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06-29-2011, 10:09 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2011 Location: Rancho Santa Margarita
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|  My Wraith body work
Hello all. I know I am among a plethora of talented people on this forum. The scale builds are remarkable. I just wanted to share my work of the aluminum skins I made for my Wraith. I am very pleased as to how they came out. They took me about 3 hrs. to complete. I did it all with hand tools. Some power & some not. I sill have to do a little touch up here & there. Once I get the roof made & get a clear stock hood, I will paint it all up. Thank you.    Update 7-1-2011 Finished up the roof today.     Update 7-11-2011 Made a light mount & winch plate w/anti flex bars. Waiting on hardware then I'll bolt it all up. I'm curious to see how it holds up.    update 7-13-2011 Limit Straps  Rears are a tad short. Might have to add 1/16" more.  Last edited by XRMikey; 07-13-2011 at 10:16 PM. |
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06-29-2011, 10:21 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Olathe, KS
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Love it. I don't have the skills to do that but I'm half tempted to see if our sheetmetal shop can come up with something for me when my Wraith finally shows up. Looks great. |
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06-29-2011, 10:30 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2011 Location: Rancho Santa Margarita
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Thank you. I'm no sheet metal guy, but I keep practicing. It would be a lot easier with the proper tools, Like a brake & sheer!  |
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06-29-2011, 10:34 PM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Surrey BC
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the metal work looks great for being done with hand tools ..... good job
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06-29-2011, 10:50 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Yucca Valley, CA
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WOW Mike looks great just remember make two of everything I will be getting my wraith soon...... ha
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06-29-2011, 11:20 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2011 Location: Rancho Santa Margarita
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Ha! ha. I made a template you can borrow. Ya get your LCC yet? |
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06-29-2011, 11:57 PM
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| PapaGriz Yo   Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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Nice changeup there, gives it a totally different look.  Great fab work too.
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06-30-2011, 12:33 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Burbank
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I think it looks great, I was thinking also about making panels so it will show real battle scares |
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06-30-2011, 05:37 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: roland,ar
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HEY!!  great minds must think alike cause thats exactly what i had planned for mine! loving the boat sides! nice job! |
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06-30-2011, 05:47 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ?
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very cool panels
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06-30-2011, 06:43 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ottawa
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Nice work.
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06-30-2011, 07:01 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: The heart of the south
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Great looking work. Are you going to keep them raw or paint them?
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06-30-2011, 07:40 AM
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| 20K Club  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sending illegals home one Hayabusa at a time.
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Great work, I dig the "speed holes". The boat sides look great too.
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06-30-2011, 07:58 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tyler, TX
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Very impressive especially since you only used hand tools be they power or not. I have known guys that with the proper tools could not have made something that nice so a big to you man!I am with Harley, really loving the boat sides, that was a nice touch indeed. |
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06-30-2011, 08:11 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Boston
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Nice work! Some custom skid plates would look killer. Just out of curiosity, what tools did you use?
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06-30-2011, 08:20 AM
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| Looking for new Trails   Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: GPS locating signal.....
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Very nice work for hand tools, i think there are going to be some really good looking Wraith out there come the next few months.....
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06-30-2011, 08:39 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: westfeild IN
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They look sick! I want a set! |
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06-30-2011, 12:49 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Willamette Valley
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Wow! That looks great! Nice work.... Quote:
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06-30-2011, 03:22 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: milton,wv
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great job ,any plans on doing a hood ?
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06-30-2011, 04:11 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Hills
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I like the way it wraps under and covers the plastic chassis sides. Would have been a smart move to do that to mine before I beat the snot out of them.
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