12-24-2012, 10:05 AM | #1 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
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| Copper Cherokee
Its finally time to present my ugly duckling turned copper god cherokee (note to self , too much drama in description) It all started out as local find Dingo RTR, the guy was selling it for months so got it for a reduced price . this is how it arrived. the previous owner painted it with an unknown type of color , and really non creatively, flat black. I've took it apart , corrected the building mistakes and cleaned it . then came the painting removal part, i've used autosmart tardis, it works fine and it is affordable , but boy oh boy does it stink. a couple of hours later and lots of masking and Tamiya Copper paint this is what it resulted. made some links and converted it to 4 link , also fixed the wheelbase in the process . Using the waterproofing guide here and on axials blog, i've filled the axels with grease, ballooned the electronics, also got a Hitec HS-5645WP running at 7.4 of an Castle BEC . Next step was to raise the bumper with a bracket and cut the wheel wells . Today i've run it outside for the first time, its cold and muddy , but it was great. i need to get more steering out of it , planing on getting high clearance knuckles, some aluminium c hubs and cvas. also overdrive gears. cue the pictures. any comments, suggestions, ideas are appreciated . thank you ! |
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12-24-2012, 11:00 AM | #2 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Richmond
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| Re: Copper Cherokee
Any plans to put the interior that came with it in? IMO the interior and a proline floor pan would set this rig off even more. I have the Same body and mine Has the floor pan in it, its great at keeping trash and mud out of the inside. I'm loving the copper color. Great job on the paint work! |
12-24-2012, 11:03 AM | #3 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
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i need to trim the floor pan to fit the cut body , but im not sure on how to , maybe heating and bending or cut and glue. i just wanted it to finally run it for the first time. also need to bend the sliders up a bit |
12-24-2012, 01:00 PM | #4 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Rockford
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Looks good. I have the same body and I'm running the floor pan and interior set up. The floor pan is nice to have also gives you more options for mounting electronics. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
12-24-2012, 01:40 PM | #5 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Richmond
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| Re: Copper Cherokee
^^^^^ agree'd! Room for dual batteries too...
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12-24-2012, 06:36 PM | #6 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: williamsport
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Great looking redo! Always nice to see a well put together xj build! I have got to find me one of them there floor pans for mine... Keep up the awesome start!
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12-24-2012, 08:37 PM | #7 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: illinois, rockford
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| Re: Copper Cherokee
great work! i like the color. I painted my body red only because I own a 1:1 in red. I have to get myself a floor pan.
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12-24-2012, 10:22 PM | #8 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: 909 area
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things sweet nice work
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12-25-2012, 09:50 AM | #9 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Richmond
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| Re: Copper Cherokee
The 'bay has some floor pans but they are getting more expensive and harder to find since they have been discontinued. I recommend them specially on the Cherokee bodies.
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12-25-2012, 12:49 PM | #10 |
Rock Stacker Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Nebraska
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Looks good. That has to be my favorite color. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 |
12-26-2012, 11:26 AM | #11 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
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| Re: Copper Cherokee
i've posted this also in the body section ,but to consolidate ill also do it here. I need some help with modifying my proline floor pan . the wheel wells on the back are a bit too far back , so they stand out of the body . i also have a minor issue with the front , but thats minor. any pointers on how i should get to it ? ill let the pictures illustrate . the front the back, note the clear parts the back without the body, i've marked the bit which stands out the front and back bit i can just cut, but i have no idea on how to do it with the wheel arches Last edited by atf300; 12-26-2012 at 11:32 AM. |
12-29-2012, 02:24 AM | #12 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Australia NSW
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| Re: Copper Cherokee
just like on the 1:1 if you cut the arches too far, you expose the inner tubs. as you have cut the arches, you have exposed the "inner tub" so really, you need to heat it up a little and beat it into submission like a 1:1 or, cut and glue it back to create larger wheel tubs to suit the size of the new arches. hope that helps. |
12-29-2012, 10:12 AM | #13 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
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| Re: Copper Cherokee
did a bit of cutting , bending , heating , and the front is perfect now , the rear needs a bit of a fix , but i need to get a sheet of lexan to fill the holes i cut . thanks for the help , my 1:1 experience is sound in theory but poop in practice. here's two shots from today from crawling with the missus. |
12-29-2012, 04:07 PM | #14 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: 909 area
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sweet pics i really like the color on the jeep
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12-29-2012, 04:24 PM | #15 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
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thanks ! its Tamiya ps-14 copper backed with silver , a great color ! |
03-03-2013, 03:57 AM | #16 |
Newbie Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Australia
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Very nice, just googled pics of Tamiya Copper as I'm thinking of painting my JK this colour when I get it. Convinced now after seeing yours, love it. Cheers Red |
03-03-2013, 07:26 AM | #17 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Canada
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| Re: Copper Cherokee
Looks great! How do you find that servo on 7.4? I had mine running off of a Castle BEC at 7.4 and It wasn't happy. It constantly twitched and moved, sometimes it would swing to full lock without warning. I dialed down the BEC to 6.0v and now it works flawlessly. I never really figured out if the voltage was the problem. I know it's rated for 7.4, but it acted like a homeless crackhead. (grumpy and twitchy, unpredictable)
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03-03-2013, 07:27 AM | #18 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Casper
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Nice xj. I just got a new xj body. Painted orange. Here's mine Sent from my bathroom. |
03-03-2013, 08:43 AM | #19 | |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
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mine works fine at 7.4, nothing of the issues you described. could be a faulty BEC or the servo. | |
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