Here is my Honcho

[kgb424]

hey raceeng18, are they mounted correctly they look in the picture very close the back wheel but they aren't ,they got to be on right cause the angled bend matches the curve of the frame, maybe it me but they look funny like they need to switched, I'm probably wrong.

[kgb424]

made a new hard pan bar out 8/32 threaded rod and some 3/16 aluminum tubing, and extra rod ends with metal balls, it looked good until I bent it, the aluminum got all scarred but oh well, its done that's one less thing needs to be done.

[6sharky9]

what did you use for mounts on the axle and upper section?

[kgb424]

I ordered a GCM motor forward kit, and bought there hard pan kit, you have too provide your own link for the hard pan bar, there's a mount on the frame and a mount on the axle, the hard pan bar goes in between to stop bump steering and side to side movement of the axle.

[6sharky9]

ok..thank you..was interested in the mounting pieces for something I had in mind.

[raceeng18]

Originally Posted by kgb424

hey raceeng18, are they mounted correctly they look in the picture very close the back wheel but they aren't ,they got to be on right cause the angled bend matches the curve of the frame, maybe it me but they look funny like they need to switched, I'm probably wrong.

Yes, you've got them mounted correctly.

[kgb424]

ok got my headlights installed the way I want, I cut out the headlights in the body, to put the big Axial light buckets in, still need to centered them up and shoo goo them in, then I body reamed where the turn signals go and put the threaded light buckets in, So I got two wraith light controllers, one for the front four headlights, then the other one for the light bar, so that means I can run four brake lights, got figure out how to mount them, cause the brake lights on the body are not hollow, and the light does not go thru, and don't want them in the bumper, going to figure some thing out.

[kgb424]

I made this today, it my battery mount / receiver box/ esc mount. need some Velcro and it is good to go.

[kgb424]

I got my four brake lights mounted, the light buckets are from my wraith kit. the brake lights in the body come on with the headlights in the body, the brake lights on the roll bar come on with the light bar.

[preto789]

damn at the lights! you gonna run that off your battery or figure out some kinda secondary power source for them eventually?

[lonleycreeper]

Very nice truck. I am looking for inspiration and I really like your truck.

[kgb424]

hey Preto789 would some thing like this work, I got a couple of 7.4 volt 1300 mah 2s lipos. I have a Onyx 245 dual balancing ac/dc charger and my question is, the paper work says it will charge a one cell lipo at 3.7volts, but what Mah rating would you use, the lowest is .8A, 1.5A,3.0A,5.0A, I'm thinking 1.5A to charge them, cause I also use these in 1/16 crawler. so I will need to make a plug that goes from Deans connector, too receiver plugs, So I can still use the light controllers one separate switches to turn both sets off and on.

[preto789]

Originally Posted by kgb424

hey Preto789 would some thing like this work, its a one cell lipo that is 3.7 volts and 850Mah, I have a Onyx 245 dual balancing ac/dc charger and my question is, the paper work says it will charge a one cell lipo at 3.7volts, but what Mah rating would you use, the lowest is .8A, 1.5A,3.0A,5.0A, I'm thinking .8A to charge and maybe get a small two cell lipo,

I'm not sure about that .. all the scaler guys around me use 9 volt batteries with cut offs.. we keep it simple here in the south lol!

[kgb424]

ok I got it, I made a wiring harness that goes from Deans connector to receiver plugs, then to the light controllers with the separate switches, that I wired in to turn both sets off/on. and going to Velcro them and battery up inside the body. still need to shoo goo the front headlights in.

[kgb424]

I also got a similar set up on my crawler wraith, need to make a harness and mount the second light controller and find another small 2s lipo

[kgb424]

ok got my headlights shoo goo-ed in on the inside and model glued on the out side. I Velcro'ed in my esc and it was still kinda loose so I also safety wired it in place, and mounted the esc switch on the side of the radio box.

[kgb424]

I also mounted my Ok Performance No Brainer Bec, its a good thing I bought servo extension cables, cause with one cable and the Bec I got just enough slack, that's why it stuck on the esc, I didn't want to cut and extend the wires and have to resolder and reshrink wrap the harness, I'll see if it gets hot, If it does I'll fix it.

[kgb424]

Got my lights painted up, now you don't see light, around the headlights, and I scuffed up the fuel cell with a scotch bright pad and hand painting the fuel cell red with black straps, made a filler neck, going to center it up and clear coat it, it should look pretty good. its going to need a few coats to get a deep red color then the clear makes it pop.

[kgb424]

Bought some new 2s lipo's two 2s 7.4 volt 5000mah, and two 2s 7.4 volt 1300 mah for my lights, going to make a second battery mount out of lexan maybe, and put Velcro on it so when I strap down the lipo for the r/c, it straps down the plate then stick the second battery to the plate, like in the second pic

[kgb424]

Got my fuel cell painted up, it needs to cure, then scraped in spots to clean up the extra paint, then clear coated, with a couple coats, so it doesn't scratch off, when taking body clips on and off. its not perfect, but then again I'm not a painter or artist like some of the truelly talented people on here, so its close enough for me.