New to me Dingo

[DeweyCJ5]

thanks every pay period i try to add something to it , next week i am ordering these

Reign RC Axial Dingo Defender Grill & Light Bezels

the nice thing is it will all transfer over to a new body when i trash this one

[DeweyCJ5]

In honer of all the JK builds going on

[ROLANDROCKSHOP]

looking good man!!

look forward too seeing it out in action!

[DeweyCJ5]

picked up a matching spare today from Bigfoot87 if anyone needs a matching RoxLox spare i have 3 extra.

[DeweyCJ5]

got my order from RPP today , thanks for the fast shipping



sorry about the crappy cell phone pic

[DeweyCJ5]

so i had and idea and talked to MTHead today about making the camel trophy signs up on the rook rack and this is what he has got back to me with



the material is about 1/16" thick which will be about right. $5.00 shipped ea

[65BAJA]

Originally Posted by DeweyCJ5

got my order from RPP today , thanks for the fast shipping



sorry about the crappy cell phone pic

I was just looking at this grill set from RPP. How do you like it? What lights are you using? I f'd up and painted my body shell and forgot to mask off the headlight bucket area. I ended up just punching a hole in the shell and hot gluing the LED's into the shell. Works but it looks a little ghetto.

[Kayne184]

As far as the ring color I would get a round cap or cut some styrene to cover over the middle past the ovalish holes and then Paine the out side yellow cause the rim is chrome and the ring would be to much I think well it looks good gonna use the diamond plate styrene to cover some holes like you thanks for the tip.

[DeweyCJ5]

Originally Posted by 65BAJA

I was just looking at this grill set from RPP. How do you like it? What lights are you using? I f'd up and painted my body shell and forgot to mask off the headlight bucket area. I ended up just punching a hole in the shell and hot gluing the LED's into the shell. Works but it looks a little ghetto.

i love the grill light set up i am going to use a 3racing light set up that i picked up from a friend of mine , the front headlams use the axial light buckets and for the rear i am going to get 3mm and 5 mm led holders

[DeweyCJ5]

Originally Posted by Kayne184

As far as the ring color I would get a round cap or cut some styrene to cover over the middle past the ovalish holes and then Paine the out side yellow cause the rim is chrome and the ring would be to much I think well it looks good gonna use the diamond plate styrene to cover some holes like you thanks for the tip.

i am going to leave the rings back , just thought about painting the rims yellow. still not sure yet but i will wait till i get my new body and paint them the camel yellow

[DeweyCJ5]

so the wires that come with the 3racing winch are really stiff, to the point that they break off of the winch board. i thought my winch burnt out, going to solder new servo wire on in the morning after i take the kids to school .

[DeweyCJ5]

every expedition rig needs a snorkel

[DeweyCJ5]

Originally Posted by 65BAJA

I was just looking at this grill set from RPP. How do you like it? What lights are you using? I f'd up and painted my body shell and forgot to mask off the headlight bucket area. I ended up just punching a hole in the shell and hot gluing the LED's into the shell. Works but it looks a little ghetto.

i ordered some led holders for 3 mm and 5 mm from ebay 50 5mm and 20 3mm each. pm me an address and size and i will send you some as i only need a few of each when they get here

[DeweyCJ5]

got new body , tamiya camel yellow, some rally tires and the best thing i got in the mail today from Mthead

[DeweyCJ5]

got a new body , thanks to tower hobbies spend 50 get 25 off also ordered so 3 mm and 25 mm led holders from ebay along with my camel trophy stickers

tail / brake light and turn signal holders installed



stickers



and my youngest son thinks i need a new driver

[DeweyCJ5]

body painted and a few decals put on

[DeweyCJ5]

got some proline gear









i am going to have to say that this is my favorite R/C in a long time

[Mike490]

Looks great

[DeweyCJ5]

thanks

[DeweyCJ5]

so i seen this post and thought i would try it with my scaler and let me just say it works great

Originally Posted by Del Monte

Here's something new that I've been playing with



After I saw Egressor's scx shock mods, I wanted to try something similar. I couldn't find the Tamiya bladders anywhere in the US, but Traxxas Mini Revo shock bladders are almost exactly the same size. They are included with the GTR shock rebuild kit, TRA7062.

To get the most out of the mod, I added a 1/16" vent hole to the top of the shock to lower the internal pressure. Be sure to clean the any burrs off the inside of the cap so that the bladder can seat fully. You will also need to run at least a 5mm external limiter on the shock shaft to keep the piston from crashing into the shock bladder.

DISCLAIMER: If you add a vent hole to the shock cap, it will no longer work without a shock bladder. You will have effectively made a squirt gun



I also added a 1/16" bleeder hole to make rebuilds easier. This mod works great with or without the shock bladder. The location of this hole is important. If you drill too close to the top of the cap, the shock won't seal correctly. I found that drilling the hole at the end of one of the "ridges" in the cap works out well.



I've put about 10 packs on the new setup, and I'm pretty happy with the results. The shocks are a lot smoother now and leak free so far. Since the shock cap is vented, the shocks feel much more linear then stock. For my lightweight rig, this meant a lot less funky unloading. If you're used to the progressive feel of the stock shocks, you might have to adjust springs/preload to get the same feel.

Here are some gratuitous crawling shots from this morning