My Wraith "Standard Issue UEP"

[Crash1388]

Alright im a Jeeper for life and my buddies have been giving me crap about making my Wraith a Jeep.. so here goes! shoulda done a more step by step on the body. I went with the Dynamic Concept Jk body.. There is a lot of fitting and sanding prep for this kit.but i happy with the results so far.. having had it out yet... just finised the painting yesterday!




after trimming, sanding, fitting and drilling for two days, the body was on. The body had flares but they hit at full flex so the had to go!!


so i did all the prep work for painting ..sprayed the under side of the hood and windshield with lexan black paint and the sprayed the grille with a satin rustoleum black





so i went with my original OD green

testing out the light fitment


now i didnt show the side panel\grille\rear gluing process.. to each their own with this process but i needed the hood to open for battery access. Will probably buy the body again just to redo the hood section.. messed up on the hole sizes for the shocks and i slipped with the dremel on one side.. Damn you OCD!!! Found the hinges at a local hardware store.


OPEN.. ripped on of my LEDs trying to fit it into the headlight bucket




the rear Led were a bit of a prblem.. where i mounted the rear panels the axial light buckets hit the frame badly... so i ground them down until you almost could get the lenses back in place.. but they work now..snug

[Crash1388]

Got the lights working Kinda







ended up using a differnet "camo" green that came out really light..not to sure about it


still have to put some foam under the panels to close the hood and fender gap








heres a shot of the aluminium roof\LED bar guard and the LED bar



.. hopefully i wll get some time to make the bumper tonight... AND THATS MY UPDATE !

[AxialJeepster]

very cool rig and i like how many changes it has gone through.. thats a real testament to what this hobby is all about and how much fun it can be

great work!

[Crash1388]

Thanks man its never ending with this rig..but i can see the finish line ..then i can move on to building another Wraith of the SCX10 rubi..but Im gonna beat on this one pretty good.. im not a calm driver.. i can be but not usually.. if this body doesnt hold up then i will go for the all aluminium panels.. what did you think of my buddies rigs?

[Crash1388]

and im still aways from driving it at this point... now i gotta finsh the little issues and do some detail work

[Crash1388]

Heres is a couple more pic of Gerry's Wraith new body

[Crash1388]

started more work on the JK bumper













gonna weld on some tabs and mount the side bars to the side panel for extra support, still trying to figure out how im gonna do the rear section

[Crash1388]

aright here are some of the pics of the "JEEP GLASSES" bumper






still gotta cut away the old upper mounts for the bumper support..but thats alot of tear down to get at them for a good clean cut. now to mount up the winch, wire it up and finish with the lights

[wheelhead4x4]

I would leave the fender tubes green. And go black on everything else.

[Crash1388]

Originally Posted by wheelhead4x4

I would leave the fender tubes green. And go black on everything else.

need to do the hood hoop but gonna leave the side tubes green

[wheelhead4x4]

Looking good. Yea going to need to paint the grill hoop too.

[Jeepfixer1]

I really like the progression over time of your build thread. A lot like mine, you can't leave well enough alone either! I really dig the bronco body and your final jeep body but I think your stinger and glasses looked better green. Either way you have got a really nice Wraith and I look forward to your future updates

[Crash1388]

I am probably going with the black hood hoop and will continue with the exo cage around the out side with the help of Broncoguy85..to remove the appearance of "glasses" but will paint it all green to match the body ..then i can trim the fenders alittle higher ! Thanks for the positive feed back!

[Crash1388]

so i had to make the lights detachable for when i remove the body since the light buckets are glued in place




i chopped off the original upper bumper supports


and After seeing Broncoguy85, cut away his door bars i had to do the same!!




MUCH BETTER!

[Crash1388]

Okay im FINALLY finshed with the new Jk body install... here is my finished product.. Hope ya'll like it!





gonna work on the rear EXO cage after a couple of test drives. The old fenders, once removed left the rear with a curved wheel well so i cut it straight and will follow the new line with the Exo cage




Tail lights


Headlights and LED bar


The Winch and front light mounts








Hope this is a strong mount..if not i will make the mount outta steel if i have too




couple more of the body







Next set of pics will be some trail shots!!!

[Crash1388]

I was a good day for crawling.. toasted one rear ring and pinion Broncoguy85, one toasted 3s lipo battery,mine..































Was a GOOD DAY!!

[Crash1388]

Update on Mod list and equipment

Electronics
ESC- Castle MMP with link system
Motor- Traxxas 21t 550 Titan
Servo - JR 8911HV
Battery- Genace 500 mah 2s lipo
extra - servo, lights and winch axial simple LED controller head ,tail ,fog lights and a
13 LED light Bar
Battery and Esc are up front under the hood ,the receiver is in the rear under the deck lid and the pig tail connections and led controller are under the aluminium skid plate\ boatsides

Trans
-RR gears and one piece bottom diff gear
-Super shafty top shaft
-RR 88t slipper for the Scx10
-20t hardened pinion
-MIP cvd driveshafts

Axles
-ALL Vp Front axle aluminium with Axial universals
-Vp track bar and chassis mounted servo kits
-VP steering links
-Rc4wd centered rear diff with Vp link mounts
-Fast Eddy Bearing kit

Shocks/Suspension
-Rc4wd King 110mm shocks w/60wt oil in all 4
-axial green springs on the lower shock part
-**** high angle upper and lower links
-**** lowering shock relocation for the front and rear
-HR sway bar on the rear

Tires and rims
-Rc4wd Iroks 2.2 with no weights and med foam
-CAC 2.2 beadlocks

-Body and Chassis
-Rc4wd aluminium upper bumper suports cut to fit under the body
-Dynamic concepts JK Rubicon OD green
-Homemade winch bumper and partial front EXO cage for the JK body
-Speedweigand oil pan
-interior panels homemade
-removed door bars for the true Jeep look
-steel top cage one pice w/ the rear bars that pivot for electronics access with
LED bar mounts
-aluminium "boat side under belly skid plate homemade
-aluminium seats wit foam padding homemade
-aluminium roof and LED bar guard homemade
-aluminium inner front fenders homemade
-gear shift are switches for the accessories and the main power
-3a Racing winch that works from the 3rd channel on the transmitter
-bunch of scale gear for the rear deck lid than was hand made
-4 point seat belts, hand made and is the only thing holding the driver in
-DRIVER Chris Redfield from Resident Evil


WISH LIST:
-PRO4
-all steel Chassis

Not too much to ask for!!

[Crash1388]

okay got some new parts in


and after looking it over i decided to ...rewire everything .. cleaner and better accessible








Man thats a tight fir with the 3s


i use to have all the electronics back here and with all the new room i might put the Dinky r\c drop box in my wraith.. still havent decided yet

[Crash1388]

and now for the exterior which ive been working on while i waited for the castle like and bullet connector to show up. I went with a modified WWII fighter style teeth on both sides

[isyeskeert]

That screw hole needs to be an eye!