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12-31-2018, 10:46 AM | #41 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Ocala, Florida, USA
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| Re: AnimalHippie's Family Dingo Yea getting those beef tubes to work out was a huge breath of fresh air. Now time to find some better bumpers for it. Thank you! We're sure loving the dingo. Glad it keeps up with the Trx and in some spots surpasses it. It's great teaching the girls how to turn wrenches and having them see the difference each upgrade makes. Going to teach the wife how to solder here in a bit. Now that my half day is over. off work for 2 days! gonna go tinker some more while I have a few
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12-31-2018, 12:06 PM | #42 | |
RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Austin Texas
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| Re: AnimalHippie's Family Dingo Quote:
As they grow ( and the fact that they're girls lol) they'll likely lose some interest but never dismiss what a meaningful and positive impact this hobby will likely forever have on their lives. You and your wife seem to have a great relationship with your girls and that's something so direly important and sadly lacking in today's world. These are the kinds of kids that grow up to be competent and compassionate adults. Kudos to you both. And yes... I realize that y'all know all of this but once in a while I feel like it's nice to convey appreciation to others... for what they do/ for who they are. Y'all take care and have a healthy and safe new year! | |
12-31-2018, 04:36 PM | #43 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Ocala, Florida, USA
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| Re: AnimalHippie's Family Dingo
First, Thank you sir! We try our best to raise our kids like were raised with a few tweaks here and there. We both had a good upbringing, but both got into enough trouble to know where the tweaks should come in. We want strong independent girls. The boys of today are slim pickings for a good hard working guy. I'm sure even less for when my girls start dating. Most teens now days can't even change a tire. Bet my 5 yr old girl could change a tire and oil of she was strong enough to break everything loose. She's been right there with me since she was 3 changing oil and rotating tires. Thank you again! It's a tuff job but someones gotta do it RC has been great with them. Teaches them mechanics, motor skills, driving and physics. it's fun enough to make the work not seem so bad to them. I myself love the work of it. Turning wrenches and shit aggravating you is all part of the fun. They both want to stand right next to me in their chairs and watch or help me tinker. They're amazed by the soldering iron lol. They like helping with lights the most. cause they can physically see the results. Thank you again for the kind words my brother! Hope you have a safe and happy New years as well! |
01-02-2019, 07:40 AM | #44 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Ocala, Florida, USA
Posts: 1,213
| Re: AnimalHippie's Family Dingo
Finished the last few things for the rock lights this morning. They look great! Not too bad for some budget lights. Will get it on the rocks this evening to see how good it really does. Thinking about doing a DIY thread for the rock lights. It's really simple and cheap. Think I might have $12 in the rock lights for both rigs. Here's some pics |
01-03-2019, 05:19 PM | #45 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Ocala, Florida, USA
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| Re: AnimalHippie's Family Dingo
The girls and I wanted to see how good the rock lights work. Everyone had hands in with this light kit. Since I only did single sections of LED strip in this rig it's not as bright as my Trx-4, but still works great. These lights get a bit hot but with the little aluminum plate they don't do too bad. Now it just needs a light bar Here's a few pics! |
01-05-2019, 07:29 PM | #46 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Ocala, Florida, USA
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Went for a night run with the wife! Was a good time! Here's some pics! |
01-06-2019, 02:55 PM | #47 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Ocala, Florida, USA
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Here's the link to my DIY rock light kit AnimalHippie's $12 DIY Rock Lights Hope you enjoy! |
01-13-2019, 07:49 AM | #48 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Ocala, Florida, USA
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| Re: AnimalHippie's Family Dingo
Last night I got some time in the garage. Put a Turnigy 959v2 on the Trx. So I figured it was only right to throw the Power HD 20k on the Dingo. What a big difference from that stock servo! Took it out on the rocks for a little test run. It did great. With this rig being so light the power HD is plenty of servo for it. I definitely would recommend the power hd20k to anyone with a tight budget. Now time to find a better servo mount for the axle. Servo is moving around on that plastic mount. Last edited by AnimalHippie; 01-13-2019 at 07:51 AM. |
01-18-2019, 04:42 PM | #49 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Granite Falls, WA
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| Re: AnimalHippie's Family Dingo They seem to look good with the Dingo! I might take my extra TRX-4 Defender wheels and do likewise. Being that they're slightly wider than standard 1.9's, though, I'm thinking they'd require some foam tuning rings, along with a full set of C.I. foams.
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02-01-2019, 10:15 AM | #50 | |
RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Ocala, Florida, USA
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I like the look and love the performance! I would recommend them to anyone. Definitely need some good foams in them tho. Had some playtime last night. Climbed right up these 2 ledges with no issue at all. The Trx can't go up these ledges without getting hung or sliding off the side. Both rigs did great and climbed on up the highest point with no issues I love this truck. It's so much fun. Now just need to figure out what I wanna do to get some more steering. Any suggestions that don't cost as much as a new rig? | |
02-04-2019, 09:49 AM | #51 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Ocala, Florida, USA
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I have about 3/8-1/2" of clearance at full lock before my tire hits the shock. Running stock dog bones with standard axial aluminum knuckles with servo on axle. Anyone know if I went to a high steer knuckle and cvds if I could keep the axle mounted servo? I would love to go CMS with this rig, but the budget is tight and I'm just trying to get a little more steering from this rig. Would like to do narrow XR or a 10-2 swap, but those options are out of my price range for now and really not trying to get a bunch more steering. Would just cvds and high clearance knuckles get me there? I've searched on here but most answers aren't clear and most say go narrow XR with no answer to my question. Thanks for any help and advice.
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03-03-2019, 05:15 PM | #52 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Ocala, Florida, USA
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| Re: AnimalHippie's Family Dingo
Did some crawling today with a buddy on the backyard course. Ol Dingo did great! |
03-04-2019, 06:07 PM | #53 | |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Shelby
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03-05-2019, 08:06 AM | #54 | |
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03-05-2019, 10:05 AM | #55 |
Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Shelby
Posts: 163
| Re: AnimalHippie's Family Dingo
I got rid of the dog bones few years back, just got the high steer knuckles few months ago. Turns a good bit better now. Need to get around to installing my cms to take full advantage of the knuckles Sent from my LGLS775 using Tapatalk |
06-16-2019, 05:02 PM | #56 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Ocala, Florida, USA
Posts: 1,213
| Re: AnimalHippie's Family Dingo
Me and Joss went out and played with the rigs on some washouts yesterday. Had a great time! Here's a few pics and a part 1 video. |
06-16-2019, 07:49 PM | #57 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: 3rd rock pile on the right
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| Re: AnimalHippie's Family Dingo
Shes quite the lil driver lol Sent from my SM-J327VPP using Tapatalk |
06-17-2019, 03:16 PM | #58 |
Newbie Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: ESPAÑA
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| Re: AnimalHippie's Family Dingo
Muy bien por ese Dingo, "Pulgares hacia arriba"
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06-17-2019, 04:07 PM | #59 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Ocala, Florida, USA
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06-17-2019, 07:00 PM | #60 |
RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: 3rd rock pile on the right
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^^waaaaaaat? Lmbo Sent from my SM-J327VPP using Tapatalk |
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