]

I was down in the basement tinkering with the JK.

Since I am still waiting on my Currie axles I decided to throw the second included 4-link mount on the front. I will be running the rig quite a bit while I am off for Christmas and I wanted to get rid of all the slop in the stock 3-link.






I lose body clips constantly, decided to store some spares on the rig

[Harley]

Next I wanted to put a servo winch on the rig. I saw the massive area that was opened up by moving the RX box. I started there...

This is the mount I came up with.

[Harley]

Servo winch installed in the mount.







Top view to see how it's tucked in.

[Harley]

Lastly, I stole a winch from another rig and threw it on the bumper for now. I may change this out for a different winch sooner than later.

[Manning]

That servo with the stock plastic steering links???!?!?!

[Harley]

Originally Posted by Manning

That servo with the stock plastic steering links???!?!?!

Yes yes, they will get replaced when the axles come. I just didn't want to redo the wiring when they came in so I threw it on now.

[JohnRobHolmes]

You ever get your cnc back up and running?

[Harley]

Originally Posted by JohnRobHolmes

You ever get your cnc back up and running?

I have not gotten back to it yet. Thinking that it is a controller issue has me dreading it.

[Big Tex]

Originally Posted by Harley

I lose body clips constantly, decided to store some spares on the rig

well.. rollin' her over on her back every couple minutes, will do that to ya happens to the best of us lol

[Harley]

In preparation for the Dinky light kit (http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/dinky...light-set.html) I ordered up a simple LED Yeah Racing light controller from TCScrawlers.com: Yeah Racing Dark Drifter LED Light Kit #LK-0002 - The Crawlers Store LLC

I also ordered an additional white and red. So I'll have two sets of white up front with amber marker lights, then two red sets on the rear (tails and bumper).

[Harley]

I went home last night and was looking for a switch when I ran across something... a LED light controller. Actually, the exact same one I ordered yesterday So I decided to get to work and install it now into the bumpers.



Made a quick mount to hold the controller

[Harley]

Installed the LED's in the bumpers with the included Axial LED clips.

[Harley]

Also decided to throw a driver in the rig. We'll see if he "sticks".

[Harley]

Very last project of the night, a camera mount. This will just be thrown on to get a handful of shots here and there, not something that I will want to run very often of course!

It's very versitle and has holes to mount it in several different orientations on top of the cage.





The counter weight (Just resting on the mount here, it screws on the bottom side) is needed to keep the body roll under control. It is actually kind of fun to drive it that way!